- 2012 National Book Award, winner, Nonfiction category.[2]
- 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award, finalist, Nonfiction category.[5]
- 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize, shortlist.[6]
- 2012 Guardian First Book Award, shortlist.[7]
- 2012 The New York Times best seller
- 2012 Salon What to Read Awards[8]
- 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Current Interest)[9]
- 2013 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, winner.[10]
- 2013 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, winner.
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