Athenaeum of Philadelphia Literary Award Winners

1.
My Broken Language
My Broken Language 4.20 avg rating — 3,824 ratings
2.
Empire of Ruins: American Culture, Photography, and the Spectacle of Destruction
Empire of Ruins: American Culture, Photography, and the Spectacle of Destruction liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
3.
The Beauty in Breaking
The Beauty in Breaking 3.82 avg rating — 31,939 ratings
4.
Salut!: France Meets Philadelphia
Salut!: France Meets Philadelphia really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
5.
Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects
Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects 3.61 avg rating — 576 ratings
6.
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings
7.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,864 ratings
8.
Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776
Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776 3.92 avg rating — 115 ratings
9.
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge 3.83 avg rating — 10,183 ratings
10.
The Art of the Peales in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Adaptations and Innovations
The Art of the Peales in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Adaptations and Innovations really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
11.
The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age 4.29 avg rating — 875 ratings
12.
Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art
Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art 3.92 avg rating — 91 ratings
13.
American Zoo: A Sociological Safari
American Zoo: A Sociological Safari 3.84 avg rating — 76 ratings
14.
Houses for a New World: Builders and Buyers in American Suburbs, 1945–1965
Houses for a New World: Builders and Buyers in American Suburbs, 1945–1965 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
15.
Governed by a Spirit of Opposition: The Origins of American Political Practice in Colonial Philadelphia (Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia)
Governed by a Spirit of Opposition: The Origins of American Political Practice in Colonial Philadelphia (Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
16.
The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime
The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime 3.96 avg rating — 1,938 ratings
17.
The Houses of Louis Kahn
The Houses of Louis Kahn 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings
18.
Heft
Heft
by: Liz Moore
4.02 avg rating — 22,830 ratings
19.
A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States
A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States 4.29 avg rating — 385 ratings
20.
A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
21.
If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This
If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This 3.77 avg rating — 2,655 ratings
22.
Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West
Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West 4.20 avg rating — 1,162 ratings
23.
Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution
Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution 4.13 avg rating — 1,386 ratings
24.
Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era 1829-1877
Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era 1829-1877 4.15 avg rating — 152 ratings
25.
Finn
Finn 3.72 avg rating — 2,866 ratings
26.
Crusader Nation: The United States in Peace and the Great War, 1898-1920
Crusader Nation: The United States in Peace and the Great War, 1898-1920 3.60 avg rating — 53 ratings
27.
In the Shadow of the Law
In the Shadow of the Law 3.36 avg rating — 425 ratings
28.
Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia
Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
29.
The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth's Antiquity
The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth's Antiquity 3.88 avg rating — 610 ratings
30.
Philadelphia Murals & Stories They Tell
Philadelphia Murals & Stories They Tell 3.90 avg rating — 48 ratings
31.
Independence Hall in American Memory
Independence Hall in American Memory really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
32.
Body, Place, and Self in Nineteenth-Century Painting
Body, Place, and Self in Nineteenth-Century Painting 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
33.
The Emperor of Nature: Charles-Luciene Bonaparte and His World
The Emperor of Nature: Charles-Luciene Bonaparte and His World 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
34.
William L. Price, Arts and Crafts to Modern Design
William L. Price, Arts and Crafts to Modern Design 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
35.
About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made
About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made 3.95 avg rating — 164 ratings
36.
Jack Tar: A Sailor's Life: 1750-1910
Jack Tar: A Sailor's Life: 1750-1910 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
37.
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century 4.05 avg rating — 1,043 ratings
38.
Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior
Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior 4.18 avg rating — 929 ratings
39.
Avatars of the Word: From Papyrus to Cyberspace
Avatars of the Word: From Papyrus to Cyberspace 3.86 avg rating — 50 ratings
40.
Joseph Leidy: The Last Man Who Knew Everything
Joseph Leidy: The Last Man Who Knew Everything 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
41.
Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
42.
Captain Watson's Travels in America: The Sketchbooks and Diary of Joshua Rowley Watson, 1771-1818
Captain Watson's Travels in America: The Sketchbooks and Diary of Joshua Rowley Watson, 1771-1818 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
43.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt 4.14 avg rating — 461 ratings
44.
Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artefacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum
Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artefacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
45.
Car: A Drama of the American Workplace
Car: A Drama of the American Workplace 4.13 avg rating — 122 ratings
46.
Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography
Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography 4.15 avg rating — 124 ratings
47.
Tumbling
Tumbling 4.25 avg rating — 3,601 ratings
48.
Wings Of Morning: The Story Of The Last American Bomber Shot Down Over Germany In World War II
Wings Of Morning: The Story Of The Last American Bomber Shot Down Over Germany In World War II 4.29 avg rating — 219 ratings
49.
City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World
City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World 3.73 avg rating — 426 ratings
50.
The Forest
The Forest 4.23 avg rating — 43 ratings
51.
The Anti-Egotist: Kingsley Amis, Man of Letters
The Anti-Egotist: Kingsley Amis, Man of Letters 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings
52.
Third and Indiana
Third and Indiana 4.04 avg rating — 725 ratings
53.
