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Michael Thomas: Awards and Best-of Lists

Michael Thomas has won 1 award, the Dublin Literary Award (2009) for Man Gone Down, with 1 longlist or nominee place and 7 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025The Broken KingNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Autobiography
2025The Broken KingBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: Literature
2025The Broken KingThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2025The Broken KingNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2025The Broken King: A MemoirThe Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2025The Broken King: A MemoirPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2009Man Gone DownDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Fiction
2007Man Gone DownNew York Times 10 Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2007Man Gone DownNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction & Poetry

Books

  1. The Broken King6 sources · 2025
  2. Man Gone Down3 sources · 2007 to 2009