Princeton University Press. Praised by the New Yorker and The Chronicle of Higher Ed. This book was assigned two call numbers - placing it in either the history section or the science section. It is not strictly a science history book; it describes the impact of the physical scientific record on American science, culture, religion, life, art, literature
Nonfiction. Biography. Yale University Press. A New Yorker “Best Book of 2024” Selection. Liked by the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the Sunday Times
Winner of the Constellation Award from American Short Fiction
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
Nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
A New York Times Notable Book
Named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Oprah Daily
A New York Times Notable Book. Named one of Elle’s “Best Literary Fiction Books of 2024” One of NPR’s 2024 “Books We Love” Praised by People and the New York Times Book Review
New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2024; Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction 2024; Library Journal Best Pop Fiction of 2024; PEOPLE Book of the Week;
Highbrow Magazine Best Book of 2024
New Yorker Best Books of 2024; Best 100 Books of 2024 NYT; Editor Choice NYT; praised by Library Journal, the Times, ELLE, Harvard Public Health and others.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Editors' Choice. A TIME TOP 10 NONFICTION BOOK AND MUST-READ BOOK OF 2024 * A NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO BEST BOOK OF 2024
One of The New Yorker's "Essential Reads" of 2024; One of NPR's "Books We Love" for 2024. One of New Statesman Best Books of 2024
Praised by Science, Nature, Wall Street Journal, NYT, NPR.
Finalist for the 2024 Willie Morris Award for Southern Nonfiction; A Chicago Public Library Must-Read Book of 2024. Praised by Scientific American, Outdoor Journal, FERN, Garden and Gun, the Wall Street Journal and more
The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024 • TIME’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 • New York Magazine’s 10 Best Books of the Year • Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 • Smithsonian’s 10 Best Science Books of the Year • A Best Book of the Year: Boston Globe, Scientific American,New York Public Library, Christian Science Monitor, Library Journal
True Crime. The Washington Post, A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year. One of Library Journal's Best Nonfiction of 2024. Praised by CrimeReads, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, WaPo and more