National Book Award: Non-Fiction

1. 1950 ? The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson 6 Volumes by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Ralph L. Rusk Drag me to re-order

2. 1951 ? Herman Melville A Critical Biography by Newton Arvin Drag me to re-order

3. 1952 The Sea Around Us by Rachel L. Carson Drag me to re-order

4. 1953 The Course of Empire by Bernard DeVoto Drag me to re-order

5. 1954 ? A Stillness at Appomattox With Connections (The Army of the Potomac) by Bruce Catton Drag me to re-order

6. 1955 ? Measure of Man: On Human Values, Survival and the Modern Temper by Joseph Wood Krutch Drag me to re-order

7. 1956 ? American in Italy by Herbert Kubly Drag me to re-order

8. 1957 Russia Leaves the War: Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920, Vol. I (v. 1) by George Frost Kennan Drag me to re-order

9. 1958 ? The Lion and the Throne by Catherine Drinker Bowen Drag me to re-order

10. 1959 Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame de Stael by J. Christopher Herold Drag me to re-order

11. 1960 James Joyce (Oxford Lives) by Richard Ellmann Drag me to re-order

12. 1961 The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer Drag me to re-order

13. 1962 The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects by Lewis Mumford Drag me to re-order

14. 1963 ? Henry James: A Biography 5 volume Set: vol. 1: The Untried Years, 1843-1870; vol. 2: The Conquest of Lodon, 1870-1881; vol. 3: The Middle Years, 1882-1895; vol. 4: The Treacherous Years, 1895-1901; vol. 5: The Master, 1901-1916 (5 Volumes complete) by Leon [Henry james] Edel Drag me to re-order

15. 1984 Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845 by Robert V. Remini Drag me to re-order

16. 1985 Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families by J. Anthony Lukas Drag me to re-order

17. 1986 Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez Drag me to re-order

18. 1987 The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes Drag me to re-order

19. 1988 A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Modern Library) by Neil Sheehan Drag me to re-order

20. 1989 From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman Drag me to re-order

21. 1990 The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow Drag me to re-order

22. 1991 Freedom, Vol. 1: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture by Orlando Patterson Drag me to re-order

23. 1992 Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story (Perennial Classics) by Paul Monette Drag me to re-order

24. 1993 United States by Gore Vidal Drag me to re-order

25. 1994 How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter, New Edition by Sherwin B. Nuland Drag me to re-order

26. 1995 The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism by Tina Rosenberg Drag me to re-order

27. 1996 An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us by James Carroll Drag me to re-order

28. 1997 American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis Drag me to re-order

29. 1998 Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball Drag me to re-order

30. 1999 Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower Drag me to re-order

31. 2000 In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick Drag me to re-order

32. 2001 The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon Drag me to re-order

33. 2002 The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. 3: Master Of The Senate by Robert A. Caro Drag me to re-order

34. 2003 Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy by Carlos Eire Drag me to re-order

35. 2004 Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle Drag me to re-order

36. 2005 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Drag me to re-order

37. 2006 The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan Drag me to re-order

38. 2007 Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner Drag me to re-order

39. 2008 The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed Drag me to re-order

40. 2009 The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles Drag me to re-order

41. 2010 Just Kids by Patti Smith Drag me to re-order

42. 2011 The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt Drag me to re-order