Author record · 2017 to 2019

Walter Scheidel: Awards and Best-of Lists

Walter Scheidel has 1 shortlist or finalist place and 3 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2019Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to ProsperityFinancial Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Economics
2017The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First CenturyCundill History Prize source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · History
2017The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First CenturyFinancial Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Economics
2017The Great Leveller: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First CenturyThe Economist Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Economics and business

Books

  1. The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century2 sources · 2017
  2. Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity1 source · 2019
  3. The Great Leveller: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century1 source · 2017