Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The prize was first awarded in 1962.
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Public
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Ashes To Ashes by Richard Kluger
The most important and most riveting work we have yet had from Richard Kluger, whose greatly acclaimed landmark books, Simple …
Phil in SF says: 1997 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this groundbreaking book, …
Phil in SF says: 1998 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower
John Dower's War Without Mercy, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, was hailed by The New Republic as …
Phil in SF says: 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix
In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the …
Phil in SF says: 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Carry Me Home by Diane McWhorter
A major work of history, investigative journalism that breaks new ground, and personal memoir, Carry Me Home is a dramatic …
Phil in SF says: 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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"A Problem from Hell" by Samantha Power
"A Problem from Hell" is a path-breaking interrogation of the last century of American history. Samantha Power poses a question …
Phil in SF says: 2003 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum
The Gulag entered the world's historical consciousness in 1972 with the publication of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's epic oral history of the …
Phil in SF says: 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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From the managing editor of the Washington Post, a news-breaking account of the CIA's involvement in the covert wars in …
Phil in SF says: 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Imperial Reckoning by Caroline Elkins
For decades Western imperialists have waged wars and destroyed local populations in the name of civilization and democracy. From 1952 …
Phil in SF says: 2006 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist …
Phil in SF says: 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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The Years of Extermination by Saul Friedländer (Nazi Germany and the Jews, #2)
With The Years of Extermination, Saul Friedländer completes his major historical work on Nazi Germany and the Jews. The book …
Phil in SF says: 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon
Under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of African Americans were arbitrarily arrested, hit with outrageous fines, …
Phil in SF says: 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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The dead hand by David E. Hoffman
During the Cold War, world superpowers amassed nuclear arsenals containing the explosive power of one million Hiroshimas. The Soviet Union …
Phil in SF says: 2010 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years …
Phil in SF says: 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling …
Phil in SF says: 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
