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Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
Winners of the Biography/Autobiography category of the Pulitzer Prize.

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John Adams
John Adams
by David McCullough 11 people voted »
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Truman
Truman
by David McCullough 6 people voted »
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
by Edmund Morris 5 people voted »
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Peter the Great
Peter the Great
by Robert K. Massie 4 people voted »
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Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt 3 people voted »
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Eleanor & Franklin
Eleanor & Franklin
by Joseph P. Lash 2 people voted »
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The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography o...
by Debby Applegate 1 person voted »
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Memoirs
Memoirs
by George F. Kennan 1 person voted »
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Redeeming Love
Redeeming Love
by Francine Rivers 1 person voted »
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Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott...
by John Matteson 1 person voted »
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12
W.E.B. Dubois: Biography of a Race
W.E.B. Dubois: Biography of a Race
by David Levering Lewis 1 person voted »
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O'Neill Son and Artist
O'Neill Son and Artist
by Louis Sheaffer 1 person voted »
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de Kooning: An American Master
de Kooning: An American Master
by Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan 1 person voted »
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Lindbergh
Lindbergh
by A. Scott Berg 1 person voted »
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Machiavelli in Hell
Machiavelli in Hell
by Sebastian De Grazia 1 person voted »
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Personal History
Personal History
by Katharine Graham 1 person voted »
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Growing Up
Growing Up
by Russell Baker 1 person voted »
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God: A Biography
God: A Biography
by Jack Miles 1 person voted »
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson,
Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson,
by Robert A. Caro 1 person voted »
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Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life
by Joan D. Hedrick 1 person voted »
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Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., And...
by David J. Garrow 1 person voted »
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
by Richard Ellmann 1 person voted »
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Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe
Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe
by David Herbert Donald 1 person voted »
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Louise Bogan: A Portrait
Louise Bogan: A Portrait
by Elizabeth Frank 1 person voted »
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The Life and Times of Cotton Mather
The Life and Times of Cotton Mather
by Kenneth Silverman 1 person voted »
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Booker T. Washington: Volume 2: The Wizard Of Tuskegee, 1901-1915
Booker T. Washington: Volume 2: The Wizard Of T...
by Louis R. Harlan 1 person voted »
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Grant: A Biography
Grant: A Biography
by William S. McFeely 1 person voted »
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Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews
Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berl...
by Leonard Baker 1 person voted »
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
by W. Jackson Bate 1 person voted »
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A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Lawrence
A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Law...
by John E. Mack 1 person voted »
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Edith Wharton: A Biography
Edith Wharton: A Biography
by R.W.B. Lewis 1 person voted »
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Luce and his empire
Luce and his empire
by W.A. Swanberg 1 person voted »
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Robert Frost the Years of Triumph, 1915-1938
Robert Frost the Years of Triumph, 1915-1938
by Lawrence Thompson 1 person voted »
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Huey Long
Huey Long
by T. Harry Williams 1 person voted »
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Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography
by Justin Kaplan 1 person voted »
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Henry Adams
Henry Adams
by Ernest Samuels 1 person voted »
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John Keats
John Keats
by W. Jackson Bate 1 person voted »
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Henry James: A Life
Henry James: A Life
by Leon Edel 1 person voted »
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John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography
John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography
by Samuel Eliot Morison 1 person voted »
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Woodrow Wilson: American Prophet
Woodrow Wilson: American Prophet
by Arthur Walworth 1 person voted »
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Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage
by John F. Kennedy 1 person voted »
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
by Talbot Hamlin 1 person voted »
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The Taft Story
The Taft Story
by William S. White 1 person voted »
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The Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis
by Charles A. Lindbergh 1 person voted »
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Edmund Pendleton, 1721-1803: A Biography
Edmund Pendleton, 1721-1803: A Biography
by David J. Mays 1 person voted »
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Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
by Merlo J. Pusey 1 person voted »
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John C. Calhoun: American Portrait
John C. Calhoun: American Portrait
by Margaret L. Coit 1 person voted »
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John Quincy Adams and the foundations of American foreign policy
John Quincy Adams and the foundations of Americ...
by Samuel Flagg Bemis 1 person voted »
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Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History
Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History
by Robert E. Sherwood 1 person voted »
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Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow
Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow
by Margaret A. Clapp 1 person voted »
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Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir
Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir
by Linnie Marsh Wolfe 1 person voted »
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George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel
George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel
by Russel Blaine Nye 1 person voted »
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The American Leonardo: A Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
The American Leonardo: A Life of Samuel F. B. M...
by Carleton Mabee 1 person voted »
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Woodrow Wilson; Life And Letters
Woodrow Wilson; Life And Letters
by Ray Stannard Baker 1 person voted »
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
by Carl Van Doren 1 person voted »
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Andrew Jackson - The Border Captain
Andrew Jackson - The Border Captain
by Marquis James 1 person voted »
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Pedlar's Progress - The Life Of Bronson Alcott
Pedlar's Progress - The Life Of Bronson Alcott
by Odell Shepard 1 person voted »
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Hamilton Fish: The Inner History of the Grant Administration
Hamilton Fish: The Inner History of the Grant A...
by Allan Nevins 1 person voted »
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The Thought and Character of William James
The Thought and Character of William James
by Ralph Barton Perry 1 person voted »
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R. E. Lee : A Biography : Volume I
R. E. Lee : A Biography : Volume I
by Douglas Southall Freeman 1 person voted »
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John Hay - From Poetry To Politics
John Hay - From Poetry To Politics
by Tyler Dennett 1 person voted »
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Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography
Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography
by Henry F. Pringle 1 person voted »
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To the Loss of the Presidency
To the Loss of the Presidency
by Allan Nevins 1 person voted »
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Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University, 1869-1909
Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard Universi...
by Henry James 1 person voted »
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The Raven
The Raven
by Marquis James 1 person voted »
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Training of an American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page
Training of an American: The Earlier Life and L...
by Burton J. Hendrick 1 person voted »
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The American Orchestra And Theodore Thomas
The American Orchestra And Theodore Thomas
by Charles Edward Russell 1 person voted »
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Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative
Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative
by Emory Holloway 1 person voted »
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