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Taylor Branch

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Books from Taylor Branch that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963 cover
    Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963

    2007

    20

    score

    • WonLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (1989)
    • WonPulitzer Prize for History (1989)Major
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  2. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954–63 cover
    Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954–63

    1988

    16

    score

    • WonNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1988)Major
    • ShortlistedNational Book Award for Nonfiction (1989)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  3. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years cover
    Parting the Waters: America in the King Years

    1988

    5

    score

    • WonAnisfield-Wolf Book Award (1989)
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  4. At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 cover
    At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68

    2007

    4

    score

    • ShortlistedNational Book Award for Nonfiction (2006)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  5. At Canaan’s Edge: Volume 3 of America in the King Years, 1965-68 cover
    At Canaan’s Edge: Volume 3 of America in the King Years, 1965-68

    2007

    3

    score

    • ShortlistedLos Angeles Times Book Prize for History (2006)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon

Recent Standouts (2020+)

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  6. 6Les Payne and Tamara Payne31 score
  7. 7Ed Yong30 score
  8. 8Ada Ferrer26 score
  9. 9Greg Grandin26 score
  10. 10Ned Blackhawk25 score

Most Prolific Authors

  1. 1Anne Applebaum8 books
  2. 2George F. Kennan7 books
  3. 3Jill Lepore7 books
  4. 4John McPhee7 books
  5. 5Steve Coll7 books
  6. 6Steven Pinker6 books
  7. 7Adam Hochschild5 books
  8. 8David Levering Lewis5 books
  9. 9Deirdre Bair5 books
  10. 10Garry Wills5 books