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Kevin Starr

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Books from Kevin Starr that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance 1950–1963 cover
    Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance 1950–1963

    2011

    8

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    • WonLos Angeles Times Book Prize for History (2009)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  2. Americans and the California Dream, 1850–1915 cover
    Americans and the California Dream, 1850–1915

    1986

    4

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    • ShortlistedNational Book Award for Nonfiction (1974)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  3. Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California cover
    Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California

    3

    score

    • ShortlistedLos Angeles Times Book Prize for History (1996)
    Buy 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