Award overlap
Books Recognized by Both the Aspen Words Literary Prize and the Kirkus Prize
No book has won both the Aspen Words Literary Prize and the Kirkus Prize. 16 were shortlisted or recognized by both.
Years are award years. Aspen Words Literary Prize · Kirkus Prize
Recognized by both
| Book | Author | Aspen Words Literary Prize | Kirkus Prize |
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| James | Percival Everett |
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| Let Us Descend | Jesmyn Ward |
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| The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store | James McBride |
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| Witness | Jamel Brinkley |
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| The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois | Honorée Fanonne Jeffers |
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| Black Sunday | Tola Rotimi Abraham |
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| Fiebre Tropical | Juliana Delgado Lopera |
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| Lost Children Archive | Valeria Luiselli |
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| On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous | Ocean Vuong |
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| The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead |
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| The Other Americans | Laila Lalami |
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| Heads of the Colored People | Nafissa Thompson-Spires |
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| Severance | Ling Ma |
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| Exit West | Mohsin Hamid |
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| Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward |
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| What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky | Lesley Nneka Arimah |
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