Author record · 2022 to 2025
Jonathan Freedland: Awards and Best-of Lists
Jonathan Freedland has won 2 awards, including the National Jewish Book Awards (2022) for The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 11 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | King Winter's Birthday | Wainwright Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Children's Picture Books | |
| 2025 | The Traitors Circle | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2023 | The Escape Artist | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World | National Jewish Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Biography | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World | National Jewish Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Holocaust | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist | Waterstones Book of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Book of the Year | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Non-Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · History & Biography | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2022 | The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 |
Books
- The Escape Artist13 sources · 2022 to 2023
- King Winter's Birthday1 source · 2025
- The Traitors Circle1 source · 2025