Prémio Pulitzer de Não Ficção Geral

O Prémio Pulitzer de Não Ficção Geral é um dos sete Prémios Pulitzer que são entregues anualmente nas áreas das Letras, Teatro e Música. Tem sido atribuído desde 1962 a um livro de não ficção significativo de um escritor Norte-americano, publicado durante o ano precedente, que não é ilegível para consideração noutra categoria.

Os finalistas tem sido anunciados desde 1980, geralmente dois para além do vencedor.

Vencedores

Nos primeiros 52 anos até 2013, o Pulitzer de Não Ficção foi entregue 55 vezes; dois prémios foram atribuídos em 1969, 1973, e 1986. Duas pessoas venceram o prémio como co-autoras em 1968, 1990, e 1991. Barbara Tuchman e E.O. Wilson venceram respectivamente dois prémios de Não Ficção.

1960s

• 1962: The Making of the President, 1960 de Theodore White
• 1963: The Guns of August de Barbara W. Tuchman
• 1964: Anti-intellectualism in American Life de Richard Hofstadter
• 1965: O Strange New World de Howard Mumford Jones
• 1966: Wandering Through Winter de Edwin Way Teale
• 1967: The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture de David Brion Davis
• 1968: Rousseau and Revolution, vol. 10 de The Story of Civilization, de Will e Ariel Durant.
• 1969: So Human an Animal de Rene Jules Dubos
• 1969: The Armies of the Night de Norman Mailer

1970s

• 1970: Gandhi's Truth de Erik H. Erikson
• 1971: The Rising Sun de John Toland
• 1972: Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 de Barbara W. Tuchman
• 1973: Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam de Frances FitzGerald
• 1973: Children of Crisis, vols. 2 e 3, de Robert Coles
• 1974: The Denial of Death de Ernest Becker
• 1975: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek de Annie Dillard
• 1976: Why Survive? Being Old In America de Robert Neil Butler
• 1977: Beautiful Swimmers de William W. Warner
• 1978: The Dragons of Eden de Carl Sagan
• 1979: On Human Nature de Edward O. Wilson

1980s

Os finalistas estão indicados em itálico, geralmente dois em cada ano.

• 1980: Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid de Douglas Hofstadter
  • The Madwoman in the Attic de Sandra Gilbert e Susan Gubar
  • The Medusa and the Snail de Lewis Thomas
• 1981: Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture de Carl E. Schorske
  • China Men de Maxine Hong Kingston
  • Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War de William Manchester
  • Southerners: A Journalist's Odyssey de Marshall Frady
• 1982: The Soul of a New Machine de Tracy Kidder
  • Basin and Range de John McPhee
  • Mrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor de Diana Trilling
• 1983: Is There No Place on Earth for Me? de Susan Sheehan
  • The Fate of the Earth de Jonathan Schell
  • Terrorists and Novelists de Diane Johnson
• 1984: The Social Transformation of American Medicine de Paul Starr
  • Conversations With the Enemy de Winston Groom e Duncan Spencer
  • Wild Justice de Susan Jacoby
• 1985: The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two de Studs Terkel
  • Endless Enemies de Jonathan Kwitny
  • Dawn to the West de Donald Keene
• 1986 (dois vencedores): Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families de J. Anthony Lukas
• Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White de Joseph Lelyveld
  • Habits and the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life de Robert Neelly Bellah
• 1987: Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land de David K. Shipler
  • Rising from the Plains de John McPhee
  • Rain or Shine: A Family Memoir de Cyra McFadden
• 1988: The Making of the Atomic Bomb de Richard Rhodes
  • Chaos: Making a New Science de James Gleick
  • Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society de Daniel Callahan
• 1989: A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam de Neil Sheehan
  • The Last Farmer de Howard Kohn
  • Coming of Age in the Milky Way de Timothy Ferris

