Author record · 2007 to 2025
Mark Kurlansky: Awards and Best-of Lists
Mark Kurlansky has won 1 award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize (2007) for Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From The History of a Dangerous Idea, with 2 longlist or nominee places and 7 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Boston Way: Radicals Against Slavery and the Civil War | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Social Sciences | |
| 2023 | The Core of an Onion | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Food | |
| 2022 | Big Lies | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2021 | The Unreasonable Virtue of Flyfishing | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2021 | The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Sport | |
| 2018 | Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Food & Cookbooks | |
| 2018 | Milk! | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Food | |
| 2017 | Paper: Paging through History | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Havana | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Travel | |
| 2007 | Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From The History of a Dangerous Idea | Dayton Literary Peace Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction |
Books
- Big Lies1 source · 2022
- Havana1 source · 2017
- Milk!1 source · 2018
- Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas1 source · 2018
- Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From The History of a Dangerous Idea1 source · 2007
- Paper: Paging through History1 source · 2017
- The Boston Way: Radicals Against Slavery and the Civil War1 source · 2025
- The Core of an Onion1 source · 2023
- The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing1 source · 2021
- The Unreasonable Virtue of Flyfishing1 source · 2021