The Award Tally
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Brenda Maddox

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Books from Brenda Maddox that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom cover
    Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom

    1988

    12

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    • WonLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography (1988)
    • ShortlistedNational Book Award for Nonfiction (1988)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  2. Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA cover
    Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA

    2013

    8

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    • WonLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology (2002)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  3. Yeats's Ghosts: The Secret Life of W. B. Yeats (about W. B. Yeats)

    4

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    • ShortlistedBaillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2000)Major
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  4. D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage cover
    D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage

    1994

    3

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    • ShortlistedLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography (1995)
    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