Author record · 2014 to 2025
Dan Davies: Awards and Best-of Lists
Dan Davies has won 1 award, the CWA Daggers (2015) for In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 2 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Unaccountability Machine | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2024 | The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions — and How the World Lost Its Mind | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Business | |
| 2015 | In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile | CWA Daggers source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction | |
| 2015 | In Plain Sight | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Book | |
| 2014 | In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile | James Tait Black Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Biography |
Books
- In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile3 sources · 2014 to 2015
- The Unaccountability Machine2 sources · 2024 to 2025