Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction

1973 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerChildren of Crisis, vols. 2 and 3,Robert ColesIn the 1950s Robert Coles began studying, living among, and, above all, listening to American children. The results of his efforts--revealed in five volumes published between 1967 and 1977--constitute one of the most searching and vigorous social studies e...AmazonFire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in VietnamFrances FitzGeraldThis landmark work, based on Frances FitzGerald's own research and travels, takes us inside Vietnam-into the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages and the corrupt crowded cities, into the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and ...Amazon

1974 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerThe Denial of DeathErnest BeckerWinner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackl...Amazon

1975 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerPilgrim at Tinker CreekAnnie DillardThe Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the remarkable year one woman spent in Virginia’s Roanoke Valley...Amazon

1976 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerWhy Survive? Being Old In AmericaRobert Neil ButlerDiscusses ageism in America and the challenges of a system that cannot support a population that is living longer and longer....Amazon

1962 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerThe Making of the President 1960Theodore White“[White] revolutionized the art of political reporting.” —William F. Buckley A national bestseller, The Making of the President 1964 is the critically acclaimed account of the 1964 presidential campaign, from the assassination of JFK though the battle for ...Amazon

1978 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerThe Dragons of EdenCarl Sagan“A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday . . . It's a delight.”—The New York Times Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain ...Amazon

1979 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerOn Human NatureEdward O. Wilson...Amazon

1980 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerGödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden BraidDouglas HofstadterWhat is a self and how can a self come out of inanimate matter?' This is the riddle that drove Douglas Hofstadter to write this extraordinary book. In order to impart his original and personal view on the core mystery of human existence - our intangible s...Amazon1980 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction ShortlistThe Madwoman in the AtticSandra Gilbert and Susan GubarAmazonThe Medusa and the SnailLewis ThomasAmazon

1981 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerFin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and CultureCarl E. SchorskeA landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time: a magnificent revelation of turn-of-the-century Vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration so much of modern art and thought was born. "Not only is it a splendid ...Amazon1981 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction ShortlistChina MenMaxine Hong KingstonAmazonGoodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific WarWilliam ManchesterAmazonSoutherners: A Journalist's OdysseyMarshall FradyAmazon

1982 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerThe Soul of a New MachineTracy KidderPulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder memorably records the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the comp...Amazon1982 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction ShortlistBasin and RangeJohn McPheeAmazonMrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet DoctorDiana TrillingAmazon