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Pultizer Prize Winners

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prizes were established and endowed by Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911) to honor excellence in American literature, journalism, drama and music.

The Pulitzer Prize Winners for 2012 through 2020 are listed below.

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The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction): A Novel Cover Image

The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction): A Novel (Hardcover)

By Colson Whitehead
$24.95
ISBN: 9780385537070
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Published: Doubleday - July 16th, 2019

2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America Cover Image

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America (Hardcover)

By Greg Grandin
$30.00
ISBN: 9781250179821
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Published: Metropolitan Books - March 5th, 2019

2020 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

The Undying: Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care Cover Image

The Undying: Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care (Hardcover)

By Anne Boyer
$26.00
ISBN: 9780374279349
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - September 17th, 2019

2020 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction - Runner Up

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Sontag: Her Life and Work Cover Image

Sontag: Her Life and Work (Hardcover)

By Benjamin Moser
$39.99
ISBN: 9780062896391
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Published: Ecco - September 17th, 2019

2020 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

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Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America Cover Image

Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America (Hardcover)

By W. Caleb McDaniel
$27.95
ISBN: 9780190846992
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Published: Oxford University Press, USA - September 4th, 2019

2020 Pulitzer Prize for History

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The Tradition (Paperback)

By Jericho Brown
$17.00
ISBN: 9781556594861
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Published: Copper Canyon Press - April 2nd, 2019

2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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The Overstory: A Novel Cover Image

The Overstory: A Novel (Paperback)

By Richard Powers
$18.95
ISBN: 9780393356687
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 2nd, 2019

2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America Cover Image

Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America (Hardcover)

By Eliza Griswold
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374103118
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - June 12th, 2018

2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke Cover Image

The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke (Hardcover)

By Jeffrey C. Stewart
$39.95
ISBN: 9780195089578
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Published: Oxford University Press, USA - February 1st, 2018

2019 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Cover Image

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Hardcover)

By David W. Blight
$37.50
ISBN: 9781416590316
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Published: Simon & Schuster - October 16th, 2018

2019 Pulitzer Prize for History

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Be With Cover Image

Be With (Paperback)

By Forrest Gander
$16.95
ISBN: 9780811226059
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Published: New Directions - August 28th, 2018

2019 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Novel Cover Image

Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Novel (Paperback)

By Andrew Sean Greer
$15.99
ISBN: 9780316316132
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Published: Back Bay Books - May 22nd, 2018

2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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Cost of Living (Paperback)

By Martyna Majok
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ISBN: 9780822236542
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Published: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. - April 9th, 2018

2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea Cover Image

The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea (Paperback)

By Jack E. Davis
$17.95
ISBN: 9781631494024
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Published: Liveright - March 20th, 2018

2018 Pulitzer Prize for History

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Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder Cover Image

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Paperback)

By Caroline Fraser
$22.00
ISBN: 9781250182487
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Published: Picador - August 7th, 2018

2018 Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 Cover Image

Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 (Paperback)

By Frank Bidart
$20.00
ISBN: 9780374537692
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 21st, 2018

2018 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America Cover Image

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America (Paperback)

By James Forman, Jr.
$16.00
ISBN: 9780374537449
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - February 6th, 2018

2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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The Underground Railroad: A Novel Cover Image

The Underground Railroad: A Novel (Paperback)

By Colson Whitehead
$16.95
ISBN: 9780345804327
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Published: Anchor - January 30th, 2018

2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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Sweat (Tcg Edition) (Paperback)

By Lynn Nottage
$14.95
ISBN: 9781559365321
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Published: Theatre Communications Group - June 13th, 2017

2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy Cover Image

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Paperback)

By Heather Ann Thompson
$18.95
ISBN: 9781400078240
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Published: Vintage - August 22nd, 2017

2017 Pulitzer Prize for History

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The Return (Pulitzer Prize Winner): Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between Cover Image

The Return (Pulitzer Prize Winner): Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Paperback)

By Hisham Matar
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812985085
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - April 4th, 2017

2017 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

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Olio (Paperback)

By Tyehimba Jess
$25.00
ISBN: 9781940696201
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Published: Wave Books - April 5th, 2016

2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Cover Image

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Paperback)

By Matthew Desmond
$18.00
ISBN: 9780553447453
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Published: Broadway Books - February 28th, 2017

2017 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) Cover Image

The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) (Paperback)

By Viet Thanh Nguyen
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802124944
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Published: Grove Press - April 12th, 2016

2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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Hamilton: The Revolution Cover Image

Hamilton: The Revolution (Hardcover)

