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Author record · 2017 to 2023

Samantha Irby: Awards and Best-of Lists

Samantha Irby has won 1 award, the Lambda Literary Awards (2021) for Wow, No Thank You.: Essays, with 3 longlist or nominee places and 14 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2023Quietly HostileGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Humor
2023Quietly Hostile: EssaysNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2023Quietly Hostile: EssaysChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Must-Read Books: Nonfiction
2023Quietly Hostile: EssaysChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Our Favorite Books
2021Wow, No Thank You.: EssaysLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Bisexual Nonfiction
2020Wow, No Thank You.Goodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Humor
2020Wow, No Thank You.TIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · 100 Must-Read
2020Wow, No Thank YouThe Atlantic Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2020Wow, No Thank You: EssaysChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2020Wow, No Thank You.: EssaysNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2020Wow, No Thank You.BookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Memoirs
2020Wow, No Thank You.BookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2020Wow, No Thank You: EssaysWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2017We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.Goodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Humor
2017We Are Never Meeting in Real LifeEsquire Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2017We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2017We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: EssaysChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2017We Are Never Meeting In Real Life.: EssaysNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love

Books

  1. Wow, No Thank You.: Essays8 sources · 2020 to 2021
  2. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.5 sources · 2017
  3. Quietly Hostile3 sources · 2023