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Charles King

Explore the prize-recognized books by Charles King represented in the index.

3

Recognized books

3

Wins

7

Lists

24

Index score

2019—2025

Recognition span

Author in the index

Charles King has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2019 and 2025. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1
British Academy Book Prize1
Francis Parkman Prize1
Los Angeles Times Book Prize1
National Book Critics Circle Awards1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Charles King

3 books · sorted by recognition

Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth CenturyRace & Ethnicity201916 ptsEvery Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's MessiahHistory20244 ptsThe Reinvention of Humanity: A Story of Race, Sex, Gender and the Discovery of CultureRace & Ethnicity20194 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2019Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth CenturyRace & Ethnicity1625Doubleday
2024Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's MessiahHistory411Doubleday
2019The Reinvention of Humanity: A Story of Race, Sex, Gender and the Discovery of CultureRace & Ethnicity401Unknown

All books on this page are credited to Charles King.

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