Author record · 2010 to 2025
Helen Garner: Awards and Best-of Lists
Helen Garner has won 2 awards, including the Ned Kelly Awards (2015) for This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial, with 1 shortlist or finalist place, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 10 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Chloe Hooper, Sarah Krasnostein
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | How to End a Story: Collected Diaries | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Non-Fiction | |
| 2025 | The Season | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2025 | How to End a Story | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2025 | How to End a Story | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2025 | How to End a Story | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2025 | The Mushroom Tapes | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2025 | The Season | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2025 | How to End a Story: Collected Diaries | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Literary non-fiction | |
| 2025 | How to End a Story | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2025 | How to End a Story: Collected Diaries | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2023 | The Children's Bach | Vogue Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2015 | This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial | Ned Kelly Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best True Crime | |
| 2015 | This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial | Prime Minister's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Non-fiction | |
| 2015 | This House of Grief | Stella Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Writing | |
| 2010 | The Spare Room | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction |
Books
- How to End a Story: Collected Diaries7 sources · 2025
- This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial3 sources · 2015
- The Season2 sources · 2025
- The Children's Bach1 source · 2023
- The Mushroom Tapes1 source · 2025
- The Spare Room1 source · 2010