Author record · 2011 to 2022
Richard White: Awards and Best-of Lists
Richard White has won 1 award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (2011) for Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America, with 1 shortlist or finalist place and 3 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Who Killed Jane Stanford? | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2022 | Who Killed Jane Stanford? A Gilded-Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits, and the Birth of a University | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2012 | Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America | Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · History | |
| 2011 | Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · History |
Books
- Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America2 sources · 2011 to 2012
- The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-18961 source · 2017
- Who Killed Jane Stanford?1 source · 2022
- Who Killed Jane Stanford? A Gilded-Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits, and the Birth of a University1 source · 2022