Winners in the General Non Fiction category of the Pulitzer Prize.

---Vote for your favorites---

Official list: http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/223

Pulitzer Winner Lists:
Biographies and Autobiographies
Drama
Fiction
General Non-Fiction
History
Poetry

Pulitzer Finalist Lists:
Fiction

Pulitzer Prize Nominees for Fiction by Year:
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
1

by
4.04 avg rating — 463,500 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.36 avg rating — 38,276 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.18 avg rating — 85,824 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.40 avg rating — 24,756 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
4.44 avg rating — 12,790 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.34 avg rating — 115,966 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.15 avg rating — 80,441 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.31 avg rating — 19,206 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
4.26 avg rating — 11,088 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.29 avg rating — 14,032 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
4.29 avg rating — 53,040 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
4.07 avg rating — 30,244 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
4.26 avg rating — 5,416 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
4.17 avg rating — 84,233 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.32 avg rating — 16,457 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
4.19 avg rating — 21,632 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
4.05 avg rating — 16,304 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.15 avg rating — 7,978 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
4.30 avg rating — 4,889 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.16 avg rating — 3,791 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.24 avg rating — 12,658 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
4.47 avg rating — 115,768 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
4.40 avg rating — 16,381 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
4.21 avg rating — 47,060 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
3.88 avg rating — 35,600 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
4.30 avg rating — 23,274 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
4.11 avg rating — 3,724 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
4.15 avg rating — 5,261 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.32 avg rating — 2,786 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
4.38 avg rating — 7,159 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
4.14 avg rating — 1,575 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
4.21 avg rating — 1,070 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.06 avg rating — 1,566 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
3.87 avg rating — 1,351 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
4.30 avg rating — 6,244 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
4.24 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
4.37 avg rating — 4,404 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.12 avg rating — 9,590 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
4.10 avg rating — 2,799 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
4.31 avg rating — 989 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
3.86 avg rating — 3,421 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
3.61 avg rating — 3,474 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
4.03 avg rating — 576 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
4.17 avg rating — 10,022 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
4.05 avg rating — 856 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
4.14 avg rating — 3,648 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
3.90 avg rating — 261 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
4.16 avg rating — 8,638 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
4.09 avg rating — 4,725 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
4.10 avg rating — 1,623 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
4.15 avg rating — 5,613 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
4.02 avg rating — 166 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
4.37 avg rating — 4,581 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
54

by
3.73 avg rating — 142 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
4.05 avg rating — 23,778 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
4.25 avg rating — 4,672 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
57

by
4.05 avg rating — 271 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
3.94 avg rating — 304 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
4.17 avg rating — 1,436 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
4.29 avg rating — 3,320 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
4.43 avg rating — 4,328 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.35 avg rating — 13,407 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
4.70 avg rating — 19,698 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
4.14 avg rating — 5,807 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
4.15 avg rating — 154 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
66

by
3.33 avg rating — 21 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
3.29 avg rating — 24 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
4.50 avg rating — 882 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
3.63 avg rating — 1,214 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
4.60 avg rating — 843 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
3.93 avg rating — 148 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
3.79 avg rating — 3,529 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.87 avg rating — 289 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
3.91 avg rating — 34 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
4.46 avg rating — 6,100 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
82

by
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
4.48 avg rating — 3,245 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
3.92 avg rating — 214 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
4.28 avg rating — 253 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85 books · 343 voters · list created July 6th, 2008 by Jessica Haider (votes) .
527 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Jessica 10883 books
1452 friends
Bill 537 books
35 friends
Elliot 251 books
163 friends
Steven 4303 books
2491 friends
Emily 979 books
111 friends
Lisa 199 books
25 friends
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 3388 books
851 friends
Res 327 books
13 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-14 of 14 (14 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) What is "Bel Canto" doing on this list?


message 2: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Themis-Athena wrote: "What is "Bel Canto" doing on this list?"

Got rid of it.


message 4: by Isabelle (new)

Isabelle Just a note: #47 isn't a Pulitzer Prize winning book.


message 5: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Jan 04, 2013 02:05PM) (new)

Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) Iziezi wrote: "Just a note: #47 isn't a Pulitzer Prize winning book."

According to the official list published at http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/General..., Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam won the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in 1973. Goodreads's bibliographical data for the book (on the respective book page) correctly reflect this.

It would seem that Inside the Stalin Archives: Discovering the New Russia did not win the Pulitzer Prize, however.

Jessica, do you want non-award-winners to be removed?


message 7: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Peter, feel free to add it yourself. Listopias are user-sourced. Often people only vote for the books they have actually read. Perhaps no one who voted has read that particular book.

It's not the only one missing from the list.


message 9: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Holt #14 is History winner for 1995 not Non Fiction
#43 is for Biography in 2011 not NF
#47 is not a Pulitzer prize winner of any type
#53 is a finalist in in NF 2010, not a winner
These four items have been checked against the Pulitzer website

I am going to add the winners for 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2016 as they are not on the list. Believe then that the list is complete if the entries above are removed for not being in this category.


message 10: by Amanda (new)

Amanda The Evolution of God (#58) is a 2010 nominee, not a winner.

Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration is not a Pulitzer winner.


message 11: by Amanda (new)

Amanda Added Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, Winner General Nonfiction 2018.


message 12: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Amanda wrote: "The Evolution of God (#58) is a 2010 nominee, not a winner.

Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration is not a Pulitzer winner."


Gone.


message 13: by Brahm (new)

Brahm Oops, I realized I added The Power Broker to this list, but it should be (and in fact, is) on the Pulitzer Biographies list instead. My bad.


message 14: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Brahm wrote: "Oops, I realized I added The Power Broker to this list, but it should be (and in fact, is) on the Pulitzer Biographies list instead. My bad."

I removed it.


back to top



Related News

Springtime is in full swing—here in the northern hemisphere, anyway—and it’s quite glorious. The flowers are blooming, the temperatures are...

Anyone can add books to this list.