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Ross Gay: Awards and Best-of Lists

Ross Gay has won 4 awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Awards (2015) for Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 5 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2023Inciting JoyHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Memoir Nonfiction
2023The Book of (More) DelightsThe Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2022Inciting Joy: EssaysLibrary Journal Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Arts & Humanities
2022Inciting JoyBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2022Inciting JoyThe Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2022Inciting Joy: EssaysPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2021Be Holding: A PoemPEN America Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
2016Catalog of Unabashed GratitudeKingsley Tufts Poetry Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
2016Catalog of Unabashed GratitudeHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry
2015Catalogue of Unabashed GratitudeNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2015Catalog of Unabashed GratitudeNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry
2015Catalog of Unabashed GratitudeGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Poetry

Books

  1. Inciting Joy5 sources · 2022 to 2023
  2. Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude4 sources · 2015 to 2016
  3. Be Holding: A Poem1 source · 2021
  4. Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude1 source · 2015
  5. The Book of (More) Delights1 source · 2023