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Awards & Accolades
100 Stars That Explain the Universe★ 2021 Foreword Indies Finalist
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived★ A National Bestseller
National Book Critics Circle Award—2017 Nonfiction Finalist
A National Geographic Best Book of 2017
An Amazon Best Book of 2017
2017 Foreword INDIES Gold Winner
Winner of the 2018 Thomas Bonner Book Prize
A New York Public Library Book of the Day
★ #1 Indie Bestseller
2021 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner
Kansas NEA Reading Circle Junior Level 2021
Amazon Editors’ Pick—Best Nonfiction for Kids
Shortlisted for the 2021 Indie Book Awards, Best Children’s Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia 2021 Book of the Year
★ An Indie Bestseller
Amazon Editors’ Pick—Best Nonfiction for Kids
An Indie Book Awards Best Children's Book of the Year
2020 Foreword INDIES Gold Winner
★ A National Indie Favorite
An Indie Next Pick
★ A National Indie Favorite
An Indie Next Pick
★ Shortlisted for the 2016 Gordon Burn Prize
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments★ An Indie Bestseller
Atom Land★ A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
An Amazon Best Book of March—Nonfiction
★ Winner of the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Honors Award, 2011
Breathe, Mama, Breathe★ A National Parenting Product Award (NAPPA) Winner
Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds★ An Indie Bestseller
2019 Foreword INDIES Gold Winner
2019 OWL Award Winner—Gift & Special Interest
A Junior Library Guild Selection
★ One of Amazon’s Best Books of the Month in Cookbooks, Food & Wine
Goodreads Award finalist
★ 2016 Foreword INDIES Silver Winner
Caribbean Vegan★ 2017 Gourmand Award Winner, Vegan Cookbook, Barbados
Citizen Scientist★ A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2016
A 2016 Nautilus Award Winner, Ecology & Environment
A 2017 Northern California Book Award finalist
★ An Amazon Best Book of January—Cookbooks, Food & Wine
Dear Oliver★ A Main Selection of the Library of Science Book Club
One of The Telegraph’s 10 essential new books to read in 2024
★ The 2019–2020 First Year Book selection of the University of Maryland, College Park
East Meets Vegan★ An Amazon Best Book of March—Cookbooks, Food & Wine
Engineering Eden★ Winner of the California Book Award, Silver Medal for Nonfiction
Longlisted for the PEN / E.O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing
One of Outside magazine’s 10 Outdoor Books that Shaped the Last Decade
★ #1 New York Times Bestseller
Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook★ New York Times Bestseller
Freedom★ 2021 Foreword INDIES Gold Winner
Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Award Best Political Book
★ An Indie Bestseller
A Booklist Top 10 Cookbook of 2020
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Cookbook of 2020
★ A CBC best Canadian nonfiction book of 2022
An Indigo top ten best self-help book of 2022
Finalist for the Governor General’s literary award
★ Finalist For The 2019 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize For Nonfiction
An International Bestseller
★ Selection in the History Book Club and Military Book Club
How to Argue With a Racist★ An International Bestseller
One of New Scientist’s 13 Best Science and Technology Books of 2020
A Goodreads Choice Awards Best Book of 2020, Science & Technology, Runner Up
One of BBC Science Focus Magazine’s 28 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020
One of Big Think’s 10 Best Science and Technology Books of 2020
A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year
★ An International Bestseller
One of New Scientist’s 13 Best Science and Technology Books of 2020
A Goodreads Choice Awards Best Book of 2020, Science & Technology, Runner Up
One of BBC Science Focus Magazine’s 28 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020
One of Big Think’s 10 Best Science and Technology Books of 2020
A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year
★ An IndieBound Indie Next List Pick
How to Change Minds About Our Changing Climate★ Books for a Better Life Award—Green category finalist
How to Land a Plane★ Daily Mail and Spectator Book of the Year, 2017
A Points Guy Best Travel Book of 2019
★ Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller
An Indie Bestseller
★ 2017 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner
How to Read Water★ A New York Times Bestseller
A Forbes Top 10 Conservation and Environment Book of 2016
2016 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner
★ As heard on NPR’s Science Friday
How We Do Family★ 2021 Foreword INDIES Finalist
★ An Amazon Best Science Book of 2019
Humble★ A University of California Favorite Book of 2022
Humble★ A University of California Favorite Book of 2022
In Search of Common Ground★ 2022 Foreword INDIES Silver Winner
2022 OWL Award Longlist—Community Read
★ 2017 Foreword INDIES Gold Winner
It’s a Numberful World★ 2021 Mathical Honor Book
Juice + Nourish★ One of Amazon’s Best Books of the Month in Cookbooks, Food & Wine
Kids Cook Gluten-Free★ An Amazon Best Books of the Month in Cookbooks
Know It All★ A Guardian Top 10 Science and Technology book
