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Kai Bird: Awards and Best-of Lists

Kai Bird has won 1 award, the Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) (2006) for American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, with 3 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 3 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Martin J. Sherwin, Martin Sherwin

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2014The Good SpyGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · History & Biography
2014The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert AmesChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books: More Nonfiction
2014The Good Spy: The Life And Death Of Robert AmesNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2014The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert AmesWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2011Crossing Mandelbaum GateDayton Literary Peace Prize source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Nonfiction
2010Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978National Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Autobiography
2006American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerPulitzer Prize (Biography and History) source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Biography or Autobiography
2006American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerJ. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize

Books

  1. The Good Spy4 sources · 2014
  2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer2 sources · 2006
  3. Crossing Mandelbaum Gate2 sources · 2010 to 2011