Award overlap
Books Recognized by Both the Aspen Words Literary Prize and the PEN America Literary Awards
No book has won both the Aspen Words Literary Prize and the PEN America Literary Awards. 20 were shortlisted or recognized by both.
Years are award years. Aspen Words Literary Prize · PEN America Literary Awards
Recognized by both
| Book | Author | Aspen Words Literary Prize | PEN America Literary Awards |
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| The Road to the Salt Sea | Samuel Kọ́láwọlé |
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| Temple Folk | Aaliyah Bilal |
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| Calling for a Blanket Dance | Oscar Hokeah |
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| The Five Wounds: A Novel | Kirstin Valdez Quade |
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| The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Novel | Honorée Fanonne Jeffers |
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| The Death of Vivek Oji: A Novel | Akwaeke Emezi |
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| Lot | Bryan Washington |
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| Sabrina & Corina | Kali Fajardo-Anstine |
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| The World Doesn’t Require You | Rion Amilcar Scott |
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| We Cast a Shadow | Maurice Carlos Ruffin |
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| A Lucky Man | Jamel Brinkley |
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| Bring Out the Dog | Will Mackin |
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| Freshwater | Akwaeke Emezi |
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| Friday Black | Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah |
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| Heads of the Colored People | Nafissa Thompson-Spires |
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| Severance | Ling Ma |
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| There There | Tommy Orange |
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| Chemistry | Weike Wang |
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| The Graybar Hotel | Curtis Dawkins |
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| The Leavers | Lisa Ko |
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