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Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

The Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction is awarded annually for distinguished nonfiction by an American author.

69 books total · 64 with summaries

There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone — book cover

There Is No Place for Us

Brian Goldstone

To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause by Benjamin Nathans — book cover

To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause

Benjamin Nathans

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall — book cover

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

Nathan Thrall

His Name Is George Floyd by Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels — book cover

His Name Is George Floyd

Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels

Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott — book cover

Invisible Child

Andrea Elliott

Wilmington's Lie by David Zucchino — book cover

Wilmington's Lie

David Zucchino

The Undying by Anne Boyer — book cover

The Undying

Anne Boyer

The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin — book cover

The End of the Myth

Greg Grandin

Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold — book cover

Amity and Prosperity

Eliza Griswold

Locking Up Our Own by James Forman Jr. — book cover

Locking Up Our Own

James Forman Jr.

Evicted by Matthew Desmond — book cover

Evicted

Matthew Desmond

Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick — book cover

Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS

Joby Warrick

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert — book cover

The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert

Toms River by Dan Fagin — book cover

Toms River

Dan Fagin

Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King — book cover

Devil in the Grove

Gilbert King

The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt — book cover

The Swerve

Stephen Greenblatt

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee — book cover

The Emperor of All Maladies

Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Dead Hand by David E. Hoffman — book cover

The Dead Hand

David E. Hoffman

Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon — book cover

Slavery by Another Name

Douglas A. Blackmon

The Years of Extermination by Saul Friedländer — book cover

The Years of Extermination

Saul Friedländer

The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright — book cover

The Looming Tower

Lawrence Wright

Imperial Reckoning by Caroline Elkins — book cover

Imperial Reckoning

Caroline Elkins

Ghost Wars by Steve Coll — book cover

Ghost Wars

Steve Coll

Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps by Anne Applebaum — book cover

Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps

Anne Applebaum

"A Problem from Hell" by Samantha Power — book cover

"A Problem from Hell"

Samantha Power

Carry Me Home by Diane McWhorter — book cover

Carry Me Home

Diane McWhorter

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix — book cover

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Herbert P. Bix

Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower — book cover

Embracing Defeat

John W. Dower

Annals of the Former World by John McPhee — book cover

Annals of the Former World

John McPhee

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond — book cover

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

Ashes to Ashes by Richard Kluger — book cover

Ashes to Ashes

Richard Kluger

The Haunted Land by Tina Rosenberg — book cover

The Haunted Land

Tina Rosenberg

The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner — book cover

The Beak of the Finch

Jonathan Weiner

Lenin's Tomb by David Remnick — book cover

Lenin's Tomb

David Remnick

Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills — book cover

Lincoln at Gettysburg

Garry Wills

The Prize by Daniel Yergin — book cover

The Prize

Daniel Yergin

The Ants by Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson — book cover

The Ants

Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson

And Their Children after Them by Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson — book cover

And Their Children after Them

Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson

A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan — book cover

A Bright Shining Lie

Neil Sheehan

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes — book cover

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Richard Rhodes

Arab and Jew by David K. Shipler — book cover

Arab and Jew

David K. Shipler

Common Ground by J. Anthony Lukas — book cover

Common Ground

J. Anthony Lukas

The Social Transformation of American Medicine by Paul Starr — book cover

The Social Transformation of American Medicine

Paul Starr

Is There No Place on Earth for Me? by Susan Sheehan — book cover

Is There No Place on Earth for Me?

Susan Sheehan

The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder — book cover

The Soul of a New Machine

Tracy Kidder

Fin-de-Siècle Vienna by Carl E. Schorske — book cover

Fin-de-Siècle Vienna

Carl E. Schorske

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter — book cover

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Douglas Hofstadter

On Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson — book cover

On Human Nature

Edward O. Wilson

The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan — book cover

The Dragons of Eden

Carl Sagan

Beautiful Swimmers by William W. Warner — book cover

Beautiful Swimmers

William W. Warner

Why Survive? by Robert N. Butler — book cover

Why Survive?

Robert N. Butler

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard — book cover

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Annie Dillard

The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker — book cover

The Denial of Death

Ernest Becker

Children of Crisis by Robert Coles — book cover

Children of Crisis

Robert Coles

Fire in the Lake by Frances FitzGerald — book cover

Fire in the Lake

Frances FitzGerald

Stilwell and the American Experience in China by Barbara W. Tuchman — book cover

Stilwell and the American Experience in China

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Rising Sun by John Toland — book cover

The Rising Sun

John Toland

Gandhi's Truth by Erik Erikson — book cover

Gandhi's Truth

Erik Erikson

The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer — book cover

The Armies of the Night

Norman Mailer

So Human an Animal by René Dubos — book cover

So Human an Animal

René Dubos

The Story of Civilization: Rousseau and Revolution by Ariel Durant and Will Durant — book cover

The Story of Civilization: Rousseau and Revolution

Ariel Durant and Will Durant

Wandering through Winter by Edwin Way Teale — book cover

Wandering through Winter

Edwin Way Teale

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter — book cover

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Richard Hofstadter

The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White — book cover

The Making of the President 1960

Theodore H. White

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