The Book Prize Index

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Portrait of Sarah Bakewell

Sarah Bakewell

English author and curator.

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

3

Recognized books

2

Wins

5

Lists

22

Index score

2010—2017

Recognition span

Author in the index

Sarah Bakewell has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2010 and 2017. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Costa Book Awards1
Duff Cooper Prize1
Kirkus Prize1
National Book Critics Circle Awards1
PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Sarah Bakewell

3 books · sorted by recognition

How To Live, Or A Life Of MontaigneBiography—10 ptsAt the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot CocktailsBiography20166 ptsHow to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An AnswerBiography20116 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
—How To Live, Or A Life Of MontaigneBiography1011Unknown
2016At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot CocktailsBiography602Other Press
2011How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An AnswerBiography612Vintage Books

All books on this page are credited to Sarah Bakewell.

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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