The Book Prize Index

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Sunil Amrith

Historian.

Wikipedia

2

Recognized books

2

Wins

4

Lists

20

Index score

2019—2025

Recognition span

Author in the index

Sunil Amrith has 2 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2019 and 2025. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

British Academy Book Prize1
Cundill History Prize1
Dayton Literary Peace Prize1
PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Sunil Amrith

2 books · sorted by recognition

The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 YearsNature & Environment202416 ptsUnruly Waters: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas Have Shaped Asia's HistoryHistory20184 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2024The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 YearsNature & Environment1623W. W. Norton
2018Unruly Waters: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas Have Shaped Asia's HistoryHistory401Basic Books

All books on this page are credited to Sunil Amrith.

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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