Grand-Slam-Gewinner
Sachbücher, die zwei oder mehr der großen, themenübergreifenden Preise gewonnen haben, die dieses Projekt erfasst - die breiteste und renommierteste Anerkennung, die ein Sachbuch erhalten kann, und das mehr als einmal.
ZwangsgeräumtMatthew Desmond
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction (2017)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2017)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2016)
Die Asche meiner MutterFrank McCourt
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1997)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1996)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1996)
de Kooning: An American MasterMark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2005)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2004)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2004)
Samuel JohnsonW. Jackson Bate
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1978)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1978)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1977)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1986)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1985)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1985)
Hirohito and the Making of Modern JapanHerbert P. Bix
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2001)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2000)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2000)
Khrushchev: The Man and His EraWilliam Taubman
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2004)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2003)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2003)
Oscar WildeRichard Ellmann
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1989)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1988)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1988)
Die Atombombe oder die Geschichte d. 8. SchöpfungstagesRichard Rhodes
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1988)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1987)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1987)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2000)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1999)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2023)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2022)
- Pulitzer Prize for History (1989)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1988)
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of GenocideSamantha Power
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2003)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2002)
Die grosse LügeNeil Sheehan
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1989)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1988)
A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin RooseveltGeoffrey C. Ward
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1989)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1989)
- Edith Wharton: A Biography
R. W. B. Lewis
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1976)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1975)
Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert A. Caro
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2003)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2002)
Walter Lippmann and the American CenturyRonald Steel
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1982)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1980)
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm XLes Payne and Tamara Payne
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2021)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2020)
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction (2024)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2023)
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls WilderCaroline Fraser
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2018)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2017)
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American FamilyAnnette Gordon-Reed
- Pulitzer Prize for History (2009)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2008)
Russia Leaves the WarGeorge F. Kennan
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1957)
- Pulitzer Prize for History (1957)
Das Herz der GewaltMikal Gilmore
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1994)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1994)
The New Negro: The Life of Alain LockeJeffrey C. Stewart
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2019)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2018)
Genie und WahnsinnSylvia Nasar
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1998)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1998)
GenetEdmund White
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1993)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1993)
Gödel, Escher, BachDouglas Hofstadter
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1980)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1980)
Things in Nature Merely GrowYiyun Li
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction (2026)
- Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography (2026)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2001)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2001)
Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IIRobert A. Caro
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1990)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1990)
Die WendeStephen Greenblatt
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2012)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2011)
A Stillness at AppomattoxBruce Catton
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1954)
- Pulitzer Prize for History (1954)
Die tausend Tage KennedysArthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1966)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1966)
OppenheimerKai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2006)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2005)
Arktische TräumeBarry Lopez
- 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
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1981)
- Pulitzer Prize for History (1980)
Charles DarwinJanet Browne
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2002)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2002)
Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His WorldDonald R. Howard
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1987)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1987)
Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850–1859Joseph Frank
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1984)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1984)
Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt's Private PapersJoseph P. Lash
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1972)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1972)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1997)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1997)
Gandhis WahrheitErik Erikson
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1970)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1970)
George F. Kennan: An American LifeJohn Lewis Gaddis
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2012)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2011)
Henry JamesLeon Edel
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1963)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1963)
Henry James: A LifeLeon Edel
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1985)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1985)
Huey LongT. Harry William
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1970)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1970)
ZaunköniginnenJoyce Johnson
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1983)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1983)
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A BiographyJustin Kaplan
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1967)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1967)
Mein Leben als SohnPhilip Roth
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1991)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1991)
Roosevelt: The Soldier of FreedomJames MacGregor Burns
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1971)
- Pulitzer Prize for History (1971)
Savage Art: A Biography of Jim ThompsonRobert Polito
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1995)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1995)
Stay TrueHua Hsu
- Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography (2023)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2022)
Heere aus der NachtNorman Mailer
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1969)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1969)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (2010)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (2009)
Die Blüte NeuenglandsVan Wyck Brooks
- Pulitzer Prize for History (1937)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1936)
The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and WhiteHenry Wiencek
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1999)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1999)
Die Rache der GeschichteTina Rosenberg
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1996)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1995)
The Life of Langston Hughes, Vol. I: 1902-1941Arnold Rampersad
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1986)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1986)
The Rise of Theodore RooseveltEdmund Morris
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1980)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1980)
Die Seele einer neuen MaschineTracy Kidder
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1982)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1982)
Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her WorldCarol Brightman
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (1992)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (1992)
Große Preise
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction2012–2026
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1999–2026
- National Book Award for Nonfiction1935–2026
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography1983–2025
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography1983–2025
- 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
- Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography2023–2026
- Women's Prize for Non-Fiction2024–2026