Author record · 2008 to 2025
David Brooks: Awards and Best-of Lists
David Brooks has won 1 award, the Prime Minister's Literary Awards (2025) for The Other Side of Daylight: New and Selected Poems, with 1 shortlist or finalist place, 3 longlist or nominee places, and 5 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Other Side of Daylight: New and Selected Poems | Prime Minister's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Poetry | |
| 2024 | How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Summer Books | |
| 2015 | The Road to Character | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | The Road to Character | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Culture | |
| 2015 | The Road to Character | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Holiday Books | |
| 2012 | The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | The Social Animal | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Social Sciences | |
| 2011 | The Social Animal | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2008 | The Fern Tattoo | Miles Franklin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction |
Books
- The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement4 sources · 2011 to 2012
- The Road to Character3 sources · 2015
- How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen1 source · 2024
- The Fern Tattoo1 source · 2008
- The Other Side of Daylight: New and Selected Poems1 source · 2025