The Costs of Living
The Costs of Living 3.71 avg rating — 56 ratings
54.
A Judge Uncommon: A Life of John Biggs, Jr.
A Judge Uncommon: A Life of John Biggs, Jr. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
55.
Susquehanna, River of Dreams
Susquehanna, River of Dreams 3.61 avg rating — 51 ratings
56.
The American Pacific: From the Old China Trade to the Present
The American Pacific: From the Old China Trade to the Present 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
57.
The United States of Incompetence
The United States of Incompetence
by: Art Carey
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
58.
American Genre Painting: The Politics of Everyday Life
American Genre Painting: The Politics of Everyday Life 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
59.
William Dorsey's Philadelphia and Ours: On the Past and Future of the Black City in America
William Dorsey's Philadelphia and Ours: On the Past and Future of the Black City in America 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
60.
Crested Kimono: Power and Love in the Japanese Business Family
Crested Kimono: Power and Love in the Japanese Business Family 3.64 avg rating — 45 ratings
61.
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene) 3.99 avg rating — 3,555 ratings
62.
Time Journeys: A Search For Cosmic Destiny And Meaning
Time Journeys: A Search For Cosmic Destiny And Meaning really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
63.
A Taste for Treason: A Novel
A Taste for Treason: A Novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
64.
The Grotto
The Grotto 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
65.
Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality
Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality 3.82 avg rating — 45 ratings
66.
Medieval Art : Painting, Sculpture, Architecture 4th Through 14th Century
Medieval Art : Painting, Sculpture, Architecture 4th Through 14th Century 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings
67.
English Romanticism
English Romanticism 3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings
68.
Secrets of the Cat
Secrets of the Cat 3.64 avg rating — 182 ratings
69.
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 3.78 avg rating — 5,272 ratings
70.
Eisenhower at War 1943-1945
Eisenhower at War 1943-1945 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 128 ratings
71.
Pat Nixon: The Untold Story
Pat Nixon: The Untold Story 3.80 avg rating — 157 ratings
72.
Handling Sin
Handling Sin 4.02 avg rating — 2,316 ratings
73.
The Battle for Human Nature: Science, Morality and Modern Life
The Battle for Human Nature: Science, Morality and Modern Life 3.80 avg rating — 41 ratings
74.
Chancing It : Why We Take Risks
Chancing It : Why We Take Risks really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
75.
Crime and Madness: The Origins and Evolution of the Insanity Defense
Crime and Madness: The Origins and Evolution of the Insanity Defense 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
76.
Disorderly Conduct: Visions of Gender in Victorian America
Disorderly Conduct: Visions of Gender in Victorian America 3.98 avg rating — 120 ratings
77.
The Renaissance Hamlet: Issues and Responses in 1600
The Renaissance Hamlet: Issues and Responses in 1600 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
78.
Philadelphians and the China trade, 1784-1844
Philadelphians and the China trade, 1784-1844 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
79.
The Empress of China
The Empress of China really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
80.
The Dentist and the Empress: The Adventures of Dr. Tom Evans in Gas-Lit Paris
The Dentist and the Empress: The Adventures of Dr. Tom Evans in Gas-Lit Paris 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
81.
E.L.: The Bread Box Papers : The High Life of a Dazzling Victorian Lady/a Biography of Elizabeth Chapman Lawrence
E.L.: The Bread Box Papers : The High Life of a Dazzling Victorian Lady/a Biography of Elizabeth Chapman Lawrence 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
82.
George Washington's Chinaware
George Washington's Chinaware it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
83.
Voices of Kensington: Vanishing Mills Vanishing Neighborhoods
Voices of Kensington: Vanishing Mills Vanishing Neighborhoods really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
84.
Deadlines
Deadlines 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
85.
The Captain
The Captain 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
86.
Ringer
Ringer 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
87.
The Chaneysville Incident
The Chaneysville Incident really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,235 ratings
88.
Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
89.
Philadelphia, Patricians and Philistines, 1900-1950
Philadelphia, Patricians and Philistines, 1900-1950 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
90.
Charles Willson Peale and His World
Charles Willson Peale and His World 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
91.
Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign Of France And Germany, 1944-1945
Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign Of France And Germany, 1944-1945 4.17 avg rating — 130 ratings
92.
A Princess in Berlin
A Princess in Berlin 3.95 avg rating — 786 ratings
93.
Criminals and Victims: A Trial Judge Reflects on Crime and Punishment
Criminals and Victims: A Trial Judge Reflects on Crime and Punishment it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
94.
Churchill: Speaker of the Century
Churchill: Speaker of the Century 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
95.
Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia
Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia 3.81 avg rating — 54 ratings
96.
John Twachtman
John Twachtman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
97.
Rockdale: The Growth of an American Village in the Early Industrial Revolution
Rockdale: The Growth of an American Village in the Early Industrial Revolution 3.76 avg rating — 33 ratings
98.
Nurse
Nurse 3.77 avg rating — 637 ratings
99.
Being seventy: The measure of a year
Being seventy: The measure of a year 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
100.
A woman of quality
A woman of quality 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings