The Phi Beta Kappa Society is delighted to announce the
2018 Book Awards Short List
The ΦΒΚ Book Awards are administered in the following three, non-fiction categories:
The Christian Gauss Award: Celebrates outstanding books in the field of literary scholarship or criticism.
The Phi Beta Kappa Award for Science: Recognizes superior books by scientists written to illuminate aspects of science for a broad readership.
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Award: Honors scholarly studies that contribute significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity.
Finalists and award-winning authors are selected by a panel of experts in each category. Award-winning authors will each receive a $10,000 prize at a celebratory dinner event in Washington, D.C. in December 2018. For more information or to attend this dinner please email
Jen Horneman.