Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY • AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADES One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic “has set a new standard for reporting on poverty” (Barbara Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review). In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads.
Award History
7 wins · 9 total
| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor | 2017 | Winner | Official source |
| Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionMajor | 2017 | Winner | Secondary source |
| National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor | 2016 | Winner | Secondary source |
| Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize: Nonfiction | 2017 | Winner | Secondary source |
| Hillman Prize for Book Journalism | 2017 | Winner | Official source |
| PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction | 2017 | Winner | Secondary source |
| Robert F. Kennedy Book Award | 2017 | Winner | Official source |
| Kirkus Prize for NonfictionMajor | 2016 | Finalist | Official source |
| Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestMajor | 2016 | Finalist | Secondary source |
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