Author record · 2010 to 2025

Adam Ross: Awards and Best-of Lists

Adam Ross has won 1 award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (2025) for Playworld: A Novel, with 1 shortlist or finalist place and 6 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Playworld: A NovelLos Angeles Times Book Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose
2025PlayworldThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2025PlayworldNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction & Poetry
2025PlayworldWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Fiction
2011Ladies and GentlemenKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2010Mr. PeanutThe Center for Fiction First Novel Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · First Novel
2010Mr PeanutThe Economist Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2010Mr. PeanutNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction & Poetry

Books

  1. Playworld: A Novel4 sources · 2025
  2. Mr. Peanut3 sources · 2010
  3. Ladies and Gentlemen1 source · 2011