Author record · 2019 to 2020

Alex Kotlowitz: Awards and Best-of Lists

Alex Kotlowitz has won 1 award, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project (2020) for An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago, with 1 longlist or nominee place and 6 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
Year	Book	Source	Result	Translator
2020	An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago	J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project source (opens in a new tab)	Winner · J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
2020	An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago	Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source (opens in a new tab)	Longlist · Nonfiction
2019	An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago	Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Best Books
2019	An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago	Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Best Books: Top Ten
2019	An American Summer: Love And Death In Chicago	NPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Books We Love
2019	An American Summer	Kirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Nonfiction
2019	An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago	Washington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2019	An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago	The Economist Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Politics and current affairs

Books

An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago7 sources · 2019 to 2020