1990s

• 1990: And Their Children After Them de Dale Maharidge e Michael Williamson
  • Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History de Stephen Jay Gould
  • A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East 1914-1922 de David Fromkin
• 1991: The Ants de Bert Hölldobler e Edward O. Wilson
  • Looking for a Ship de John McPhee
  • River of Traps: A Village Life de William duBuys e Alex Harris
• 1992: The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power de Daniel Yergin
  • Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics de Thomas Byrne Edsall e Mary D. Edsall
  • Broken Vessels de Andre Dubus
• 1993: Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America de Garry Wills
  • Days of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father de Richard Rodriguez
  • Where the Buffalo Roam de Anne Matthews
  • A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War de Susan Griffin
• 1994: Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire de David Remnick
  • The Cultivation of Hatred: The Bourgeois Experience, Victoria to Freud de Peter Gay
  • The End of the Twentieth Century: And the End of the Modern Age de John Lukacs
• 1995: The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time de Jonathan Weiner
  • How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter de Sherwin B. Nuland
  • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story de John Berendt
• 1996: The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism de Tina Rosenberg
  • Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder de Lawrence Weschler
  • Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and The Meanings of Life de Daniel C. Dennett
• 1997: Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris de Richard Kluger
  • Fame and Folly de Cynthia Ozick
  • The Inheritance: How Three Families and America Moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and Beyond de Samuel G. Freedman
• 1998: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies de Jared Diamond
  • How the Mind Works de Steven Pinker
  • Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster de Jon Krakauer
• 1999: Annals of the Former World de John McPhee
  • The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do de Judith Rich Harris
  • Crime and Punishment in America de Elliott Currie

2000s

• 2000: Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II de John W. Dower
  • The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory de Brian Greene
  • Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds de Scott Weidensaul
• 2001: Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan de Herbert P. Bix
  • A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius de Dave Eggers
  • Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing de Ted Conover
• 2002: Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution de Diane McWhorter
  • The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression de Andrew Solomon
  • War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals de David Halberstam
• 2003: "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide de Samantha Power
  • The Anthropology of Turquoise: Meditations on Landscape, Art, and Spirit de Ellen Meloy
  • The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature de Steven Pinker
• 2004: Gulag: A History de Anne Applebaum
  • The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military de Dana Priest
  • Rembrandt's Jews de Steven Nadler
• 2005: Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 de Steve Coll
  • The Devil's Highway: A True Story de Luis Alberto Urrea
  • Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found de Suketu Mehta
• 2006: Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya de Caroline Elkins
  • The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq de George Packer
  • Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 de Tony Judt
• 2007: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 de Lawrence Wright
  • Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness de Pete Earley
  • Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq de Thomas E. Ricks
• 2008: The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 de Saul Friedlander
  • The Cigarette Century de Allan M. Brandt
  • The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century de Alex Ross
• 2009: Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II de Douglas A. Blackmon
  • The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe de William I. Hitchcock
  • Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age de Arthur L. Herman

2010s

• 2010: The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy de David E. Hoffman
  • The Evolution of God de Robert Wright
  • How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities de John Cassidy
• 2011: Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer de Siddhartha Mukherjee
  • The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains de Nicholas G. Carr
  • Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History de S.C. Gwynne
• 2012: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern de Stephen Greenblatt
  • One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing de Diane Ackerman
  • Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men de Mara Hvistendahl
• 2013: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America de Gilbert King
  • Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity de Katherine Boo
  • The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature de David George Haskell
• 2014: Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation de Dan Fagin
  • The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a Forgotten Genocide de Gary J. Bass
  • The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War de Fred Kaplan
• 2015: The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History de Elizabeth Kolbert
  • No Good Men Among the Living de Anand Gopal
  • Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China de Evan Osnos

Vencedores repetentes

Duas pessoas venceram o Prémio Pulitzer de Não Ficção Geral duas vezes.

• Barbara Tuchman, 1963 por The Guns of August e em 1972 por Stilwell and the American Experience in China
• E. O. Wilson, 1979 por On Human Nature e em 1991 por Ants, este último em co-autoria com Bert Hölldobler

Ver também

• Prémio Pulitzer de Biografia ou Autobiografia
• Prémio Pulitzer de História