Staggering Genius 2000 Washington Post Best Book of the Year, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 2000 San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 2000 Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 2000 The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 2001 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction finalist, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 2001 Addison Metcalfe Award (American Academy of Arts and Letters) 2003 Independent Book Award, You Shall Know Our Velocity 2005 Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People 2005 Honorary Doctor of Letters from Brown University. He delivered the baccalaureate address at the school in 2008. 2006 Salon Book Award for What is the What 2007 The 13th Annual Heinz Award (Arts and Humanities) 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction) finalist, What is the What 2008 TED Prize 2008 International Dublin Literary Award longlist, What is the What 2009 Literarian Award of the National Book Award 2009 Prix Médicis award, What is the What 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Current Interest), Zeitoun 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Innovator's Award) 2009 Entertainment Weekly "End-of-the-Decade" Best of list, Zeitoun 2010 American Book Award, Zeitoun 2010 Northern California Book Award (Creative Nonfiction) nomination, Zeitoun 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Zeitoun 2011 International Dublin Literary Award longlist, The Wild Things 2012 National Book Award (Fiction) finalist, A Hologram for the King 2012 A Hologram for the King named in the 10 Best Books of 2012 list by editors of The New York Times Book Review 2012 A Hologram for the King included in Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2012 list 2012 Commonwealth Club Inforum's 21st Century Award 2012 Hollywood.com Best Books of 2012 list, A Hologram for the King 2012 Albatros Literaturpreis for Zeitoun, co-won with German translators Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann. 2012 The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012 List (Fiction & Poetry), A Hologram for the King 2012 The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2012 list (Fiction, chosen by the editors of The New York Times Book Review), A Hologram for the King 2012 PEN Center USA Award of Honor 2012 2013 Eggers was the 2013 recipient of Smithsonian magazine's American Ingenuity Award in the Social Progress category 2013 California Book Award (Fiction) finalist, A Hologram for the King