Author record · 2010 to 2025
Eric Foner: Awards and Best-of Lists
Eric Foner has won 2 awards, including the Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) (2011) for The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, with 1 longlist or nominee place and 2 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Our Fragile Freedoms: Essays | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Social Sciences | |
| 2020 | The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution | Cundill History Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · History | |
| 2011 | The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery | Bancroft Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · History | |
| 2011 | The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery | Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · History | |
| 2010 | The Fiery Trial | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction |
Books
- The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery3 sources · 2010 to 2011
- Our Fragile Freedoms: Essays1 source · 2025
- The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution1 source · 2020