| Title | Role | Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dream of the Golden Mountains: Remembering the 1930s | Author | National Book Award for Nonfiction | 1981 | shortlisted |
| And I Worked at the Writer's Trade: Chapters of Literary History 1918–1978 | Author | National Book Award for Nonfiction | 0 | winner |
| The Dream of the Golden Mountains | Author | National Book Award for Nonfiction | 0 | shortlisted |