For River of Shadows, Solnit was honored with the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism and the 2004 Sally Hacker Prize from the Society for the History of Technology, which honors exceptional scholarship that reaches beyond the academy toward a broad audience.
Por "River of Shadows", Solnit foi honrada co premio National Book Critics Circle no ano 2003 e o premio 2004 de Sally Hacker da Society for the History of Technology, que premia a investigación de calidade excepcional, que consiga alcanzar unha audiencia ampla máis aló da academia.