Dayton Literary Peace Prize and Finalists

101.
An Untamed State
An Untamed State 4.07 avg rating — 19,599 ratings
102.
What Comes After
What Comes After 3.77 avg rating — 29,210 ratings
102.
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity 4.27 avg rating — 22,183 ratings
102.
Land of Love and Drowning
Land of Love and Drowning 3.37 avg rating — 5,306 ratings
105.
Beasts of a Little Land
Beasts of a Little Land
by: Juhea Kim
4.02 avg rating — 18,774 ratings
105.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time 3.66 avg rating — 358,692 ratings
107.
Someone
Someone 3.78 avg rating — 19,775 ratings
108.
High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out 4.27 avg rating — 4,488 ratings
108.
The Coldest Night
The Coldest Night 3.43 avg rating — 1,094 ratings
110.
The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert
The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert 4.27 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
110.
The Life of Objects
The Life of Objects 3.35 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
112.
Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
Wildland: The Making of America's Fury 4.23 avg rating — 2,033 ratings
113.
We Germans
We Germans really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,492 ratings
114.
Shards
Shards 3.87 avg rating — 716 ratings
115.
The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table 3.62 avg rating — 27,177 ratings
116.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating — 48,408 ratings
116.
The Grief of Others
The Grief of Others 3.33 avg rating — 2,960 ratings
118.
Valentine
Valentine 3.76 avg rating — 43,512 ratings
119.
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains 4.33 avg rating — 7,252 ratings
120.
Spaceman of Bohemia
Spaceman of Bohemia 3.81 avg rating — 6,870 ratings
121.
Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War
Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War 4.30 avg rating — 226 ratings
122.
Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption
Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption 4.32 avg rating — 826 ratings
123.
Lolas' House: Filipino Women Living with War
Lolas' House: Filipino Women Living with War 4.41 avg rating — 207 ratings
124.
The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom
The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom 4.26 avg rating — 3,128 ratings
125.
Perfume River
Perfume River 3.59 avg rating — 1,593 ratings
126.
Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying 4.16 avg rating — 7,577 ratings
126.
The Fortunes
The Fortunes 3.64 avg rating — 2,141 ratings
128.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating — 488,885 ratings
128.
Thank You for Your Service
Thank You for Your Service 4.13 avg rating — 7,003 ratings
130.
We Cast a Shadow
We Cast a Shadow 3.62 avg rating — 5,089 ratings
131.
A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery
A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery 3.99 avg rating — 1,131 ratings
132.
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century 4.38 avg rating — 2,266 ratings
132.
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America 3.71 avg rating — 13,905 ratings
132.
The Gendarme
The Gendarme 3.74 avg rating — 2,107 ratings
135.
Kapitoil
Kapitoil 3.81 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
135.
Burying the Typewriter: A Memoir
Burying the Typewriter: A Memoir really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 550 ratings
137.
A Postcard from the Volcano: A Novel of Pre-War Germany
A Postcard from the Volcano: A Novel of Pre-War Germany 4.25 avg rating — 309 ratings
138.
What We Owe
What We Owe 3.99 avg rating — 3,318 ratings
138.
A Good Fall
A Good Fall
by: Ha Jin
3.72 avg rating — 2,044 ratings
140.
The Calligrapher's Daughter
The Calligrapher's Daughter 3.81 avg rating — 6,938 ratings
141.
Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing
Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing 4.07 avg rating — 365 ratings
142.
Beijing Coma
Beijing Coma
by: Ma Jian
3.88 avg rating — 1,921 ratings
142.
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War 4.16 avg rating — 4,306 ratings
144.
Telex from Cuba
Telex from Cuba 3.58 avg rating — 6,213 ratings
145.
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy 4.38 avg rating — 30,601 ratings
146.
Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship 4.16 avg rating — 5,943 ratings
147.
The Veins of the Ocean
The Veins of the Ocean 3.79 avg rating — 2,064 ratings
147.
The Ocean in the Closet
The Ocean in the Closet 3.77 avg rating — 141 ratings
149.
Song for Night
Song for Night 4.02 avg rating — 1,264 ratings
150.
What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars
What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars 4.39 avg rating — 421 ratings
150.
Birds in Fall
Birds in Fall 3.93 avg rating — 1,407 ratings
150.
