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Pulitzer Prize Finalists for General Nonfiction 1962 - Present

The Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author, published during the preceding calendar year, that is not eligible for consideration in another category.
Finalists have been announced from 1980, ordinarily two others beside the winner.
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The Making of the President 1960 (Theodore White)
The Making of the President 1960
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Theodore White
Barbara W. Tuchman (The Guns of August)
Barbara W. Tuchman
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The Guns of August
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (Richard Hofstadter)
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
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Richard Hofstadter
O Strange New World (Howard Mumford Jones)
O Strange New World
4
Howard Mumford Jones
Wandering Through Winter (Edwin Way Teale)
Wandering Through Winter
5
Edwin Way Teale
The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture (David Brion Davis)
The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture
6
David Brion Davis
The Story of Civilization: Rousseau and Revolution (Will and Ariel Durant)
The Story of Civilization: Rousseau and Revolution
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Will and Ariel Durant
So Human an Animal (René Jules Dubos)
So Human an Animal
8
René Jules Dubos
The Armies of the Night (Norman Mailer)
The Armies of the Night
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Norman Mailer
Gandhi's Truth (Erik H. Erikson)
Gandhi's Truth
10
Erik H. Erikson
The Rising Sun (John Toland)
The Rising Sun
11
John Toland
Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45 (Barbara W. Tuchman)
Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45
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Barbara W. Tuchman
Fire in the Lake (Frances Fitzgerald)
Fire in the Lake
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Frances Fitzgerald
Children of Crisis, Vols 2 (Robert Coles)
Children of Crisis, Vols 2
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Robert Coles
Children of Crisis, Vol. 3 (Robert Coles)
Children of Crisis, Vol. 3
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Robert Coles
The Denial of Death (Ernest Becker)
The Denial of Death
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Ernest Becker
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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Annie Dillard
Why Survive? Being Old in America (Robert Neil Butler)
Why Survive? Being Old in America
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Robert Neil Butler
Beautiful Swimmers (William W. Warner)
Beautiful Swimmers
19
William W. Warner
The Dragons of Eden (Carl Sagan)
The Dragons of Eden
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Carl Sagan
On Human Nature (Edward O. Wilson)
On Human Nature
21
Edward O. Wilson
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
22
Douglas Hofstadter
The Madwoman in the Attic (Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar)
The Madwoman in the Attic
23
Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar
The Medusa and the Snail (Lewis Thomas)
The Medusa and the Snail
24
Lewis Thomas
Fin-De-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture (Carl E. Schorske)
Fin-De-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture
25
Carl E. Schorske
China Men (Maxine Hong Kingston)
China Men
26
Maxine Hong Kingston
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War (William Manchester)
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
27
William Manchester
Southerners: A Journalist's Odyssey (Marshall Frady)
Southerners: A Journalist's Odyssey
28
Marshall Frady
The Soul of a New Machine (Tracy Kidder)
The Soul of a New Machine
29
Tracy Kidder
Basin and Range (John McPhee)
Basin and Range
30
John McPhee
Mrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor (Diana Trilling)
Mrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor
31
Diana Trilling
Is There No Place on Earth for Me (Susan Sheehan)
Is There No Place on Earth for Me
32
Susan Sheehan
The Fate of the Earth (Jonathan Schell)
The Fate of the Earth
33
Jonathan Schell
Terrorists and Novelists (Diane Johnson)
Terrorists and Novelists
34
Diane Johnson
The Social Transformation of American Medicine (Paul Starr)
The Social Transformation of American Medicine
35
Paul Starr
Conversations With the Enemy (Winston Groom and Duncan Spencer)
Conversations With the Enemy
36
Winston Groom and Duncan Spencer
Wild Justice (Susan Jacoby)
Wild Justice
37
Susan Jacoby
The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two (Studs Terkel)
The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two
38
Studs Terkel
Endless Enemies: The Making of an Unfriendly World (Jonathan Kwitny)
Endless Enemies: The Making of an Unfriendly World
39
Jonathan Kwitny
Dawn to the West (Donald Keene)
Dawn to the West
40
Donald Keene
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