Gw mau tau Penghargaan dari The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, pemenang

2011 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, pemenang

2011 Guardian First Book Award, pemenang

2011 Wellcome Trust Book Prize, nominasi

2010 New York Times Best Books of the Year

2010 New York Times Notable Book of the Year

2010 New York Times Bestseller

2010 Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

2010 National Book Critics Circle Award, finalis

2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, finalis