Author record · 2006 to 2025
Jason Roberts: Awards and Best-of Lists
Jason Roberts has won 2 awards, including the Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) (2025) for Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life, with 1 shortlist or finalist place and 7 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life | Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Biography | |
| 2025 | Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award | |
| 2024 | Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Environment, Science and Technology | |
| 2024 | Every Living Thing | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2024 | Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2024 | Every Living Thing | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2006 | A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Biography | |
| 2006 | A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History’s Greatest Traveler | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult | |
| 2006 | A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction |
Books
- Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life7 sources · 2024 to 2025
- A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler3 sources · 2006