New York Times Bestseller - Notable Book of the Year - Editors' Choice Selection One of Bill Gates' "Amazing Books" of the Year One of Publishers Weekly 's 10 Best Books of the Year Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction An NPR Best Book of the Year Winner of the Hillman Prize for Nonfiction Gold Winner - California Book Award (Nonfiction) Finalist - Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) Finalist - Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize This "powerful and disturbing history" exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide ( New York Times Book Review).