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National Book Award Winners for Nonfiction, 1950-2014

Listed in chronological order. Also included are winners from 1964-1983, during which there were several distinct Non-Fiction categories.
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The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Ralph L. Rusk)
The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph L. Rusk
Herman Melville (Newton Arvin)
Herman Melville
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Newton Arvin
The Sea Around Us (Rachel Carson)
The Sea Around Us
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Rachel Carson
The Course of Empire (Bernard A. Devoto)
The Course of Empire
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Bernard A. Devoto
A Stillness at Appomattox (Bruce Catton)
A Stillness at Appomattox
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Bruce Catton
The Measure of Man (Joseph Wood Krutch)
The Measure of Man
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Joseph Wood Krutch
American in Italy (Herbert Kubly)
American in Italy
7
Herbert Kubly
Russia Leaves the War (George F. Kennan)
Russia Leaves the War
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George F. Kennan
The Lion and the Throne (Catherine Drinker Bowen)
The Lion and the Throne
9
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame De Staël (J. Christopher Herold)
Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame De Staël
10
J. Christopher Herold
JAMES JOYCE by Richard Ellmann
JAMES JOYCE by Richard Ellmann
11
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
12
THE CITY IN HISTORY by Lewis Mumford
THE CITY IN HISTORY by Lewis Mumford
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Henry James (Leon Edel)
Henry James
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Leon Edel
John Keats: The Making of a Poet (Aileen Ward)
John Keats: The Making of a Poet
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Aileen Ward
THE RISE OF THE WEST by William H. McNeill
THE RISE OF THE WEST by William H. McNeill
16
Man-Made America: Chaos or Control? (Christopher Tunnard)
Man-Made America: Chaos or Control?
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Christopher Tunnard
Oysters of Locmariaquer
Oysters of Locmariaquer
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The Life of Lenin (Louis Fischer)
The Life of Lenin
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Louis Fischer
God & Golem, Inc. (Norbert Wiener)
God & Golem, Inc.
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Norbert Wiener
Paris Journal, 1944-1965
Paris Journal, 1944-1965
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A Thousand Days (Arthur M. Schlesinger)
A Thousand Days
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Arthur M. Schlesinger
Mr Clemens & Mark Twain
Mr Clemens & Mark Twain
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The Enlightenment, Vol. I (Peter Gay)
The Enlightenment, Vol. I
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Peter Gay
La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty (Oscar Lewis)
La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty
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Oscar Lewis
Memoirs (George F. Kennan)
Memoirs
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George F. Kennan
Death at an Early Age (Jonathan Kozol)
Death at an Early Age
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Jonathan Kozol
Selected Essays
Selected Essays
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The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer
The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer
29
White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812 (Winthrop D. Jordan)
White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812
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Winthrop D. Jordan
Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima (Robert Jay Lifton)
Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima
31
Robert Jay Lifton
An Unfinished Woman (Lillian Hellman)
An Unfinished Woman
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Lillian Hellman
Huey Long (T. Harry Williams)
Huey Long
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T. Harry Williams
Gandhi's Truth by Erik H. Erikson
Gandhi's Truth by Erik H. Erikson
34
Cocteau: A Biography (Francis Steegmuller)
Cocteau: A Biography
35
Francis Steegmuller
Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom (James MacGregor Burns)
Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom
36
James MacGregor Burns
Science in the British Colonies of America (Raymond Phineas Sterns)
Science in the British Colonies of America
37
Raymond Phineas Sterns
The Classical Style
The Classical Style
38
The Organized War (Allan Nevins)
The Organized War
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Allan Nevins
Eleanor and Franklin (Joseph P. Lash)
Eleanor and Franklin
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Joseph P. Lash
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