Author record · 2020 to 2025

Souvankham Thammavongsa: Awards and Best-of Lists

Souvankham Thammavongsa has won 2 awards, including the Scotiabank Giller Prize (2020) for How to Pronounce Knife, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 9 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
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2025Pick a ColourScotiabank Giller Prize source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Fiction
2025Pick a ColorTIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · 100 Must-Read
2025Pick a ColorThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2025Pick a ColorThe Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2025Pick a ColorKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2025Pick a ColorPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2025Pick a ColourThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2025Pick A Color: A NovelChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction
2021How to Pronounce Knife: StoriesPEN America Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · PEN Open Book Award
2020How to Pronounce KnifeScotiabank Giller Prize source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Fiction
2020How to Pronounce KnifeNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fiction
2020How to Pronounce KnifeTIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · 100 Must-Read
2020How to Pronounce KnifeThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction

Books

  1. Pick a Color6 sources · 2025
  2. How to Pronounce Knife: Stories5 sources · 2020 to 2021
  3. Pick a Colour2 sources · 2025