The Book Prize Index

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

From the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a powerful and important work about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a compelling account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes.

Nature & EnvironmentNature & Environment · high confidenceNature & Environment81 signalsLlm Classifier: Nature & Environment -> Nature & EnvironmentOpen Library: Environmental disasters -> Nature & EnvironmentOpen Library: SCIENCE / Environmental Science -> Nature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & PollutionClimate, Weather & DisasterScience & Discovery

Award History

2 wins · 5 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionMajor2015WinnerSecondary source
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyMajor2014WinnerSecondary source
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2015FinalistSecondary source
Kirkus Prize for NonfictionMajor2014FinalistSecondary source
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor2014FinalistSecondary source
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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 52%.