Awards & recognitions given to Mohsin Hamid:
2024
Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa, Colgate University
KLF Getz Pharma Fiction Prize (winner): The Last White Man
New York Times 100 Best Books of 21st Century: Exit West
2023
Visionary Honours Book of the Year (shortlist): The Last White Man
2019
BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (shortlist): Exit West
Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best Novels of the Decade: Exit West
International Dublin Literary Award (shortlist): Exit West
2018
Aspen Words Literary Prize (winner): Exit West
British Science Fiction Association Award (shortlist): Exit West
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (shortlist): Exit West
Eastern Eye Arts Culture & Theatre Award (shortlist)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
KLF Getz Pharma Fiction Prize (shortlist): Exit West
LA Times Book Prize (winner): Exit West
National Book Critics Circle Award (shortlist): Exit West
Pakistan Sitara-i-Imtiaz/Star of Excellence
Rathbones Folio Prize (shortlist): Exit West
2017
Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize (shortlist): Exit West
Kirkus Prize (shortlist): Exit West
Man Booker Prize (shortlist): Exit West
Medici Book Club Prize (shortlist): Exit West
Neustadt Prize (shortlist)
New York Times Best Book of the Year: Exit West
St. Francis College Literary Prize (shortlist): Exit West
2014
Haus der Kulturen der Welt International Literature Award (shortlist): How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
KLF Embassy of France Prize (shortlist): How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Tiziano Terzani International Literary Prize (winner): How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
2013
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (shortlist): How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Foreign Policy's 100 Leading Global Thinkers
2009
Guardian's Books of the Decade: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (shortlist): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Premio Speciale Dal Testo Allo Schermo (winner): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2008
Ambassador Book Award (winner): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (winner): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Arts Council England Decibel Award (shortlist): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Asian American Literary Award (winner): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Australia-Asia Literary Award (shortlist): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (shortlist): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Index on Censorship T R Fyvel Award (shortlist): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (shortlist): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
South Bank Show Award for Literature (winner): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2007
Good Housekeeping Book Award for Most Compelling Read (winner): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Man Booker Prize (shortlist): The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2001
Betty Trask Award (winner): Moth Smoke
Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (shortlist): Moth Smoke
PEN/Hemingway Award (shortlist): Moth Smoke