Pulitzer Prize-winning History
This list contains Pulitzer Prize-winning distinguished and appropriately documented book on American history from 1917 to 2021. The Pulitzer Prizes and Fellowships were established in Columbia University by Joseph Pulitzer. Prizes are awarded by the University on the recommendation of The Pulitzer Prize Board and are announced in Spring. Nominees are organized into 22 categories across journalism, books, drama and music.
1939 • 7 Readers • 655 pages
1 Reader
1930 • 1 Reader • 934 pages
1968 • 1 Reader
1925 • 1 Reader
#2 of 1 in American Education
1980 • 2 Readers • 607 pages
1990 • 12 Readers • 444 pages • 4.3
#1 of 3 in World War II Liberation Trilogy
2002 • 40 Readers • 681 pages • 4.4
2003 • 5 Readers • 624 pages
1 Reader
#3 of 3 in Army of the Potomac
1951 • 6 Readers • 438 pages • 4
1957 • 1 Reader • 784 pages
#4 of 10 in The Oxford History of the United States
1984 • 80 Readers • 867 pages • 4.5
1979 • 3 Readers • 672 pages
1960 • 1 Reader • 367 pages
2016 • 29 Readers • 752 pages • 4.5
1983 • 1 Reader • 224 pages
2016 • 640 pages
2012 • 3 Readers • 864 pages
2014 • 456 pages
Fred H. and Ella Mae Moore Texas History Reprint Series
1966 • 1 Reader • 702 pages
2000 • 58 Readers • 306 pages • 4
2020 • 11 Readers • 336 pages • 3
2018 • 66 Readers • 912 pages • 4
#7 of 10 in The Oxford History of the United States
1999 • 12 Readers • 960 pages • 4.5
1954 • 1 Reader • 1,020 pages
1918 • 528 pages
1989 • 3 Readers • 494 pages
1959 • 1 Reader • 686 pages
2009 • 32 Readers • 564 pages • 4.3
2011 • 1 Reader • 446 pages
2011 • 21 Readers • 608 pages • 4.2
1981 • 2 Readers • 892 pages
1994 • 24 pages
1931 • 1 Reader
1971 • 1 Reader • 302 pages
1994 • 21 Readers • 633 pages • 4.5
1996 • 1 Reader • 439 pages
1971 • 1 Reader • 576 pages
#1 of 3 in America in the King Years
1988 • 21 Readers • 1,134 pages • 5
1942 • 4 Readers • 536 pages
1972 • 1 Reader • 368 pages
1973 • 1 Reader • 372 pages
2005 • 17 Readers • 352 pages • 3.5
1969 • 6 Readers • 848 pages
1986 • 1 Reader • 416 pages
1941 • 2 Readers • 524 pages
1968 • 2 Readers • 498 pages
#1 of 1 in Soviet-American Relations
1956 • 2 Readers • 576 pages
2009
4 Readers • 4
1946 • 2 Readers • 576 pages
1899 • 1 Reader • 220 pages
1940 • 1 Reader • 428 pages
1976 • 363 pages
1934 • 1 Reader • 572 pages
1980 • 1 Reader • 566 pages
1948 • 1 Reader • 612 pages
1978 • 1 Reader • 768 pages
1952 • 1 Reader • 540 pages
1991 • 1 Reader • 304 pages
1941 • 2 Readers • 550 pages
1921 • 1 Reader • 528 pages
#1 of 1 in The Founding of the American Republic
1940 • 1 Reader • 512 pages
1899 • 1 Reader • 488 pages
2017 • 7 Readers • 608 pages • 5
2013 • 584 pages
2008 • 22 Readers • 798 pages • 4.3
1967 • 10 Readers • 351 pages • 3
The New American Nation Series
1976 • 10 Readers • 667 pages • 4
2014 • 1 Reader • 624 pages • 3
1987 • 1 Reader • 446 pages
1965 • 3 Readers • 300 pages
2002 • 2 Readers • 569 pages • 3
1983 • 1 Reader • 672 pages
2001 • 1 Reader
1969 • 1 Reader • 376 pages
2006 • 5 Readers • 528 pages • 3
1992 • 14 Readers • 447 pages
1958 • 1 Reader • 406 pages
1937 • 1 Reader • 332 pages
1920 • 2 Readers
1926 • 1 Reader • 572 pages
1982 • 2 Readers • 451 pages
1965 • 1 Reader
1951 • 1 Reader • 344 pages
1920 • 1 Reader • 410 pages
1977 • 4 Readers • 624 pages • 3
2011 • 1 Reader
1979 • 16 Readers • 256 pages
1945 • 1 Reader • 328 pages
1986 • 4 Readers • 720 pages
Pivotal Moments in American History
2003 • 17 Readers • 823 pages • 4
#1 of 1 in Washington
2011 • 1 Reader • 68 pages