Author record · 2018 to 2025

Cristina Rivera Garza: Awards and Best-of Lists

Cristina Rivera Garza has won 2 awards, including the Shirley Jackson Awards (2018) for The Taiga Syndrome, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 3 longlist or nominee places, and 13 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Death Takes MeThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also RecommendedSarah BookerRobin Myers
2025Death Takes MeEsquire Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2025Death Takes MeNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction & Poetry
2024Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for JusticePulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and Memoir or Autobiography source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Memoir or Autobiography
2023Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for JusticeNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Nonfiction
2023Liliana's Invincible SummerTIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · 100 Must-Read
2023Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for JusticeNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2023Liliana’s Invincible SummerThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Essential Reads
2023Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for JusticeChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Must-Read Books: Biography & Memoir
2023Liliana’s Invincible SummerNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2023Liliana's Invincible SummerTIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2023Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for JusticeWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2022New and Selected StoriesThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also RecommendedSarah BookerLisa DillmanFrancisca González AriasAlex Ross
2022New and Selected StoriesKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · FictionSarah Booker and Francisca González Arias and Lisa Dillman and Cristina Rivera Garza and Alex Ross
2022New and Selected StoriesPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · FictionSarah Booker et al.
2020Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded CountryNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Criticism
2020The Taiga SyndromeDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · FictionJill Levine and Aviva Kana
2019The Taiga SyndromeNational Translation Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · ProseSuzanne Jill Levine and Aviva Kana
2018The Taiga SyndromeShirley Jackson Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Novella
2018The Iliac CrestBest Translated Book Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · FictionSarah Booker

Books

  1. Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice8 sources · 2023 to 2024
  2. Death Takes Me3 sources · 2025
  3. New and Selected Stories3 sources · 2022
  4. The Taiga Syndrome3 sources · 2018 to 2020
  5. Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country1 source · 2020
  6. The Iliac Crest1 source · 2018