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.
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life By George Saunders, Random House
By George Saunders, Random House
Books Promiscuously Read By Heather Cass White, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
By Heather Cass White, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Love's Shadow By Paul A. Bové (ΦBK, University of Pittsburgh), Harvard University Press
By Paul A. Bové (ΦBK, University of Pittsburgh), Harvard University Press
Orwell's Roses By Rebecca Solnit, Viking
By Rebecca Solnit, Viking
Read until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature By Farah Jasmine Griffin, W.W. Norton
By Farah Jasmine Griffin, W.W. Norton
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality By Frank Wilczek (ΦBK, University of Chicago), Penguin Press
By Frank Wilczek (ΦBK, University of Chicago), Penguin Press
Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy and Everything Else By Jordan Ellenberg (ΦBK, Harvard University), Penguin Press
By Jordan Ellenberg (ΦBK, Harvard University), Penguin Press
The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us By Margaret D. Lowman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
By Margaret D. Lowman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, & Dreams Deferred By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Bold Type Books
By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Bold Type Books
You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation By Paul Offit, Basic Books
By Paul Offit, Basic Books
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake By Tiya Alica Miles, Random House
By Tiya Alica Miles, Random House
Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America By Nicole Eustace, Liveright
By Nicole Eustace, Liveright
Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness By Elizabeth D. Samet (ΦBK, Harvard University) Farrar, Straus and Giroux
By Elizabeth D. Samet (ΦBK, Harvard University) Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World By Linda Colley, Liveright
By Linda Colley, Liveright
Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance By Mia Bay, Belknap Press of Harvard
By Mia Bay, Belknap Press of Harvard
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