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Author record · 2011 to 2024

Joshua Foer: Awards and Best-of Lists

Joshua Foer has 1 shortlist or finalist place, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 8 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Cara Giaimo

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2024Atlas Obscura: Wild LifeSmithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Travel
2016Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden WondersBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books for Young Adults: Nonfiction
2016Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden WondersBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: Geography & Travel
2012Moonwalking with EinsteinRoyal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Science Book
2012Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering EverythingBill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Holiday Books
2012Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering EverythingBill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Summer Books
2011Moonwalking with EinsteinGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Nonfiction
2011Moonwalking With EinsteinThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Non-Fiction
2011Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering EverythingWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2011Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering EverythingAmazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Top 100

Books

  1. Moonwalking with Einstein6 sources · 2011 to 2012
  2. Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders1 source · 2016
  3. Atlas Obscura: Wild Life1 source · 2024