Grand Slam Winners
Nonfiction books that have won two or more of the major, cross-subject prizes tracked by this project - the broadest and most prestigious recognition a nonfiction book can receive, earned more than once over.
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityMatthew Desmond · 2016
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction (2017)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2017)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2016)
Samuel JohnsonW. Jackson Bate · 2009
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1978)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1978)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1977)
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American FamiliesJ. Anthony Lukas · 2012
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1986)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1985)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1985)
The Making of the Atomic BombRichard Rhodes · 1986
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1988)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1987)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1987)
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War IIJohn Dower · 2012
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2000)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1999)
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of GenocideSamantha Power · 2013
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2003)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2002)
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in VietnamNeil Sheehan · 2010
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1989)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1988)
Walter Lippmann and the American CenturyRonald Steel · 2017
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1982)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1980)
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in AmericaRoxanna Asgarian · 2023
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction (2024)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2023)
- Edith Wharton: A Biography
R. W. B. Lewis · 1975
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1976)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1975)
The New Negro: The Life of Alain LockeJeffrey C. Stewart · 2018
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2019)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2018)
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm XLes Payne and Tamara Payne · 2020
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2021)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2020)
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American FamilyAnnette Gordon-Reed · 2009
- Pulitzer Prize for History (2009)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2008)
The Swerve: How the World Became ModernStephen Greenblatt · 2012
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2012)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2011)
A Stillness at AppomattoxBruce Catton · 1990
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1954)
- Pulitzer Prize for History (1954)
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White HouseArthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. · 2002
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1966)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1966)
Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern LandscapeBarry Lopez · 1987
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1986)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1986)
Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of SlaveryLeon F. Litwack · 2010
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1981)
- Pulitzer Prize for History (1980)
Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant NonviolenceErik Erikson · 1993
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1970)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1970)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden BraidDouglas Hofstadter · 1979
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1980)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1980)
Henry JamesLeon Edel · 1977
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1963)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1963)
Huey LongT. Harry William · 1971
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1970)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1970)
Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert A. Caro · 1982
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2003)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2002)
Roosevelt: The Soldier of FreedomJames MacGregor Burns · 2012
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1971)
- Pulitzer Prize for History (1971)
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, The Novel as HistoryNorman Mailer · 2013
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1969)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1969)
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius VanderbiltT. J. Stiles · 2009
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2010)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2009)
The Flowering of New England: 1815–1865Van Wyck Brooks · 2017
- Pulitzer Prize for History (1937)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1936)
The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After CommunismTina Rosenberg · 2010
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1996)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1995)
The Rise of Theodore RooseveltEdmund Morris · 2010
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1980)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1980)
The Soul of a New MachineTracy Kidder · 2011
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1982)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1982)
Major Awards
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction2012–2026
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1999–2025
- National Book Award for Nonfiction1935–2025
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction1975–2025
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography1917–2026
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction1962–2026
- Pulitzer Prize for History1917–2026