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
4 stars
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
4 stars
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II is a history book written by John W. Dower and …
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
4 stars
"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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4 stars
About the CIA's presence and absence in Afghanistan from the soviet invasion to 9/11.
Phil in SF says: 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Imperial Reckoning by Caroline Elkins
"On October 8, 1871, a tornado of fire more than 1,000 feet high and 5 miles wide ripped through the …
Phil in SF says: 2006 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright, 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
The enactment of the German extermination policies that resulted in the murder of six million European Jews depended upon many …
Phil in SF says: 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Slavery by another name by Douglas A. Blackmon
In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history--an …
Phil in SF says: 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman
This riveting narrative history of the end of the arms race sheds new light on the frightening last chapters of …
Phil in SF says: 2010 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
4 stars
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
