Author record · 2009 to 2023
Adam Nicolson: Awards and Best-of Lists
Adam Nicolson has won 1 award, the Wainwright Prize (2018) for The Seabird's Cry, with 1 shortlist or finalist place, 3 longlist or nominee places, and 8 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | How to Be | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2023 | How to Be | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2022 | The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides | Wainwright Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nature Writing | |
| 2022 | Life Between the Tides | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2022 | Life Between the Tides | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | The Making of Poetry: Coleridge, the Wordsworths and Their Year of Marvels | Costa Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Biography | |
| 2019 | The Making of Poetry | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2018 | The Seabird's Cry | Wainwright Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nature Writing | |
| 2014 | The Mighty Dead | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Non-Fiction | |
| 2014 | The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2014 | Why Homer Matters | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2014 | Why Homer Matters | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2009 | Sissinghurst | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Non-Fiction |
Books
- How to Be2 sources · 2023
- Life Between the Tides2 sources · 2022
- The Making of Poetry: Coleridge, the Wordsworths and Their Year of Marvels2 sources · 2019
- The Mighty Dead2 sources · 2014
- Why Homer Matters2 sources · 2014
- Sissinghurst1 source · 2009
- The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides1 source · 2022
- The Seabird's Cry1 source · 2018