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Beth Macy

American journalist, author.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2015—2025

Recognition span

Author in the index

Beth Macy has 4 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2015 and 2025. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence3

Kirkus Prize2

Los Angeles Times Book Prize2

Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism1

National Book Critics Circle Awards1

Subject profile

Business & Economics1

Medicine & Public Health1

Memoir & Autobiography1

Race & Ethnicity1

Indexed works

Books by Beth Macy

4 books · sorted by recognition

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted AmericaMedicine & Public Health201920 pts Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured AmericaMemoir & Autobiography20258 pts Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow SouthRace & Ethnicity20166 pts Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local-and Helped Save an American TownBusiness & Economics20142 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2019	Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America	Medicine & Public Health	20	1	4	Little, Brown
2025	Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America	Memoir & Autobiography	8	0	2	Penguin Press
2016	Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South	Race & Ethnicity	6	0	3	Little, Brown
2014	Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local-and Helped Save an American Town	Business & Economics	2	0	1	Little, Brown

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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