The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
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Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Scribner
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9781439170915
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- Cancer researchHistory of medicineOncology treatment
Awards
- PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardWon(2011)
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionWonMajor(2011)
- J. Anthony Lukas Book PrizeShortlisted(2011)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyShortlisted(2010)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(2010)
Other awarded books from Siddhartha Mukherjee
- The Gene: An Intimate History
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