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation 3.99 avg rating — 1,834 ratings
153.
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp 4.02 avg rating — 3,370 ratings
153.
Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility
Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility 3.69 avg rating — 336 ratings
155.
The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific
The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific 4.13 avg rating — 115 ratings
156.
Delicious Foods
Delicious Foods 3.81 avg rating — 6,294 ratings
156.
The Syringa Tree
The Syringa Tree 3.80 avg rating — 542 ratings
158.
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War 4.27 avg rating — 2,101 ratings
159.
Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum
Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum 4.47 avg rating — 2,289 ratings
159.
The Last Town on Earth
The Last Town on Earth 3.66 avg rating — 7,610 ratings
161.
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68 4.43 avg rating — 1,899 ratings
162.
Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide
Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide 4.08 avg rating — 298 ratings
163.
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League 4.14 avg rating — 28,257 ratings
163.
Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story
Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story 3.96 avg rating — 3,025 ratings
165.
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul 3.54 avg rating — 2,015 ratings
165.
Unbowed
Unbowed 4.07 avg rating — 6,929 ratings
167.
Wash
Wash 3.65 avg rating — 1,328 ratings
167.
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq 4.10 avg rating — 2,893 ratings
169.
Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism
Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism 4.18 avg rating — 302 ratings
169.
In Perfect Light
In Perfect Light 4.36 avg rating — 687 ratings
171.
Contested Land, Contested Memory: Israel's Jews and Arabs and the Ghosts of Catastrophe
Contested Land, Contested Memory: Israel's Jews and Arabs and the Ghosts of Catastrophe 4.38 avg rating — 53 ratings
172.
War by Candlelight
War by Candlelight 3.90 avg rating — 922 ratings
173.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 3.79 avg rating — 30,888 ratings
173.
The Zahir
The Zahir 3.58 avg rating — 81,859 ratings
175.
In My Brother's Shadow: A Life and Death in the SS
In My Brother's Shadow: A Life and Death in the SS
by: Uwe Timm
3.73 avg rating — 1,613 ratings
176.
Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America
Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America 4.01 avg rating — 125 ratings
177.
Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind
Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind
by: Loung Ung
4.20 avg rating — 3,496 ratings
178.
Nanjing Requiem
Nanjing Requiem
by: Ha Jin
3.27 avg rating — 1,358 ratings
178.
Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War
Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War 4.15 avg rating — 913 ratings
180.
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 4.14 avg rating — 9,093 ratings
180.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,440 ratings
182.
Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War
Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War 3.83 avg rating — 1,383 ratings
182.
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America 3.99 avg rating — 1,247 ratings
184.
The Surrendered
The Surrendered 3.67 avg rating — 4,861 ratings
184.
The Reason You Walk
The Reason You Walk
by: Wab Kinew
4.06 avg rating — 3,805 ratings
186.
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating — 3,749 ratings
186.
The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II 4.08 avg rating — 2,433 ratings
188.
In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance
In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance 4.11 avg rating — 585 ratings
188.
No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America
No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America 4.04 avg rating — 48 ratings
190.
The Other Side: A Memoir
The Other Side: A Memoir 3.95 avg rating — 2,350 ratings
191.
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women 4.37 avg rating — 14,810 ratings
191.
There Was and There Was Not: A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond
There Was and There Was Not: A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond 4.07 avg rating — 578 ratings
193.
Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post-Civil Rights America
Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post-Civil Rights America 4.22 avg rating — 319 ratings
194.
Zeitoun
Zeitoun 4.05 avg rating — 79,608 ratings
194.
Here on the Edge: How a small group of World War II conscientious objectors took art and peace from the margins to the mainstream
Here on the Edge: How a small group of World War II conscientious objectors took art and peace from the margins to the mainstream 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings
196.
In the Valley of Mist: Kashmir: One Family In A Changing World
In the Valley of Mist: Kashmir: One Family In A Changing World 3.59 avg rating — 167 ratings
196.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death
Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death 4.12 avg rating — 3,174 ratings
198.
Peace
Peace 3.83 avg rating — 1,075 ratings
199.
Say You're One of Them
Say You're One of Them 3.55 avg rating — 16,254 ratings
200.
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 4.01 avg rating — 70,873 ratings
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