Author record · 2007 to 2025
Paul Theroux: Awards and Best-of Lists
Paul Theroux has 3 longlist or nominee places and 12 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Vanishing Point | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2019 | On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Road Trip | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Travel | |
| 2018 | Figures In A Landscape | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Travel | |
| 2015 | Deep South | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Travel | |
| 2014 | The Lower River | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2014 | Mr. Bones | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2013 | The Lower River | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2013 | The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: History | |
| 2013 | The Last Train to Zona Verde | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | The Last Train to Zona Verde | Entertainment Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2012 | The Lower River | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Fiction | |
| 2012 | The Lower River | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2011 | The Tao of Travel | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Travel & Outdoors | |
| 2008 | Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: 28,000 Miles in Search of the Railway Bazaar | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Travel | |
| 2007 | The Elephanta Suite | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction |
Books
- The Lower River4 sources · 2012 to 2014
- The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari3 sources · 2013
- Deep South1 source · 2015
- Figures In A Landscape1 source · 2018
- Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: 28,000 Miles in Search of the Railway Bazaar1 source · 2008
- Mr. Bones1 source · 2014
- On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Road Trip1 source · 2019
- The Elephanta Suite1 source · 2007
- The Tao of Travel1 source · 2011
- The Vanishing Point1 source · 2025