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Author record · 2018 to 2025

Keith O'Brien: Awards and Best-of Lists

Keith O'Brien has won 1 award, the PEN America Literary Awards (2025) for Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball, with 2 longlist or nominee places and 6 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of BaseballPEN America Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
2024Charlie HustleThe Wall Street Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · 10 Best Books
2024Charlie HustleThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2024Charlie Hustle: The Rise of Pete Rose and the Fall of BaseballChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Must-Read Books: Biography & Memoir
2024Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of BaseballWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2023Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental CatastropheAndrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Nonfiction
2022Paradise Falls: The True Story of An Environmental CatastropheChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2018Fly GirlsGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · History & Biography
2018Fly GirlsNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction

Books

  1. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball5 sources · 2024 to 2025
  2. Fly Girls2 sources · 2018
  3. Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe2 sources · 2022 to 2023