Author record · 2017 to 2023

Preti Taneja: Awards and Best-of Lists

Preti Taneja has won 1 award, the Desmond Elliott Prize (2018) for We That Are Young, with 1 shortlist or finalist place and 4 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2023AftermathBritish Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Discover Book of the Year
2022AftermathThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2018We That Are YoungDesmond Elliott Prize source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Fiction
2018We That Are YoungLibrary Journal Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Literary Fiction
2017We That Are YoungMint Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2017We That Are YoungThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction

Books

  1. We That Are Young4 sources · 2017 to 2018
  2. Aftermath2 sources · 2022 to 2023