Author record · 2009 to 2025
Philip Hoare: Awards and Best-of Lists
Philip Hoare has won 1 award, the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2009) for Leviathan or, The Whale, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 2 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Biography | |
| 2025 | William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2022 | Albert and the Whale: Albrecht Dürer and How Art Imagines Our World | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography | |
| 2022 | Albert & the Whale | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2014 | The Sea Inside | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2009 | Leviathan or, The Whale | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Non-Fiction |
Books
- Albert and the Whale: Albrecht Dürer and How Art Imagines Our World2 sources · 2022
- William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love2 sources · 2025
- Leviathan or, The Whale1 source · 2009
- The Sea Inside1 source · 2014