The Book Prize Index

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Portrait of Tom Reiss

Tom Reiss

American author, historian, and journalist (b. 1964).

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

2

Recognized books

2

Wins

6

Lists

28

Index score

2006—2013

Recognition span

Author in the index

Tom Reiss has 2 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2006 and 2013. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1
Cundill History Prize1
National Book Critics Circle Awards1
PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography1
Plutarch Award1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Tom Reiss

2 books · sorted by recognition

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte CristoBiography201224 ptsThe Orientalist: In Search of a Man Caught Between East and WestBiography20064 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2012The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte CristoBiography2425Crown
2006The Orientalist: In Search of a Man Caught Between East and WestBiography401Vintage Books

All books on this page are credited to Tom Reiss.

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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