Author record · 2015 to 2025

Jack Fairweather: Awards and Best-of Lists

Jack Fairweather has won 3 awards, including the Costa Book Awards (2019) for The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz, with 1 shortlist or finalist place in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025The Prosecutor: One Man’s Battle to Bring Nazis to JusticeNational Jewish Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Biography
2019The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated AuschwitzCosta Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Biography
2019The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated AuschwitzCosta Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Book of the Year
2015The Good War: Why We Couldn't Win the War or the Peace in AfghanistanLionel Gelber Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · International Affairs

Books

  1. The Good War: Why We Couldn't Win the War or the Peace in Afghanistan1 source · 2015
  2. The Prosecutor: One Man’s Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice1 source · 2025
  3. The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz1 source · 2019