The Award Tally
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Mary Beard

1

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2

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16

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Books from Mary Beard that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town cover
    Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town

    2010

    8

    score

    • WonWolfson History Prize (2009)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  2. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome cover
    SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

    2015

    8

    score

    • ShortlistedLos Angeles Times Book Prize for History (2015)
    • ShortlistedNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2015)Major
    • LonglistedCundill History Prize (2016)
    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