Let’s Cook!, Revised Edition★ Midwest Book Achievement Award for Best Cookbook of the Year
Moimoi—Look at Me!★ Amazon Editors’ Picks—Best Children's Book, Baby to Age 2
Monarchs of the Sea★ A Science Friday Book Club Pick
My Caesarean★ 2019 Foreword INDIES Silver Winner
My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me★ New York Times Bestseller 2015
INDIEFAB Honorable Mention for Autobiography & Memoir
★ New York Times Bestseller
2015 INDIEFAB Honorable Mention for Autobiography & Memoir
★ National Parenting Publications Gold Award Winner
Mom’s Choice Awards Gold Winner
★ A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2022
An Indie Bestseller
★ A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2022
An Indie Bestseller
★ An Indie Bestseller
Nosh on This★ National Jewish Book Award, Finalist, Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice
Nothing★ A GeekWrapped.com Top 50 Best Science Book of All Time, and one of Brain Pickings Best Science Books of 2014
Ocean Greens★ A 2017 IACP Award Finalist
One Magic Square Vegetable Gardening★ One of Amazon’s Best Books of the Month in Crafts, Hobbies & Home
2016 Foreword INDIES Honorable Mention
★ One of Amazon’s Best Books of the Month in Cookbooks, Food & Wine
Outsmart Your Pain★ A Best Mindfulness Book of 2021 —Mindful.org
Patterns of the Universe★ 2016 Academics’ Choice Smart Book Award Winner
One of Amazon’s Best Books of the Month in Crafts, Hobbies & Home
★ A Main Selection of the Library Science Book Club
Shortlisted for the 2022 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize
★ A 2023 James Beard Foundation Book Award Nominee
A New York Times Best Cookbook of 2022
A WBUR/Here and Now Best Cookbook of the Year
A Food Network Best Vegan Cookbook of 2022
A Forks Over Knives Favorite Plant-Based Book of 2022
Amazon Editors’ Picks: Best Cookbook
2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist
★ Books for a Better Life Award—Wellness category finalist
Polar Vortex★ Winner of the LDComics Rosalind B. Penfold Prize
Short-listed for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition
★ #1 International Bestseller
Recommended by the Polish Cultural Institute New York
★ Kansas NEA Reading Circle Junior Level 2021
Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2019
Shortlisted for Children’s Travel Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020
★ A National Parenting Product Award (NAPPA) Winner
Resilient Grieving★ As heard on NPR’s Hidden Brain and CBS News
2017 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner
★ As heard on NPR’s Hidden Brain and CBS News
2017 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner
★ A Guardian best history and politics book of 2022
Sightlines★ John Burroughs Association’s 2014 Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book
2014 Orion Book Award for Nonfiction
Dolman Travel Book of the Year for 2013
★ Shortlisted for the 2016 RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction
A CBC Best Book of the Year
A Globe and Mail Best Book [2015]
★ 2014 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Parenting Resources Competition, Silver Award (Education category)
Space Exploration—A History in 100 Objects★ A Junior Library Guild Selection
Start with a Scribble★ Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner (1999)
National Parenting Publications Gold Award Winner (1999)
★ Named by the American Library Association’s Choice Magazine an Outstanding Academic Title of 2013
Stop the Fight!★ 2015 INDIEFAB Honorable Mention for Family & Relationships
Superfoods 24/7★ Shortlisted for the 2016 Taste Canada Award
Supernavigators★ A 2019 Nautilus Gold Award Winner, Animals & Nature
A Sunday Times Best Nature Book of the Year
★ A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014
The Aliens Are Coming!★ 2016 Foreword INDIES Gold Winner
The Ayurvedic Self-Care Handbook★ A 2019 Nautilus Silver Award Winner, Body, Mind, & Spirit Practices
The Baby Nurse Bible★ 2011 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Parenting Resources Competition, Gold Award
The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook—Volume 2★ 2011 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Honors Award
The Baby-Led Weaning Family Cookbook★ A National Parenting Product Award (NAPPA) Winner
The Blink of an Eye★ A 2019 Nautilus Silver Award Winner, Heroic Journeys
A Summer 2019 B&N Discover Great New Writers selection
★ An Amazon Best Science Book of 2019
The Brompton★ A Times (UK) Best Business Book of the Year
The Calories In, Calories Out Cookbook★ The Amsterdam Book Award, winner
The Hoffer Book Award, winner
Feathered Quill Book Awards—1st place in Self-Help
★ 2016 Foreword INDIES Honorable Mention
The Global Economy as You’ve Never Seen It★ 2019 Axiom Business Book Award—Economics Gold Medalist
The Good Ancestor★ 2020 Foreword INDIES Honorable Mention
As heard on NPR’s TED Radio Hour
★ 2020 Foreword INDIES Honorable Mention
As heard on NPR’s TED Radio Hour
★ 2017 Foreword INDIES Honorable Mention
The Hidden Life of Ice★ A National Geographic UK Best Travel Book of 2020
A Main Selection of the Library Science Book Club
2020 Foreword INDIES Finalist
★ International Bestseller