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or All Awards by Author

The Averaged American: Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public

Sarah E. Igo

Slate.com: A Best Book of the Year

The Declaration of Independence

David Armitage

Times Literary Supplement: A Best History Book of the Year

Dry Manhattan

Michael Lerner

Washington Post Book World: One of the 10 Best Books of the Year

Slate.com: A Best Book of the Year

Guernica and Total War

Ian Patterson

The Times [London]: A Best History Book of the Year

In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line

George Hutchinson

Choice Magazine: A Best Academic Book of the Year

Prophets of Regulation

Thomas K. McCraw

Library Journal: A Best Business Book of the Year

The Roman Triumph

Mary Beard

New Statesman: A Best Book of the Year

The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics

David Kirp

San Francisco Chronicle: A Best Book of the Year

Stealing Lincoln's Body

Thomas Craughwell

Amazon.com: A top 100 Book of the Year

A Secular Age

Charles Taylor

Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and The Tablet: A Best Book of the Year

That Neutral Island: A Cultural History of Ireland During the Second World War

Clair Wills

Times Literary Supplement: A Best Book of the Year

Irish Times: A Best Book of the Year