Author record · 2006 to 2025
Xiaolu Guo: Awards and Best-of Lists
Xiaolu Guo has won 1 award, the National Book Critics Circle Awards (2017) for Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China, with 4 shortlist or finalist places, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 3 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Call Me Ishmaelle | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | A Lover’s Discourse | Goldsmiths Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2017 | Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Autobiography | |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up | Costa Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Biography | |
| 2017 | Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | I Am China | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2014 | I Am China: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2007 | A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2006 | Village of Stone | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | Cindy Carter |
Books
- I Am China2 sources · 2014 to 2015
- Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China2 sources · 2017
- Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up2 sources · 2017 to 2018
- A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers1 source · 2007
- A Lover’s Discourse1 source · 2020
- Call Me Ishmaelle1 source · 2025
- Village of Stone1 source · 2006