Author record · 2008 to 2025
Joe Jackson: Awards and Best-of Lists
Joe Jackson has won 1 award, the PEN America Literary Awards (2017) for Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 6 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Splendid Liberators | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2025 | Splendid Liberators | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography | |
| 2017 | Black Elk | Cundill History Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · History | |
| 2016 | Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Biography | |
| 2016 | Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Biography | |
| 2016 | Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2016 | Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2009 | The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Mark Lynton History Prize | |
| 2008 | The Thief at the End of the World | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction |
Books
- Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary6 sources · 2016 to 2017
- Splendid Liberators2 sources · 2025
- The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire2 sources · 2008 to 2009