The Book Prize Index

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Portrait of Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley

British author and journalist.

Wikipedia Rational Optimist Society
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

3

Recognized books

0

Wins

5

Lists

20

Index score

2000—2011

Recognition span

Author in the index

Matt Ridley has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2000 and 2011. The records span 3 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction2
Royal Society Science Book Prize2
Los Angeles Times Book Prize1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Matt Ridley

3 books · sorted by recognition

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 ChaptersScience199912 ptsThe Rational Optimist: How Prosperity EvolvesBusiness & Economics20104 ptsNature Via NurtureScience20044 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
1999Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 ChaptersScience1203HarperCollins
2010The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity EvolvesBusiness & Economics401Unknown
2004Nature Via NurtureScience401Harper Perennial

All books on this page are credited to Matt Ridley.

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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