National Book Awards - Nonfiction

1.
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling 4.30 avg rating — 2,230 ratings
2.
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History 4.15 avg rating — 2,186 ratings
3.
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation 3.97 avg rating — 7,597 ratings
4.
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake 3.93 avg rating — 7,988 ratings
5.
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
by: Les Payne
4.34 avg rating — 4,841 ratings
6.
The Yellow House
The Yellow House 3.89 avg rating — 25,004 ratings
7.
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke 4.03 avg rating — 310 ratings
8.
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia 4.19 avg rating — 6,915 ratings
9.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 4.53 avg rating — 37,886 ratings
10.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,442 ratings
11.
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China 4.25 avg rating — 8,718 ratings
12.
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America 4.13 avg rating — 12,371 ratings
13.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 3.98 avg rating — 114,830 ratings
14.
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern 3.87 avg rating — 34,490 ratings
15.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating — 333,776 ratings
16.
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt 3.90 avg rating — 8,806 ratings
17.
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family 4.02 avg rating — 6,802 ratings
18.
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA 3.95 avg rating — 14,513 ratings
19.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl 4.06 avg rating — 60,130 ratings
20.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 285,050 ratings
21.
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age 4.08 avg rating — 2,993 ratings
22.
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy 3.81 avg rating — 7,574 ratings
23.
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3) 4.42 avg rating — 23,638 ratings
24.
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression 4.19 avg rating — 15,444 ratings
25.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating — 115,991 ratings
26.
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II 4.15 avg rating — 5,020 ratings
27.
Slaves in the Family
Slaves in the Family 4.04 avg rating — 3,020 ratings
28.
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson 3.94 avg rating — 28,833 ratings
29.
An American Requiem: God, My Father & the War That Came Between Us
An American Requiem: God, My Father & the War That Came Between Us really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 807 ratings
30.
The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism 4.04 avg rating — 562 ratings
31.
How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter 4.07 avg rating — 9,156 ratings
32.
United States: Essays 1952-1992
United States: Essays 1952-1992 4.40 avg rating — 925 ratings
33.
Becoming a Man
Becoming a Man 4.17 avg rating — 3,722 ratings
34.
Anne Sexton: A Biography
Anne Sexton: A Biography 4.17 avg rating — 4,026 ratings
35.
Freedom: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture
Freedom: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture 4.17 avg rating — 59 ratings
36.
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance 3.96 avg rating — 12,218 ratings
37.
From Beirut to Jerusalem
From Beirut to Jerusalem 4.15 avg rating — 12,909 ratings
38.
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam 4.24 avg rating — 12,399 ratings
39.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 4.40 avg rating — 23,889 ratings
40.
Arctic Dreams
Arctic Dreams 4.23 avg rating — 8,801 ratings
41.
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families 4.32 avg rating — 2,729 ratings
42.
Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy: 1833-1845
Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy: 1833-1845 4.25 avg rating — 177 ratings
43.
Subtle Is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
Subtle Is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein 4.34 avg rating — 1,895 ratings
44.
Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for Nonscientists
Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for Nonscientists 4.04 avg rating — 522 ratings
45.
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind 4.15 avg rating — 2,843 ratings
46.
The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher 4.08 avg rating — 1,854 ratings
47.
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History 4.13 avg rating — 6,871 ratings
48.
The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics
The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics 4.01 avg rating — 10,890 ratings
49.
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid 4.29 avg rating — 51,684 ratings
50.
A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph 4.28 avg rating — 23,178 ratings
51.
The Gnostic Gospels
The Gnostic Gospels 3.94 avg rating — 19,348 ratings
52.
Utopian Thought in the Western World
Utopian Thought in the Western World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings
53.
Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin & the Great Depression
Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin & the Great Depression 3.86 avg rating — 515 ratings
54.
The Generation of 1914
The Generation of 1914 3.84 avg rating — 57 ratings
55.
People of the Sacred Mountain: A History of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs and Warrior Societies, 1830-1879
People of the Sacred Mountain: A History of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs and Warrior Societies, 1830-1879 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
56.
Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery
Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery 4.24 avg rating — 690 ratings
57.
