Award overlap

Books That Won Both the Cundill History Prize and the National Book Awards

1 book has won both the Cundill History Prize and the National Book Awards: All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake (2022/2021). 9 more were recognized by both without winning both.

Years are award years. Cundill History Prize · National Book Awards

Won both

Books that won both the Cundill History Prize and the National Book Awards, most recent first.
BookAuthorCundill History PrizeNational Book Awards
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family KeepsakeTiya Miles
  • 2022 Winner (History)
  • 2021 Winner (Nonfiction)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the Cundill History Prize and the National Book Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorCundill History PrizeNational Book Awards
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the BorderlandsKelly Lytle Hernández
  • 2022 Longlist (History)
  • 2022 Longlist (Nonfiction)
The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold WarLouis Menand
  • 2021 Longlist (History)
  • 2021 Longlist (Nonfiction)
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian TerritoryClaudio Saunt
  • 2020 Finalist (History)
  • 2020 Finalist (Nonfiction)
American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early RepublicVictoria Johnson
  • 2019 Finalist (History)
  • 2018 Finalist (Nonfiction)
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its LegacyHeather Ann Thompson
  • 2017 Longlist (History)
  • 2016 Finalist (Nonfiction)
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape AmericaFrances FitzGerald
  • 2017 Longlist (History)
  • 2017 Finalist (Nonfiction)
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956Anne Applebaum
  • 2013 Winner (History)
  • 2012 Finalist (Nonfiction)
The Swerve: How the Renaissance BeganStephen Greenblatt
  • 2012 Longlist (History)
  • 2011 Winner (Nonfiction)
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the ConstitutionWoody Holton
  • 2009 Longlist (History)
  • 2007 Finalist (Nonfiction)