The Book Prize Index

Authors / person-yiyun-li

Portrait of Yiyun Li

Yiyun Li

Chinese American writer.

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

1

Recognized books

2

Wins

4

Lists

26

Index score

2025—2026

Recognition span

Author in the index

Yiyun Li has one book in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2025 and 2026. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1
National Book Awards1
National Book Critics Circle Awards1
Pulitzer Prize1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Yiyun Li

1 book · sorted by recognition

Things in Nature Merely GrowMemoir & Autobiography202526 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2025Things in Nature Merely GrowMemoir & Autobiography2624Farrar, Straus and Giroux

All books on this page are credited to Yiyun Li.

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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