Author record · 2006 to 2025
David Roberts: Awards and Best-of Lists
David Roberts has 3 shortlist or finalist places and 9 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Paul Fleischman, Andrea Beaty, Jeremy Leslie, Julia Donaldson, Philip Wilkinson, Roger Bridgman, Sally Gardner
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | We Are Your Children | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young adult | |
| 2022 | Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Science & Technology | |
| 2021 | The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Travel | |
| 2019 | Suffragette: The Battle for Equality | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration | |
| 2019 | Suffragette: The Battle for Equality | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2019 | Suffragette | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2016 | Ada Twist, Scientist | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2015 | Tinder | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration | |
| 2010 | The Dunderheads | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration | |
| 2009 | The Dunderheads | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children | |
| 2007 | Tyrannosaurus Drip | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's: Under-10s | |
| 2006 | Pick Me Up | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Nonfiction |
Books
- Suffragette: The Battle for Equality3 sources · 2019
- The Dunderheads2 sources · 2009 to 2010
- Ada Twist, Scientist1 source · 2016
- Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap1 source · 2022
- Pick Me Up1 source · 2006
- The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness1 source · 2021
- Tinder1 source · 2015
- Tyrannosaurus Drip1 source · 2007
- We Are Your Children1 source · 2025