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.
Catastrophizing: Materialism and the Making of Disaster By Gerard Passannante, University of Chicago Press
By Gerard Passannante, University of Chicago Press
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age By Leo Damrosch (ϕBK, Yale College), Yale University Press
By Leo Damrosch (ϕBK, Yale College), Yale University Press
Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative By Jane Alison, Catapult
By Jane Alison, Catapult
A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past By Lewis Hyde, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
By Lewis Hyde, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
What We Talk About When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of Reading By Leah Price (ϕBK, Harvard), Basic Books
By Leah Price (ϕBK, Harvard), Basic Books
The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution By Susan Hockfield, W.W. Norton & Company
By Susan Hockfield, W.W. Norton & Company
Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes the Past By Sarah Parcak, Henry Holt and Co.
By Sarah Parcak, Henry Holt and Co.
The First Cell: And the Human Cost of Pursuing Cancer to the Last By Azra Raza, Basic Books
By Azra Raza, Basic Books
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves By Frans De Waal, W. W. Norton & Company
By Frans De Waal, W. W. Norton & Company
Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime By Sean Carroll (ϕBK, Villanova University), Dutton
By Sean Carroll (ϕBK, Villanova University), Dutton
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States By Erika Lee, Basic Books
By Erika Lee, Basic Books
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs By Camilla Townsend, Oxford University Press
By Camilla Townsend, Oxford University Press
The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley, and the Debate Over Race in America By Nicholas Buccola, Princeton University Press
By Nicholas Buccola, Princeton University Press
Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom By Sarah A. Seo (ϕBK, Princeton University), Harvard University Press
By Sarah A. Seo (ϕBK, Princeton University), Harvard University Press
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia By Christina Thompson (ϕBK, Dartmouth College) Harper
By Christina Thompson (ϕBK, Dartmouth College) Harper
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