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Author record · 2009 to 2014

Blake Bailey: Awards and Best-of Lists

Blake Bailey has won 1 award, the National Book Critics Circle Awards (2009) for Cheever: A Life, with 5 shortlist or finalist places and 10 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2014The Splendid Things We Planned: A Family PortraitNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Autobiography
2014Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles JacksonLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Gay Memoir/Biography
2014The Splendid Things We Planned: A Family PortraitNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2014The Splendid Things We Planned: A Family PortraitThe Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2010Cheever: A LifePulitzer Prize (Biography and History) source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Biography or Autobiography
2010Cheever: A LifeLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Bisexual Nonfiction
2009Cheever: A LifeNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Biography
2009Cheever: A LifeJames Tait Black Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Biography
2009CheeverBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: Biography
2009CheeverNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2009Cheever: A LifeLos Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2009Cheever: A LifePublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2009Cheever: A LifeEntertainment Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2009Cheever: A LifeTIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2009Cheever: A LifePublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Top 10
2009Cheever: A LifeAmazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Top 100

Books

  1. Cheever: A Life11 sources · 2009 to 2010
  2. The Splendid Things We Planned: A Family Portrait3 sources · 2014
  3. Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson1 source · 2014