Author record · 2010 to 2025

Timothy Snyder: Awards and Best-of Lists

Timothy Snyder has 5 shortlist or finalist places, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 12 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Tony Judt

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025On FreedomPEN America Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
2024On FreedomThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Non-Fiction
2019The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, AmericaLionel Gelber Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · International Affairs
2018The Road to UnfreedomKirkus Prize source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Nonfiction
2018The Road to UnfreedomThe Irish Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books of the Year
2018The Road to UnfreedomKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2018The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, AmericaThe Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2017On TyrannyGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · History & Biography
2017On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth CenturyWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2016Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and WarningJ. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Mark Lynton History Prize
2015Black EarthBaillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Non-Fiction
2015Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and WarningThe Economist Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · History
2015Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and WarningPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2015Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and WarningWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2015Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and WarningPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Top 10
2012Thinking the Twentieth CenturyThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Non-Fiction
2011Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and StalinCundill History Prize source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · History
2010Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and StalinThe Economist Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · History
2010Bloodlands: Europe between Stalin and HitlerFinancial Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · History

Books

  1. Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning5 sources · 2015 to 2016
  2. The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America5 sources · 2018 to 2019
  3. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin3 sources · 2010 to 2011
  4. On Freedom2 sources · 2024 to 2025
  5. On Tyranny2 sources · 2017
  6. Thinking the Twentieth Century1 source · 2012