By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter
$45.00
ISBN: 9781455539741
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - April 12th, 2016

2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America Cover Image

Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America (Paperback)

By T.J. Stiles
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ISBN: 9780307475947
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Published: Vintage - October 25th, 2016

2016 Pulitzer Prize for History

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Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS Cover Image

Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS (Paperback)

By Joby Warrick
$16.95
ISBN: 9780804168939
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Published: Anchor - September 6th, 2016

2016 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life Cover Image

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (Paperback)

By William Finnegan
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143109396
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Published: Penguin Books - April 26th, 2016

2016 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

NOTE: Paperback edition to publish on May 17, 2016 (9780143109396)

Ozone Journal (Phoenix Poets) Cover Image

Ozone Journal (Phoenix Poets) (Paperback)

By Peter Balakian
$18.00
ISBN: 9780226207032
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Published: University of Chicago Press - March 26th, 2015

2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Cover Image

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel (Paperback)

By Anthony Doerr
$18.00
ISBN: 9781501173219
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Published: Scribner - April 4th, 2017

2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People Cover Image

Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People (Paperback)

By Elizabeth A. Fenn
$18.00
ISBN: 9780374535117
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Published: Hill and Wang - March 17th, 2015

2015 Pulitzer Prize for History

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The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe Cover Image

The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe (Paperback)

By David I. Kertzer
$20.00
ISBN: 9780812983678
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - January 6th, 2015

2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Cover Image

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Kolbert
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250062185
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Published: Picador - January 6th, 2015

2015 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction

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Digest (Stahlecker Selections) Cover Image

Digest (Stahlecker Selections) (Paperback)

By Gregory Pardlo
$15.95
ISBN: 9781935536505
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Published: Four Way Books - October 7th, 2014

2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) Cover Image

The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) (Paperback)

By Donna Tartt
$20.00
ISBN: 9780316055444
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Published: Back Bay Books - April 7th, 2015

2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 Cover Image

The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 (Paperback)

By Alan Taylor
$18.95
ISBN: 9780393349733
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 2nd, 2014

2014 Putlizer Prize for History

Margaret Fuller: A New American Life Cover Image

Margaret Fuller: A New American Life (Paperback)

By Megan Marshall
$16.95
ISBN: 9780544245617
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Published: Mariner Books - March 4th, 2014

2014 Putlizer Prize for Biography

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3 Sections: Poems (Paperback)

By Vijay Seshadri
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555977160
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Published: Graywolf Press - January 6th, 2015

2014 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

The Flick (Tcg Edition) Cover Image

The Flick (Tcg Edition) (Paperback)

By Annie Baker
$14.95
ISBN: 9781559364584
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Published: Theatre Communications Group - September 30th, 2014

2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel Cover Image

The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel (Paperback)

By Adam Johnson
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812982626
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - August 7th, 2012

2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam Cover Image

Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam (Paperback)

By Fredrik Logevall
$23.99
ISBN: 9780375756474
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - January 14th, 2014

2013 Pulitzer Prize for History

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography) Cover Image

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography) (Paperback)

By Tom Reiss
$18.00
ISBN: 9780307382474
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Published: Broadway Books - May 14th, 2013

2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Cover Image

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America (Paperback)

By Gilbert King
$16.99
ISBN: 9780061792267
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Published: Harper Perennial - February 19th, 2013

2013 Pulitzer Prize Award for Non-Fiction

Stag's Leap: Poems Cover Image

Stag's Leap: Poems (Paperback)

By Sharon Olds
$18.00
ISBN: 9780375712258
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Published: Knopf - September 4th, 2012

2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention Cover Image

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention (Paperback)

By Manning Marable
$22.00
ISBN: 9780143120322
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Published: Penguin Books - December 28th, 2011

2012 Pulitzer Prize for History

George F. Kennan: An American Life Cover Image

George F. Kennan: An American Life (Hardcover)

By John Lewis Gaddis
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ISBN: 9781594203121
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Published: Penguin Press - November 10th, 2011

2012 Pulitzer Prize for Biography

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern Cover Image

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Paperback)

By Stephen Greenblatt
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393343403
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 4th, 2012

2012 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

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Water by the Spoonful (Paperback)

By Quiara Alegr Hudes
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ISBN: 9781559364386
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Published: Theatre Communications Group - September 25th, 2012

2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Life on Mars: Poems Cover Image

Life on Mars: Poems (Paperback)

By Tracy K. Smith
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555975845
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Published: Graywolf Press - May 10th, 2011

2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry