Author record · 2011 to 2025
Serhii Plokhy: Awards and Best-of Lists
Serhii Plokhy has won 4 awards, including the Lionel Gelber Prize (2015) for The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 5 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Nuclear Age: An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Politics | |
| 2024 | The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History | Pushkin House Book Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Non-fiction | |
| 2024 | Chernobyl Roulette | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2023 | The Russo-Ukrainian War | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2023 | The Russo-Ukrainian War | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Politics | |
| 2022 | Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Social Sciences | |
| 2019 | Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe | Pushkin House Book Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Non-fiction | |
| 2018 | Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Non-Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union | Lionel Gelber Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · International Affairs | |
| 2015 | The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union | Pushkin House Book Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Non-fiction | |
| 2011 | Yalta: The Price of Peace | Lionel Gelber Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · International Affairs |
Books
- The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History3 sources · 2023 to 2024
- Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe2 sources · 2018 to 2019
- The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union2 sources · 2015
- Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters1 source · 2022
- Chernobyl Roulette1 source · 2024
- The Nuclear Age: An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival1 source · 2025
- Yalta: The Price of Peace1 source · 2011