Pulitzer Prize Winners

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Winners

	Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 304 ratings Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Embers Of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 115 ratings Pulitzer Prize for History (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 9,714 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stag's Leap: Poems by Sharon Olds 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 370 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar (Goodreads Author) 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,520 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 3,065 ratings Pulitzer Prize for History (2012)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 618 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2012)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 6,680 ratings Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2012)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 258 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2012)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author) 3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 73,500 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5,799 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 430 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of It: New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 551 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 1,043 ratings Pulitzer Prize for History (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 17,117 ratings Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tinkers by Paul Harding 3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 13,606 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 1,436 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 3,014 ratings Pulitzer Prize for History (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey 4.49 of 5 stars 4.49 avg rating — 649 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 746 ratings Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Versed by Rae Armantrout 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 287 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow of Sirius by W.S. Merwin 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 525 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2009)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 11,839 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2009)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 1,419 ratings Pulitzer Prize for History (2009)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 51,572 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2009)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 984 ratings Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2009)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time and Materials by Robert Hass 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 995 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2008)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 569 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2008)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Failure by Philip Schultz 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 195 ratings Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2008)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars