Award overlap

Books Recognized by Both the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the PEN America Literary Awards

No book has won both the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the PEN America Literary Awards. 26 were shortlisted or recognized by both.

Years are award years. Dayton Literary Peace Prize · PEN America Literary Awards

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the PEN America Literary Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorDayton Literary Peace PrizePEN America Literary Awards
The Burning EarthSunil Amrith
  • 2025 Winner (Nonfiction)
  • 2025 Finalist (PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award)
How the Word Is PassedClint Smith
  • 2022 Winner (Nonfiction)
  • 2022 Finalist (PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction)
Invisible ChildAndrea Elliott
  • 2022 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2022 Finalist (PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonorée Fanonne Jeffers
  • 2022 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2022 Finalist (PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel)
Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsIsabel Wilkerson
  • 2021 Finalist (Nonfiction)
  • 2021 Finalist (PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction)
Shuggie BainDouglas Stuart
  • 2021 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2021 Finalist (PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel)
We Cast a ShadowMaurice Carlos Ruffin
  • 2020 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2020 Finalist (PEN Open Book Award)
EducatedTara Westover
  • 2019 Finalist (Nonfiction)
  • 2019 Finalist (PEN/Jean Stein Book Award)
The OverstoryRichard Powers
  • 2019 Honor (Fiction)
  • 2019 Finalist (PEN/Jean Stein Book Award)
There ThereTommy Orange
  • 2019 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2019 Winner (PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel)
We Were Eight Years in PowerTa-Nehisi Coates
  • 2018 Winner (Nonfiction)
  • 2018 Finalist (PEN/Jean Stein Book Award)
HomegoingYaa Gyasi
  • 2017 Honor (Fiction)
  • 2017 Winner (PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel)
  • 2017 Finalist (PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection)
The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead
  • 2017 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2017 Finalist (PEN/Jean Stein Book Award)
Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates
  • 2016 Finalist (Nonfiction)
  • 2016 Winner (PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay)
The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen
  • 2016 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2016 Finalist (PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection)
An Untamed StateRoxane Gay
  • 2015 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2015 Finalist (PEN Open Book Award)
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert PeaceJeff Hobbs
  • 2015 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2015 Finalist (PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography)
A Constellation of Vital PhenomenaAnthony Marra
  • 2014 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2014 Finalist (PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityKatherine Boo
  • 2013 Finalist (Nonfiction)
  • 2013 Winner (PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction)
The Yellow BirdsKevin Powers
  • 2013 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2013 Winner (PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel)
KapitoilTeddy Wayne
  • 2011 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2011 Finalist (PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection)
The Warmth of Other SunsIsabel Wilkerson
  • 2011 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2011 Finalist (PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction)
Cutting for StoneAbraham Verghese
  • 2010 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2010 Finalist (PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel)
Say You're One of ThemUwem Akpan
  • 2009 Honor (Fiction)
  • 2009 Winner (PEN Open Book Award)
Song for NightChris Abani
  • 2008 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2008 Winner (PEN Open Book Award)
War by CandlelightDaniel Alarcón
  • 2006 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2006 Finalist (PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel)