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Ron Rash: Awards and Best-of Lists

Ron Rash has won 1 award, the Alex Awards (2007) for The World Made Straight, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 5 longlist or nominee places, and 10 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2023The CaretakerThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2017Above the WaterfallDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2015Something Rich and Strange: Selected StoriesAndrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2014The CoveDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2013The CoveAndrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2013Nothing Gold Can StayKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2013Nothing Gold Can StayPaste Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2012The CoveBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: Fiction
2012The CoveBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2012The CoveKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2012The CovePublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2010SerenaDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2009SerenaPEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fiction
2008Chemistry and Other StoriesPEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fiction
2008SerenaPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2008SerenaWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Fiction
2008SerenaAmazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Top 100
2007The World Made StraightAlex Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Adult Books for Teens

Books

  1. The Cove6 sources · 2012 to 2014
  2. Serena5 sources · 2008 to 2010
  3. Nothing Gold Can Stay2 sources · 2013
  4. Above the Waterfall1 source · 2017
  5. Chemistry and Other Stories1 source · 2008
  6. Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories1 source · 2015
  7. The Caretaker1 source · 2023
  8. The World Made Straight1 source · 2007