Author record · 2014 to 2025
Beth Macy: Awards and Best-of Lists
Beth Macy has won 1 award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (2018) for Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America, with 5 shortlist or finalist places, 5 longlist or nominee places, and 22 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Paper Girl | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Autobiography | |
| 2025 | Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Biography | |
| 2025 | Paper Girl | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Memoir | |
| 2025 | Paper Girl | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2025 | Paper Girl | Barack Obama's Favorite Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Favorite Books | |
| 2025 | Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in A Fractured America | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Biography & Memoir | |
| 2025 | Paper Girl | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2025 | Paper Girl | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2025 | Paper Girl | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 20 | |
| 2022 | Raising Lazarus | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | Raising Lazarus | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Science & Technology | |
| 2018 | Dopesick | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Dopesick | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Social Sciences | |
| 2018 | Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Dopesick | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Dopesick | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Dopesick | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Social Sciences | |
| 2017 | Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest—A True Story of the Jim Crow South | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | Truevine | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest—a True Story of the Jim Crow South | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Social Sciences | |
| 2016 | Truevine | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | Truevine | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | Truevine | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local—and Helped Save an American Town | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Factory Man | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Business Books | |
| 2014 | Factory Man | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Factory Man | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local—and Helped Save an American Town | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction |
Books
- Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America11 sources · 2018 to 2019
- Paper Girl9 sources · 2025
- Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest—A True Story of the Jim Crow South6 sources · 2016 to 2017
- Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local—and Helped Save an American Town5 sources · 2014 to 2015
- Raising Lazarus2 sources · 2022