Author record · 2010 to 2024

Lauren Redniss: Awards and Best-of Lists

Lauren Redniss has won 1 award, the PEN America Literary Awards (2016) for Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 6 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2024HeatwaveNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2024HeatwaveHorn Book Fanfare source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2024HeatwaveKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2024HeatwaveSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2020Oak FlatKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2016Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, FuturePEN America Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
2015Thunder & LightningKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2011Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and FalloutNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Nonfiction
2010Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and FalloutLos Angeles Times Book Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Science & Technology

Books

  1. Heatwave4 sources · 2024
  2. Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout2 sources · 2010 to 2011
  3. Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future2 sources · 2015 to 2016
  4. Oak Flat1 source · 2020