Author record · 2006 to 2023

Thrity Umrigar: Awards and Best-of Lists

Thrity Umrigar has won 1 award, the Lambda Literary Awards (2013) for The World We Found: A Novel, with 1 longlist or nominee place and 10 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2023The Museum of FailuresNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2022HonorGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Fiction
2022HonorReese's Book Club source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Book Club Selection
2020Sugar in MilkKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2020Sugar in MilkSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2020Sugar in MilkBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2013The World We Found: A NovelLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Lesbian Fiction
2009The Weight of HeavenBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: Fiction
2008First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian ChildhoodBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books for Young Adults: Nonfiction
2008First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian ChildhoodBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: Biography
2006The Space between UsBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: Fiction
2006The Space Between UsWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Fiction

Books

  1. Sugar in Milk3 sources · 2020
  2. Honor2 sources · 2022
  3. The Space between Us2 sources · 2006
  4. First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood1 source · 2008
  5. The Museum of Failures1 source · 2023
  6. The Weight of Heaven1 source · 2009
  7. The World We Found: A Novel1 source · 2013