Best Books of the Year
Menu

Author record · 2006 to 2025

Dan Fesperman: Awards and Best-of Lists

Dan Fesperman has won 2 awards, including the Dashiell Hammett Prize (2006) for The Prisoner of Guantánamo, with 1 shortlist or finalist place, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 6 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025PariahThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2023Winter WorkBarry Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Best Thriller
2022Winter Work: A NovelNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2022Winter WorkBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Mystery & Suspense
2022Winter WorkBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Top 10
2019Safe HousesBarry Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Best Thriller
2019Safe HousesCWA Daggers source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
2018Safe HousesKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2016The Letter WriterThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2007The Prisoner of GuantanamoBarry Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Best Mystery/Crime Novel
2006The Prisoner of GuantánamoDashiell Hammett Prize source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Hammett Prize

Books

  1. Safe Houses3 sources · 2018 to 2019
  2. Winter Work3 sources · 2022 to 2023
  3. The Prisoner of Guantanamo2 sources · 2006 to 2007
  4. Pariah1 source · 2025
  5. The Letter Writer1 source · 2016