Author record · 2006 to 2025

Xiaolu Guo: Awards and Best-of Lists

Xiaolu Guo has won 1 award, the National Book Critics Circle Awards (2017) for Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China, with 4 shortlist or finalist places, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 3 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Call Me IshmaelleThe Telegraph Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2020A Lover’s DiscourseGoldsmiths Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Fiction
2018Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing UpRathbones Folio Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Literature
2017Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of ChinaNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Autobiography
2017Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing UpCosta Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Biography
2017Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of ChinaThe Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2015I Am ChinaWomen's Prize for Fiction source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2014I Am China: A NovelNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2007A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for LoversWomen's Prize for Fiction source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Fiction
2006Village of StoneDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · FictionCindy Carter

Books

  1. I Am China2 sources · 2014 to 2015
  2. Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China2 sources · 2017
  3. Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up2 sources · 2017 to 2018
  4. A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers1 source · 2007
  5. A Lover’s Discourse1 source · 2020
  6. Call Me Ishmaelle1 source · 2025
  7. Village of Stone1 source · 2006