Author record · 2006 to 2025
Cynthia Carr: Awards and Best-of Lists
Cynthia Carr has won 2 awards, including the Lambda Literary Awards (2013) for Fire in the Belly, with 3 shortlist or finalist places and 4 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography | |
| 2024 | Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Biography | |
| 2024 | Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Biography | |
| 2024 | Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Biography & Memoir | |
| 2024 | Candy Darling | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | Fire in the Belly | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Gay Memoir/Biography | |
| 2013 | Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize | |
| 2006 | Our Town: A Heartland Lynching, a Haunted Town, and the Hidden History of White America | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult | |
| 2006 | Our Town: A Heartland Lynching, a Haunted Town and the Hidden History of White America | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction |
Books
- Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar5 sources · 2024 to 2025
- Fire in the Belly2 sources · 2013
- Our Town: A Heartland Lynching, a Haunted Town, and the Hidden History of White America2 sources · 2006