Bibliography
YOUNG MAN, MUDDLED
Bancroft Press hardcover, 2022
Bancroft paperback, 2023
Kindle ebook, 2022
Audiobook, 2022
Selected reviews: Kirkus, Clarion Reviews, Booklife/Publishers Weekly
HEARING HOMER'S SONG: The Brief Life and Big Idea of Milman Parry
Knopf hardcover, 2021
Random House ebook, 2021
Random House Audio, 2021
Selected reviews: London Review of Books, New Yorker, New York Times, New Republic, Kirkus, Library Journal, Booklist [starred], Publishers Weekly [starred], American Scholar, Wall Street Journal, Classics for All, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Classical Review, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Journal of Folklore Research, The Hudson Review, Folklorica, University Bookman
EYES ON THE STREET: The Life of Jane Jacobs
Knopf hardcover, 2016
Random House Digital ebook, 2016
Random House Audio edition, 2016
Vintage paperback, 2017
Russian edition, Delo, 2018
Taiwanese edition, Linking Press, 2018
Andrew Carnegie Medal in Nonfiction, longlisted, 2017
10 Best Books of 2016, Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air
Other 2016 year-end compilations:
Booklist, Top 10 Arts Books
Eartheasy, 8 Books for a Sustainable Mind
World Architecture, Top 10 Architecture Books of 2016
The Australian, Books of the Year
Passerbuy, Best Books of 2016
Times Higher Education, Books of the Year 2016
Englewood Review of Books, Best Books of 2016
America Magazine, Ten Best Reviewed Books of 2016
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Public Understanding of Science and Technology Program, 2012
Selected reviews: Publishers Weekly [starred], Kirkus [starred], Booklist [starred], Library Journal, Shelf Awareness, American Scholar, AIA Architect, Atlantic/City Lab, Boston Globe, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Wall Street Journal, New York Journal of Books, New York Times, The New Yorker, Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio/Fresh Air, Nature, The Gothamist, San Francisco Chronicle, Literary Review of Canada, Washington Post, National Book Review, Toronto Globe and Mail, Open Letters Monthly: An Arts and Literature Review, New York Times Book Review, City Journal, America: National Catholic Review.
ON AN IRISH ISLAND
Knopf hardcover, 2012
Random House Digital ebook, 2012
Vintage paperback [subtitled The Lost World of the Great Blasket], 2013
Michael J. Durkan Prize, American Conference for Irish Studies, 2012
Nonfiction Must-Reads, Riffle World Lit list, 2012
Ten Must-Reads in New Nonfiction, Kirkus, 2012
Guggenheim Fellowship, 2008
Selected reviews: Washington Post, Kirkus [starred], Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast, Booklist, Salon, Irish America, Irish Edition, Irish Central, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe.
FAUX REAL: Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes
Joseph Henry Press hardcover, 2007
University of Pennsylvania Press paperback, 2010
University of Pennsylvania Press ebook, 2011
Chinese edition, ZheJiang University Press, forthcoming
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Public Understanding of Science and Technology Program, 2005
Scientific American Book Club selection, 2007
Selected reviews: Design and Culture, Publishers Weekly online, Technology and Culture, Library Journal, Chemical Heritage, World Leather (U.K.), Technology Review
HIGH SEASON: How One French Riviera Town Has Seduced Travelers for Two Thousand Years
Viking hardcover, 2002
U.K. hardcover [High Season in Nice] Little, Brown, 2002
U.K. paperback, Abacus, 2003
U.K. ebook, Hachette Digital, 2013
Newsweek, Best Beach Reads, 2002
Chicago Tribune, Summer Choice, 2002
Selected reviews: New York Times Book Review, Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Sunday Telegraph (U.K), Sunday Times (U.K.), Daily Mail (U.K.), Spectator (U.K.), Time (U.K. edition), Irish Times (Ireland)
THE ONE BEST WAY: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency
Viking hardcover, 1997
U.K. hardcover, Little, Brown 1997
Penguin paperback, 1999
U.K. paperback, Abacus, 2000
MIT Press paperback, 2005
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Technology Book Series, 1997
Business Week, Best Business Books of 1997
Library Journal, Best Business Books, 1997
Amazon.com, Top 10 Biographies of 1997
New York Times Book Review, Notable Books of the Year, 1997
Global Business Book Awards (Financial Times/Booz-Allen & Hamilton), finalist, biography, 1998
Basis for PBS special Stopwatch, Kikim Media & Quest Productions, first aired 7 November 1999
Selected reviews: New York Times Book Review [front page], New York Times [daily], New Leader, Civilization, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Journal of Economic History, The American Enterprise, Commentary, New York Review of Books, Nature, Reason, New Republic, Times Higher Education Supplement [U.K.], New Scientist [U.K.], Journal of American History, Technology and Culture, Labor History, Isis, Science
THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
Scribner's hardcover, 1991
U.K. hardcover, Scribner's, 1991
Washington Square Press paperback, 1992
U.K. paperback, Abacus, 1992
Indian (English-language) edition, Rupa, 1992
German edition, Vieweg Verlag, 1993
Cassette book, National Library for the Blind, 1993
Japanese edition, Kousakusha, 1994
Korean edition, Science Books, 2000
Chinese editions, Shanghai Scientific, 2002, 2008
Italian edition, Rizzoli, 2003
Thai edition, Matichon, 2007
Audio edition, Blackstone Audio, 2007
Greek edition, Travlos, 2008
Simon & Schuster Digital ebook, 2013
Indian-language editions published by Ramanujan Mathematical Trust, in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, and Gujarati, 2013 and 2014
Malayalam edition, Kerala State Institute of Languages, 2013
Corriere della Sera "kiosk" edition, La Matematica Come un Romanzo, vol. 19, 2014
U.S. film tie-in edition, Washington Square Press, 2016
U.K. film tie-in edition, Abacus paperback, 2016
Polish edition, Swiat Ksiazki, 2017
Turkish edition, Epsilon, 2022
Book-of-the-Month Club selection
Quality Paperback Book Club selection
National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, 1992
Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist, 1991
Library Journal, Best Sci-Tech Books of 1991
New York Public Library, Book to Remember, 1991
New York Times Book Review, Notable Books of the Year, 1991
Film adaptation, The Man Who Knew Infinity, starring Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons, 2016
Selected reviews: Kirkus (starred), Publisher's Weekly, Booklist (starred), New York Times, New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Phoenix, Washington Post, New York Review of Books, Byte, Science, Indian Express (India), New Scientist, Virginia Quarterly Review, American Mathematical Monthly, The Independent (U.K.), Times Literary Supplement (U.K.), Far Eastern Economic Review, American Scientist, Isis, Sewanee Review
APPRENTICE TO GENIUS: The Making of a Scientific Dynasty
Macmillan hardcover, 1986
Johns Hopkins University Press paperback, 1993
Taiwanese edition, Commonwealth Publishing, 1998
Chinese editions, Shanghai Scientific, 2001, 2012
Japanese edition, Kousakusha, 2020
Library of Science Book Club selection
Library Journal, Best Sci-Tech Books of 1986
Selected reviews: Publishers Weekly, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, The Scientist, Chemical and Engineering News, Isis, Bioscience, Science, Journal of the American Medical Association, Nature
VINTAGE READING: From Plato to Bradbury, a Personal Tour of Some of the World's Best Books
Bancroft Press, 1998
Bancroft e-book, 2010
Audio edition, Audible, 2013
Literary Guild featured alternate
Selected reviews: Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Washington Post Book World, Book Report, Cleveland Plain Dealer