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Barbara Demick

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Books from Barbara Demick that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea cover
    Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

    2010

    20

    score

    • WonBaillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2010)Major
    • ShortlistedNational Book Award for Nonfiction (2010)Major
    • ShortlistedNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2010)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  2. Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins cover
    Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins

    2026

    4

    score

    • ShortlistedNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2025)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  3. Eat the Buddha: The Story of Modern Tibet through the People of One Town cover
    Eat the Buddha: The Story of Modern Tibet through the People of One Town

    2020

    3

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    • ShortlistedThe Orwell Prize for Political Writing (2021)
    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