Author record · 2017 to 2025
Alexis Okeowo: Awards and Best-of Lists
Alexis Okeowo has won 1 award, the PEN America Literary Awards (2018) for A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa, with 4 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Blessings and Disasters | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2025 | Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2025 | Blessings and Disasters | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · PEN Open Book Award | |
| 2017 | A Moonless, Starless Sky | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction |
Books
- Blessings and Disasters3 sources · 2025
- A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa2 sources · 2017 to 2018