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National Book Award Winners: Nonfiction
Stamped from the beginning
Ibram X. Kendi
2016
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
2015
The Unwinding
George Packer
2013
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo
2012
The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt
2011
Just Kids
Patti Smith
Just Kids
Patti Smith
2010
The First Tycoon
T J Stiles
The First Tycoon
T J Stiles
2009
Hemingses of Monticello
Annette Gordon-Reed
2008
Legacy of Ashes
Tim Weiner
2007
The Worst Hard Time
Timothy Egan
2006
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
2005
Arc of Justice
Kevin Boyle
2004
Waiting for Snow in Havana
Carlos Eire
Waiting for Snow in Havana
Carlos Eire
2003
Master of the Senate
Robert Caro
Master of the Senate
Robert Caro
2002
Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
Andrew Solomon
2001
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Nathaniel Philbrick
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Nathaniel Philbrick
2000
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
John Dower
1999
Slaves in the Family
Edward Ball
1998
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
Joseph Ellis
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
Joseph Ellis
1997
An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us
James Carroll
1996
The Haunted Land: Facing Europe’s Ghosts After Communism
Tina Rosenberg
1995
How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter
Sherwin Nuland
How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter
Sherwin Nuland
1994
United States: Essays 1952-1992
Gore Vidal
United States: Essays 1952-1992
Gore Vidal
1993
Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
Paul Monette
1992
Freedom in the Making of Western Culture
Orlando Patterson
1991
The House Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
Ron Chernow
1990
From Beirut to Jerusalem
Thomas Friedman
From Beirut to Jerusalem
Thomas Friedman
1989
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Neil Sheehan
1988
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes
1987
Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez
1986
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families
J. Anthony Lukas
1985
Andrew Jackson & the Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845
Robert Remini
Andrew Jackson & the Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845
Robert Remini
1984
Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
Judith Thurman
1983
The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder
The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder
1982
The China Man
Maxine Kingston
The China Man
Maxine Kingston
1981
The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen
1980
The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
1980
Robert Kennedy and His Times
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Robert Kennedy and His Times
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
1979
Samuel Johnson
W. Jackson Bate
Samuel Johnson
W. Jackson Bate
1978
Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist
W. A. Swanberg
Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist
W. A. Swanberg
1977
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
David Davis
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
David Davis
1976
The Life of Emily Dickinson
Richard Sewell
The Life of Emily Dickinson
Richard Sewell
1975
Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian
John Clive
Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian
John Clive
1974
George Washington, Vol. IV: Anguish and Farewell, 1793-1799
James Flexner
George Washington, Vol. IV: Anguish and Farewell, 1793-1799
James Flexner
1973
Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt’s Private Papers
Joseph Lash
Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt’s Private Papers
Joseph Lash
1972
Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom
James Burns
1971
Huey Long
T. Harry Williams
Huey Long
T. Harry Williams
1970
White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812
Winthrop Jordan
White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812
Winthrop Jordan
1969
Memoirs: 1925-1950
George Kennan
Memoirs: 1925-1950
George Kennan
1968
The Enlightenment, Vol. I: An Interpretation of the Rise of Modern Paganism
Peter Gay
1967
A Thousand Days
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
A Thousand Days
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
1966
The Life of Lenin
Louis Fischer
The Life of Lenin
Louis Fischer
1965
The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community
William McNeill
1964
Henry James, Vol. II The Conquest of London, Henry James, Vol. III: The Middle Years
Leon Edel
Henry James, Vol. II The Conquest of London, Henry James, Vol. III: The Middle Years
Leon Edel
1963
The City in History: Its Origins, its Transformations and its Prospects
Lewis Mumford
1962
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William Shirer
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William Shirer
1961
James Joyce
Richard Ellmann
James Joyce
Richard Ellmann
1960
Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame De Stael
J. Christopher Herold
1959
The Lion and the Throne
Catherine Bowen
The Lion and the Throne
Catherine Bowen
1958
Russia Leaves the War
George Kennan
Russia Leaves the War
George Kennan
1957
An American in Italy
Herbert Kubly
1956
The Measure of Man
Joseph Krutch
The Measure of Man
Joseph Krutch
1955
The Stillness at Appomattox
Bruce Catton
1954
The Course of Empire
Bernard De Voto
The Course of Empire
Bernard De Voto
1953
The Sea Around Us
Rachel Carson
1952
Herman Melville
Newton Arvin
1951
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Rusk
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Rusk
1950
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