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Steve Coll

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Books from Steve Coll that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power cover
    Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power

    2012

    15

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    • WonFinancial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award (2012)
    • ShortlistedLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2012)
    • ShortlistedNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2012)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  2. The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century cover
    The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century

    2009

    15

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    • WonPEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction (2009)
    • ShortlistedPulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2009)Major
    • ShortlistedLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2008)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  3. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan cover
    Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

    2018

    12

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    • WonNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2018)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  4. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 cover
    Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

    2004

    12

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    • WonPulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2005)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  5. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq cover
    The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq

    2025

    7

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    • ShortlistedPEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction (2025)
    • ShortlistedNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2024)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  6. The Achilles Trap

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    • ShortlistedThe Orwell Prize for Political Writing (2024)
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  7. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

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    • ShortlistedKirkus Prize for Nonfiction (2024)
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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