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Author record · 2007 to 2024

Dinaw Mengestu: Awards and Best-of Lists

Dinaw Mengestu has won 1 award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (2007) for The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, with 4 shortlist or finalist places, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 22 year-end list picks in our archive.

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Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
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2024Someone Like UsTIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · 100 Must-Read
2024Someone Like UsThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2024Someone Like UsBarack Obama's Favorite Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Favorite Books
2024Someone Like UsBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2024Someone Like UsPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2024Someone Like UsNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction & Poetry
2024Someone Like UsChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction
2024Someone Like UsWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Fiction
2024Someone Like UsChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Our Favorite Books
2019How to Read the AirBarack Obama's Favorite Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Summer Reading
2016All Our NamesDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2014All Our NamesKirkus Prize source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fiction
2014All Our NamesNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2014All Our NamesThe Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2014All Our NamesThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2014All Our NamesKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2014All Our NamesPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2014All Our NamesNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction & Poetry
2014All Our NamesWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Fiction
2011How to Read the AirDayton Literary Peace Prize source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fiction
2011How to Read the AirHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fiction
2010How to Read the AirChicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2010How to Read the AirPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2010How to Read the AirNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction & Poetry
2009The Beautiful Things That Heaven BearsDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2008Children of the RevolutionSwansea University Dylan Thomas Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Literature
2007The Beautiful Things That Heaven BearsLos Angeles Times Book Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
2007The Beautiful Things That Heaven BearsNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction & Poetry
2007The Beautiful Things That Heaven BearsAmazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Top 100

Books

  1. All Our Names9 sources · 2014 to 2016
  2. Someone Like Us8 sources · 2024
  3. How to Read the Air6 sources · 2010 to 2019
  4. The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears4 sources · 2007 to 2009
  5. Children of the Revolution1 source · 2008