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Oscar Lewis

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Books from Oscar Lewis that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty—San Juan and New York cover
    La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty—San Juan and New York

    1966

    12

    score

    • WonNational Book Award for Nonfiction (1967)Major
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    La Vida

    1966

    5

    score

    • WonAnisfield-Wolf Book Award (1967)
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  3. Pedro Martinez: A Mexican Peasant and His Family

    4

    score

    • ShortlistedNational Book Award for Nonfiction (1965)Major
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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