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.
#1 of 1 in Soviet-American Relations
1956 • 2 Readers • 576 pages
1916 • 1 Reader • 360 pages
2011 • 1 Reader
1920 • 1 Reader • 410 pages
1921 • 1 Reader • 528 pages
1926 • 1 Reader • 572 pages
1899 • 1 Reader • 220 pages
1968 • 1 Reader
1925 • 1 Reader
1973 • 1 Reader • 372 pages
2001 • 1 Reader
#1 of 1 in The Founding of the American Republic
1940 • 1 Reader • 512 pages
1980 • 1 Reader • 566 pages
1931 • 1 Reader
1920 • 2 Readers
1969 • 1 Reader • 376 pages
1934 • 1 Reader • 572 pages
1 Reader
1941 • 2 Readers • 550 pages
1937 • 1 Reader • 332 pages
1930 • 1 Reader • 934 pages
1940 • 1 Reader • 428 pages
1942 • 4 Readers • 536 pages
1983 • 1 Reader • 224 pages
1945 • 1 Reader • 328 pages
1946 • 2 Readers • 576 pages
1968 • 2 Readers • 498 pages
1948 • 1 Reader • 612 pages
1 Reader
1983 • 1 Reader • 672 pages
1951 • 1 Reader • 344 pages
1952 • 1 Reader • 540 pages
#3 of 3 in Army of the Potomac
1951 • 6 Readers • 438 pages • 4
1957 • 1 Reader • 784 pages
1958 • 1 Reader • 406 pages
1959 • 1 Reader • 686 pages
1960 • 1 Reader • 367 pages
1965 • 1 Reader
#1 of 1 in Washington
2011 • 1 Reader • 68 pages
1899 • 1 Reader • 488 pages
1965 • 3 Readers • 300 pages
Fred H. and Ella Mae Moore Texas History Reprint Series
1966 • 1 Reader • 702 pages
1971 • 1 Reader • 576 pages
1969 • 6 Readers • 848 pages
1971 • 1 Reader • 302 pages
1972 • 1 Reader • 368 pages
The New American Nation Series
1976 • 10 Readers • 667 pages • 4
1977 • 4 Readers • 624 pages • 3
1978 • 1 Reader • 768 pages
1979 • 3 Readers • 672 pages
#2 of 1 in American Education
1980 • 2 Readers • 607 pages
1981 • 2 Readers • 892 pages
2 Readers
1986 • 1 Reader • 416 pages
1986 • 4 Readers • 720 pages
1987 • 1 Reader • 446 pages
1990 • 10 Readers • 444 pages • 4
1991 • 1 Reader • 304 pages
1992 • 14 Readers • 447 pages
1995 • 3 Readers • 576 pages
2002 • 2 Readers • 569 pages • 3
2005 • 12 Readers • 352 pages • 3
2006 • 5 Readers • 528 pages • 3
2008 • 22 Readers • 798 pages • 4.3
1979 • 16 Readers • 256 pages
2012 • 3 Readers • 864 pages
2017 • 7 Readers • 608 pages • 5
2019 • 3 Readers • 352 pages • 4
2020 • 11 Readers • 336 pages • 3
1918 • 528 pages
2011 • 1 Reader • 446 pages
1939 • 7 Readers • 655 pages
1941 • 2 Readers • 524 pages
1954 • 1 Reader • 1,020 pages
1994 • 24 pages
1967 • 8 Readers • 351 pages • 3
1976 • 363 pages
2013 • 584 pages
#1 of 3 in America in the King Years
1988 • 20 Readers • 1,134 pages • 5
#4 of 10 in The Oxford History of the United States
1984 • 57 Readers • 867 pages • 4.5
1989 • 3 Readers • 494 pages
1994 • 21 Readers • 633 pages • 4.5
1996 • 1 Reader • 439 pages
2009
#7 of 10 in The Oxford History of the United States
1999 • 12 Readers • 960 pages • 4.5
2000 • 40 Readers • 288 pages • 4.1
#1 of 3 in World War II Liberation Trilogy
2002 • 33 Readers • 681 pages • 4.4
2003 • 5 Readers • 624 pages
Pivotal Moments in American History
2003 • 17 Readers • 823 pages • 4
#3 of 10 in The Oxford History of the United States
2007 • 20 Readers • 904 pages • 4.3
2009 • 28 Readers • 564 pages • 4.3
2011 • 21 Readers • 608 pages • 4.2
2014 • 1 Reader • 624 pages • 3
2014 • 456 pages