The Award Tally
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Katherine Boo

3

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3

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40

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Books from Katherine Boo that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity cover
    Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

    2012

    28

    score

    • WonPEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction (2013)
    • WonNational Book Award for Nonfiction (2012)Major
    • ShortlistedPulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2013)Major
    • ShortlistedNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2012)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  2. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum cover
    Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum

    2012

    12

    score

    • WonLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2012)
    • ShortlistedBaillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2012)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon

Recent Standouts (2020+)

  1. 1Tiya Miles39 score
  2. 2Adam Higginbotham36 score
  3. 3Roxanna Asgarian35 score
  4. 4Kathleen DuVal33 score
  5. 5Beverly Gage32 score
  6. 6Les Payne and Tamara Payne31 score
  7. 7Ed Yong30 score
  8. 8Ada Ferrer26 score
  9. 9Greg Grandin26 score
  10. 10Ned Blackhawk25 score

Most Prolific Authors

  1. 1Anne Applebaum8 books
  2. 2George F. Kennan7 books
  3. 3Jill Lepore7 books
  4. 4John McPhee7 books
  5. 5Steve Coll7 books
  6. 6Steven Pinker6 books
  7. 7Adam Hochschild5 books
  8. 8David Levering Lewis5 books
  9. 9Deirdre Bair5 books
  10. 10Garry Wills5 books