Author record · 2013 to 2025
Vaclav Smil: Awards and Best-of Lists
Vaclav Smil has 1 shortlist or finalist place and 13 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Kazuhiko Kobayashi
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | How to Feed the World | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2025 | How to Feed the World | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2023 | Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Holiday Books | |
| 2022 | How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going | Writers' Trust of Canada Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Public Policy | |
| 2022 | How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Environment | |
| 2022 | How the World Really Works | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Summer Books | |
| 2021 | Grand Transitions | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2019 | Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Holiday Books | |
| 2017 | Energy and Civilization: A History | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Holiday Books | |
| 2015 | Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Summer Books | |
| 2014 | Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Holiday Books | |
| 2013 | Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Holiday Books | |
| 2013 | Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Summer Books | |
| 2013 | Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Summer Books |
Books
- How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going3 sources · 2022
- How to Feed the World2 sources · 2025
- Energy and Civilization: A History1 source · 2017
- Grand Transitions1 source · 2021
- Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities1 source · 2019
- Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature1 source · 2013
- Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure1 source · 2023
- Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts1 source · 2013
- Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing1 source · 2013
- Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization1 source · 2014
- Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory1 source · 2015