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.[1]
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.[1] 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[2]
- No Good Men Among the Living de Anand Gopal
- Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China de Evan Osnos
- 2016: Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS de Joby Warrick[3]
- Between the World and Me de Ta-Nehisi Coates
- If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of Quran de Carla Power
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