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century 4.19 avg rating — 936 ratings
58.
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating — 43,241 ratings
59.
The White House Years
The White House Years 3.91 avg rating — 565 ratings
60.
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-present
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-present 4.37 avg rating — 181 ratings
61.
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
62.
National Defense
National Defense 3.91 avg rating — 34 ratings
63.
China: Alive in the Bitter Sea
China: Alive in the Bitter Sea 4.10 avg rating — 125 ratings
64.
Naming Names
Naming Names 3.81 avg rating — 271 ratings
65.
The Soul of a New Machine
The Soul of a New Machine 4.12 avg rating — 9,242 ratings
66.
The Last Cowboy
The Last Cowboy 3.62 avg rating — 47 ratings
67.
China Men
China Men 3.74 avg rating — 2,034 ratings
68.
The Snow Leopard
The Snow Leopard 4.07 avg rating — 19,815 ratings
69.
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
by: Tom Wolfe
4.23 avg rating — 54,862 ratings
70.
The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations 3.97 avg rating — 4,173 ratings
71.
Julia Child & More Company
Julia Child & More Company 4.26 avg rating — 74 ratings
72.
Nathaniel Hawthorne in His Times
Nathaniel Hawthorne in His Times 4.15 avg rating — 41 ratings
73.
Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller 4.07 avg rating — 1,272 ratings
74.
Walter Lippmann and the American Century
Walter Lippmann and the American Century 4.27 avg rating — 109 ratings
75.
Mornings on Horseback
Mornings on Horseback 4.10 avg rating — 34,708 ratings
76.
Samuel Beckett: A Biography
Samuel Beckett: A Biography 4.04 avg rating — 329 ratings
77.
Walt Whitman: A Life
Walt Whitman: A Life 3.95 avg rating — 313 ratings
78.
Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
Max Perkins: Editor of Genius 4.30 avg rating — 2,000 ratings
79.
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 59,131 ratings
80.
...And I Worked at the Writer's Trade: Chapters of Literary History 1918-1978
...And I Worked at the Writer's Trade: Chapters of Literary History 1918-1978 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
81.
Lauren Bacall by Myself
Lauren Bacall by Myself really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,870 ratings
82.
Winners & Losers: Battles, Retreats, Gains, Losses, and Ruins from the Vietnam War
Winners & Losers: Battles, Retreats, Gains, Losses, and Ruins from the Vietnam War 4.12 avg rating — 72 ratings
83.
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales 3.83 avg rating — 6,186 ratings
84.
Passage to Ararat
Passage to Ararat 3.96 avg rating — 316 ratings
85.
All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw 4.22 avg rating — 489 ratings
86.
The Briar Patch
The Briar Patch 3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
87.
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam 4.08 avg rating — 2,382 ratings
88.
The Last Whole Earth Catalogue: Access to Tools
The Last Whole Earth Catalogue: Access to Tools 4.44 avg rating — 275 ratings
89.
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher 4.14 avg rating — 10,344 ratings
90.
Interpretation Of Schizophrenia
Interpretation Of Schizophrenia 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings
91.
Life: The Unfinished Experiment
Life: The Unfinished Experiment 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
92.
The Serengeti Lion: A Study of Predator-Prey Relations (Wildlife Behavior and Ecology series)
The Serengeti Lion: A Study of Predator-Prey Relations (Wildlife Behavior and Ecology series) 4.35 avg rating — 71 ratings
93.
The Blue Whale
The Blue Whale 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
94.
Science in the British Colonies of America
Science in the British Colonies of America 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
95.
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Anarchy, State, and Utopia 3.75 avg rating — 5,919 ratings
96.
Edmund Husserl: Philosopher of Infinite Tasks
Edmund Husserl: Philosopher of Infinite Tasks 4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings
97.
A Religious History of the American People
A Religious History of the American People 4.17 avg rating — 201 ratings
98.
Protestantism in the United States: Righteous Empire
Protestantism in the United States: Righteous Empire 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
99.
Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence 3.91 avg rating — 259 ratings
100.
Intellectual Life in the Colonial South, 1585-1763
Intellectual Life in the Colonial South, 1585-1763 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings