Author record · 2024 to 2025
Karen Valby: Awards and Best-of Lists
Karen Valby has 1 shortlist or finalist place and 4 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography | |
| 2025 | The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults) | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2025 | The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults) | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2024 | The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2024 | The Swans of Harlem | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction |