Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The prize was first awarded in 1962.
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Public
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The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
Man is the only creature who must pass a lifetime with the dear of death haunting even his most sun-filled …
Phil in SF says: 1974 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a personal narrative. It highlights one year's explorations on foot in the author's own neighborhood, …
Phil in SF says: 1975 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Why Survive? by Robert N. Butler
In this angry and thoroughly documented bonk. Dr. Butler, a noted gerontologist and psychiatrist, balances the grim reality of what …
Phil in SF says: 1976 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Beautiful Swimmers by William W. Warner
In the tradition of Rachel Carson's The Edge of the Sea and Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, William …
Phil in SF says: 1977 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
In The Cosmic Connection, Dr. Carl Sagan dramatized for the layman the search for life beyond the Earth. Here he …
Phil in SF says: 1978 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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On Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson
No one who cares about the human future can afford to ignore Edward O. Wilson's book. On Human Nature begins …
Phil in SF says: 1979 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
4 stars
All too rarely we encounter a work that literally opens up whole new worlds for us through the breadth of …
Phil in SF says: 1980 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Fin-de-siècle Vienna by Carl E. Schorske
From one of the truly original scholars of our time—the landmark book that embodies his work of the last decades: …
Phil in SF says: 1981 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
3 stars
You are about to enter an exotic workplace where daylight never shines, and each second of time has 1,000,000,000 (one …
Phil in SF says: 1982 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Is There No Place on Earth for Me? by Susan Sheehan
Recounts the lonely, harrowing life of a diagnosed schizophrenic, "Sylvia Frumkin", whose experience has included frequent hospitalizations from childhood on, …
Phil in SF says: 1983 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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The Social Transformation Of American Medicine by Paul Starr
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of how the …
Phil in SF says: 1984 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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"The Good War" by Studs Terkel
"The Good War" is Studs Terkel's most exciting, most popular, and most moving book, an account of the lives of …
Phil in SF says: 1985 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Phil in SF says: 1986 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Common Ground by J. Anthony Lukas
1968-a time of unprecedented social activism, a time when new political responsibilities and intense personal dedication seemed to presage real …
Phil in SF says: 1986 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
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Arab and Jew by David K. Shipler
In this monumental work, David K. Shipler, award-winning correspondent for The New York Times, examines the intricate relation ships and …
Phil in SF says: 1987 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction
