Author record · 2014 to 2025
Jamaica Kincaid: Awards and Best-of Lists
Jamaica Kincaid has won 1 award, the American Book Awards (2014) for See Now Then, with 1 shortlist or finalist place and 4 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Putting Myself Together | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2025 | Putting Myself Together: Writing, 1974 | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | My Brother | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2014 | See Now Then | American Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Book | |
| 2014 | See Now Then | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction |
Books
- Putting Myself Together2 sources · 2025
- See Now Then2 sources · 2014
- An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children1 source · 2024
- My Brother1 source · 2024