Authors / person-barbara-demick

Barbara Demick

American journalist.

Wikipedia

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2010—2025

Recognition span

Author in the index

Barbara Demick has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2010 and 2025. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

National Book Critics Circle Awards2

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1

National Book Awards1

Orwell Prize1

Subject profile

Memoir & Autobiography1

Politics & Government1

Society & Culture1

Indexed works

Books by Barbara Demick

3 books · sorted by recognition

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North KoreaSociety & Culture200918 pts Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated TwinsMemoir & Autobiography20258 pts Eat the Buddha: The Story of Modern Tibet through the People of One TownPolitics & Government20206 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2009	Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea	Society & Culture	18	1	3	Spiegel & Grau
2025	Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins	Memoir & Autobiography	8	1	2	Random House
2020	Eat the Buddha: The Story of Modern Tibet through the People of One Town	Politics & Government	6	0	3	Granta 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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