The Award Tally
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Ed Yong

2

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5

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36

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Books from Ed Yong that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us cover
    An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

    2022

    27

    score

    • WonAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction (2023)Major
    • WonRoyal Society Science Book Prize (2023)
    • ShortlistedLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology (2022)
    • ShortlistedNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2022)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  2. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life cover
    I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

    2016

    6

    score

    • ShortlistedRoyal Society Science Book Prize (2017)
    • ShortlistedLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology (2016)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  3. An Immense World cover
    An Immense World

    2022

    3

    score

    • ShortlistedKirkus Prize for Nonfiction (2022)
    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