This is exciting stuff. The Massachusetts Book Awards have been announced and ‘The Race Underground’ was named one of the five must-reads of 2015. It’s a terrific list to be a part of and news like this never gets old — even 18 months after the hardcover came out, and 4 months after the paperback!
Michael Blanding, The Map Thief (Gotham Books)
Michael M. Greenburg, The Court-Martial of Paul Revere (ForeEdge)
Fred Kaplan, John Quincy Adams (Harper)
Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction (Henry Holt)
Doug Most, The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry that Built America’s First Subway (St Martin’s)
Jennifer Taub, Other People’s Houses (Yale UP)