Award List

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography is awarded annually for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author.

111 books total · 70 with summaries

Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vaill — book cover

Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Amanda Vaill

Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts — book cover

Every Living Thing

Jason Roberts

Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo — book cover

Master Slave Husband Wife

Ilyon Woo

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig — book cover

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage — book cover

G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

Beverly Gage

Chasing Me to My Grave by Winfred Rembert and Erin I. Kelly — book cover

Chasing Me to My Grave

Winfred Rembert and Erin I. Kelly

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara Payne — book cover

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

Les Payne and Tamara Payne

Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser — book cover

Sontag: Her Life and Work

Benjamin Moser

The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C. Stewart — book cover

The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

Jeffrey C. Stewart

Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser — book cover

Prairie Fires

Caroline Fraser

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar — book cover

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

Hisham Matar

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan — book cover

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

William Finnegan

The Pope and Mussolini by David I. Kertzer — book cover

The Pope and Mussolini

David I. Kertzer

Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall — book cover

Margaret Fuller: A New American Life

Megan Marshall

The Black Count by Tom Reiss — book cover

The Black Count

Tom Reiss

The First Tycoon by T. J. Stiles — book cover

The First Tycoon

T. J. Stiles

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham — book cover

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Jon Meacham

Eden's Outcasts by John Matteson — book cover

Eden's Outcasts

John Matteson

The Most Famous Man in America by Debby Applegate — book cover

The Most Famous Man in America

Debby Applegate

Master of the Senate by Robert Caro — book cover

Master of the Senate

Robert Caro

John Adams by David McCullough — book cover

John Adams

David McCullough

W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality by David Levering Lewis — book cover

W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality

David Levering Lewis

Vera, Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov by Stacy Schiff — book cover

Vera, Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov

Stacy Schiff

Personal History by Katharine Graham — book cover

Personal History

Katharine Graham

God: A Biography by Jack Miles — book cover

God: A Biography

Jack Miles

Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life by Joan D. Hedrick — book cover

Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life

Joan D. Hedrick

W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race by David Levering Lewis — book cover

W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race

David Levering Lewis

Truman by David McCullough — book cover

Truman

David McCullough

Fortunate Son by Lewis B. Puller — book cover

Fortunate Son

Lewis B. Puller

Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann — book cover

Oscar Wilde

Richard Ellmann

Bearing The Cross by David J. Garrow — book cover

Bearing The Cross

David J. Garrow

Louise Bogan: A Portrait by Elizabeth Frank — book cover

Louise Bogan: A Portrait

Elizabeth Frank

The Life and Times of Cotton Mather by Kenneth Silverman — book cover

The Life and Times of Cotton Mather

Kenneth Silverman

Growing Up by Russell Baker — book cover

Growing Up

Russell Baker

Grant: A Biography by William S. McFeely — book cover

Grant: A Biography

William S. McFeely

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris — book cover

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

Days of Sorrow and Pain by Leonard Baker — book cover

Days of Sorrow and Pain

Leonard Baker

Samuel Johnson by Walter Jackson Bate — book cover

Samuel Johnson

Walter Jackson Bate

A Prince of Our Disorder by John E. Mack — book cover

A Prince of Our Disorder

John E. Mack

O'Neill, Son and Artist by Louis Sheaffer — book cover

O'Neill, Son and Artist

Louis Sheaffer

Luce and His Empire by W. A. Swanberg — book cover

Luce and His Empire

W. A. Swanberg

Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P. Lash — book cover

Eleanor and Franklin

Joseph P. Lash

Memoirs by George F. Kennan — book cover

Memoirs

George F. Kennan

Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain by Justin Kaplan — book cover

Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain

Justin Kaplan

A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. — book cover

A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

John Keats by Walter Jackson Bate — book cover

John Keats

Walter Jackson Bate

Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War by David Donald — book cover

Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War

David Donald

John Paul Jones by Samuel Eliot Morison — book cover

John Paul Jones

Samuel Eliot Morison

George Washington by Douglas Southall Freeman, John Alexander Carroll, and Mary Wells Ashworth — book cover

George Washington

Douglas Southall Freeman, John Alexander Carroll, and Mary Wells Ashworth

Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy — book cover

Profiles in Courage

John F. Kennedy

The Taft Story by William S. White — book cover

The Taft Story

William S. White

The Spirit of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh — book cover

The Spirit of St. Louis

Charles A. Lindbergh

Charles Evans Hughes by Merlo J. Pusey — book cover

Charles Evans Hughes

Merlo J. Pusey

Roosevelt and Hopkins by Robert E. Sherwood — book cover

Roosevelt and Hopkins

Robert E. Sherwood

The Autobiography of William Allen White by William Allen White — book cover

The Autobiography of William Allen White

William Allen White

Son of the Wilderness by Linnie Marsh Wolfe — book cover

Son of the Wilderness

Linnie Marsh Wolfe

The American Leonardo by Carleton Mabee — book cover

The American Leonardo

Carleton Mabee

Admiral of the Ocean Sea by Samuel Eliot Morison — book cover

Admiral of the Ocean Sea

Samuel Eliot Morison

Pedlar's Progress by Odell Shepard — book cover

Pedlar's Progress

Odell Shepard

Hamilton Fish by Allan Nevins — book cover

Hamilton Fish

Allan Nevins

The Thought and Character of William James by Ralph Barton Perry — book cover

The Thought and Character of William James

Ralph Barton Perry

R. E. Lee by Douglas S. Freeman — book cover

R. E. Lee

Douglas S. Freeman

Grover Cleveland: A Study in Courage by Allan Nevins — book cover

Grover Cleveland: A Study in Courage

Allan Nevins

Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography by Henry F. Pringle — book cover

Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography

Henry F. Pringle

The Training of an American by Burton J. Hendrick — book cover

The Training of an American

Burton J. Hendrick

From Immigrant to Inventor by Michael I. Pupin — book cover

From Immigrant to Inventor

Michael I. Pupin

The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page by Burton J. Hendrick — book cover

The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page

Burton J. Hendrick

A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland — book cover

A Daughter of the Middle Border

Hamlin Garland

The Americanization of Edward Bok by Edward Bok — book cover

The Americanization of Edward Bok

Edward Bok

The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams — book cover

The Education of Henry Adams

Henry Adams

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