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Praise for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Winner of 2010 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction
- Winner of 2010 Wellcome Trust Book Prize
- Winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Young Adult Science Book Award
- Winner of Goodreads.com Readers Choice Award for Best Debut Author and Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
- Winner of BookBrowse.com Diamond Award for Best Book
- Winner of 2011 Puddly Award for Nonfiction
- Winner of 2010 Indie Lit Award for Nonfiction
- Winner of 2011 Medical Journalists’ Association Open Book Award for General Readership Nonfiction
- Winner of 2011 Ambassador Book Award for American Studies
- Winner of 2011 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Audiobook
Selected for More than Sixty Best of the Year Lists, Including:
- New York Times Notable Book
- Entertainment Weekly #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year
- New Yorker Reviewers’ Favorite
- American Library Association Notable Book
- People Top Ten Book of the Year
- Washington Post Book World Top Ten Book of the Year
- Salon Best Book of the Year
- USA Today Ten Books We Loved Reading
- O, The Oprah Magazine Top Ten Books of the Year
- National Public Radio Best of the Bestsellers
- Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
- Financial Times Nonfiction Favorite
- Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book
- Los Angeles Times Critics’ Pick
- Bloomberg Top Nonfiction
- New York Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year for 2010
- Slate Favorite Book of the Year
- TheRoot.com Top Ten Book of the Year
- Discover magazine 2010 Must-Read
- Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
- Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
- Publishers Lunch Best of the Best Books of 2010
- U.S. News & World Report Top Debate-Worthy Book
- Booklist Top of the List—Best Nonfiction Book
- Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book
- New Scientist/CultureLab Best Book of the Year
- Daily Beast Best of the Best Books of the Year