Author record · 2009 to 2025
Philippe Sands: Awards and Best-of Lists
Philippe Sands has won 2 awards, including the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2016) for East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 13 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Josef Wittlin
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Audio | |
| 2025 | 38 Londres Street | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2025 | 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and A Nazi in Patagonia | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Nonfiction | |
| 2025 | 38 Londres Street | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2025 | 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2023 | The Last Colony | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2020 | The Ratline | Waterstones Book of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Book of the Year | |
| 2020 | The Ratline | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | The Ratline | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2017 | East West Street | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Non-Fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | |
| 2016 | East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Non-Fiction | |
| 2016 | East West Street: On the Origins of “ Genocide” and “ Crimes Against Humanity” | National Jewish Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · History | |
| 2016 | East West Street: On the Origins of “ Genocide” and “ Crimes Against Humanity” | National Jewish Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Holocaust | |
| 2016 | East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity | Cundill History Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · History | |
| 2016 | East West Street | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | City of Lions | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2016 | East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2016 | East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2009 | Torture Team: Uncovering war crimes in the land of the free | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Book |
Books
- East West Street7 sources · 2016 to 2017
- 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia5 sources · 2025
- The Ratline3 sources · 2020
- City of Lions1 source · 2016
- The Last Colony1 source · 2023
- Torture Team: Uncovering war crimes in the land of the free1 source · 2009