Author record · 2011 to 2024
Charles King: Awards and Best-of Lists
Charles King has won 1 award, the National Jewish Book Awards (2011) for Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 5 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Every Valley | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | Every Valley | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | Gods of the Upper Air: How A Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Biography | |
| 2019 | Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · History | |
| 2019 | Gods of the Upper Air: How A Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | Gods of the Upper Air | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams | National Jewish Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Writing Based on Archival Material |
Books
- Gods of the Upper Air: How A Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century5 sources · 2019
- Every Valley2 sources · 2024
- Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams1 source · 2011