Award Winners

• Academic Association Awards
• Bancroft Prize
• Cookbook Awards
• International Awards and Prizes
• Library Awards
• Lincoln Prize
• Media Awards
• National Book Award
• National Book Critics Circle Award
• National Jewish Book Award
• Nobel Prize
• Other Awards and Honors
• PEN Prizes
• Poetry Awards
• Professional Association Awards
• Pulitzer Prize
• State and Regional Awards
• Translation Awards

Award Winners

1. Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865

   James Oakes

   A powerful history of emancipation that reshapes our understanding of Lincoln, the Civil War, and the end of American slavery.More

2. Marilyn Hacker

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3. Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

   Andrew Graham-Dixon

   “This book resees its subject with rare clarity and power as a painter for the 21st century.”—Hilary Spurling, New York Times Book ReviewMore

4. Pablo Neruda

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5. Nelson Mandela

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6. Kimiko Hahn

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7. Jane Cooper

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8. Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America

   Maricel E. Presilla

   The 2013 James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year

   How to cook everything Latin American.

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9. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

   David Quammen

   A Booklist Top 10 Science Book of 2012, a 2012 New York Times Book Review Notable Book, and a Daily Beast "Top 11 Book of 2012"
   
   A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.More

10. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction 
    Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Non-FictionMore

11. Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams

    Charles King

    “Rich and riveting, complex and compelling, powerful and poetic.”
—Peter M. Gianotti, NewsdayMore

12. The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning

    Maggie Nelson

    “A vibrant and engaged work from a writer and thinker who is worthy of our attention.”—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles TimesMore

13. Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie

    Ed Cray, Studs Terkel

    The groundbreaking biography, available for the centennial of Woody Guthrie’s birth in July 2012.More

14. Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes: 100 Thick and Creamy Shakes You Can Make At Home

    Adam Ried

    “The perfect guide for blending up an icy avalanche of creamy concoctions.”—David Lebovitz, author of The Perfect ScoopMore

15. The Death of Vishnu: A Novel

    Manil Suri

    “Enchanting. . . . Suri’s novel achieves an eerie and memorable transcendence.”—TimeMore