Author record · 2010 to 2023
Simon Winchester: Awards and Best-of Lists
Simon Winchester has 2 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 8 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Literary non-fiction | |
| 2018 | Exactly | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Science Book | |
| 2018 | The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineering Created the Modern World | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Science & Technology | |
| 2018 | The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | The Perfectionists | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | Pacific | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | Pacific | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World’s Superpowers | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top Ten | |
| 2010 | Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Travel |
Books
- Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers4 sources · 2015 to 2016
- The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineering Created the Modern World3 sources · 2018
- Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories2 sources · 2010
- Exactly1 source · 2018
- Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic1 source · 2023