Author record · 2011 to 2025
Steven Pinker: Awards and Best-of Lists
Steven Pinker has 3 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 17 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Holiday Books | |
| 2025 | When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2025 | When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Politics and current affairs | |
| 2021 | Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2018 | Enlightenment Now | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Enlightenment Now: The Case For Reason, Science, Humanism, And Progress | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2018 | Enlightenment Now | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Politics and current affairs | |
| 2014 | The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Culture | |
| 2014 | The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2012 | The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and Its Causes | Cundill History Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · History | |
| 2012 | The Better Angels Of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Non-Fiction | |
| 2012 | The Better Angels of Our Nature | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Science Book | |
| 2012 | The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Holiday Books | |
| 2012 | The Better Angels of Our Nature | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Psychology | |
| 2012 | The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Summer Books | |
| 2011 | The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Culture | |
| 2011 | The Better Angels of Our Nature | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |
| 2011 | The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top Ten |
Books
- The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and Its Causes9 sources · 2011 to 2012
- Enlightenment Now5 sources · 2018
- When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows3 sources · 2025
- The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century2 sources · 2014
- Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters1 source · 2021