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Author

Isabel Wilkerson

b. 1961 · United States

Journalist, Writer

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Titles on list

2

Total weeks

62

Peak rank

#1

Weeks at #1

1

#15101520102013201620192020
Hit #1Dot size = weeks on list

Biography

Born
1961 · Washington, D.C.
Nationality
United States
Gender
Female
Languages
English
Education
Howard University

Awards & Honours

  • 1993George Polk Award
  • 1994Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
  • 1994Journalist of the Year
  • 1998Guggenheim Fellowship
  • 2010National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction
  • 2011Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
  • 2011The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
  • 2015National Humanities Medal
  • 2021Carl Sandburg Literary Award

On the Bestseller Lists

2 titles

CASTE
Isabel Wilkerson
Cover of CASTE
#1

CASTE

#1 · 57 wks

THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS
Isabel Wilkerson
Cover of THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS

THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS

#5 · 5 wks

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).