Authors / person-anne-applebaum

Anne Applebaum

American journalist and historian (born 1964).

Wikipedia Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2003—2025

Recognition span

Author in the index

Anne Applebaum has 4 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2003 and 2025. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Cundill History Prize2

Duff Cooper Prize2

Lionel Gelber Prize2

National Book Awards2

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1

Subject profile

History3

Politics & Government1

Indexed works

Books by Anne Applebaum

4 books · sorted by recognition

Gulag: A History of the Soviet CampsHistory200428 pts Red Famine: Stalin's War on UkraineHistory201720 pts Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956History201220 pts Autocracy Inc.Politics & Government20242 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2004	Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps	History	28	2	6	Doubleday
2017	Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine	History	20	2	4	Doubleday
2012	Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956	History	20	1	4	Doubleday
2024	Autocracy Inc.	Politics & Government	2	0	1	Penguin Books

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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