Native American & Indigenous History
Individual topics classified under "Native American & Indigenous History", ranked by how many awards the books carrying each one have won combined. Open a topic to see its most-awarded books.
- 1
Native American history
28 books
19
wins
222
score
- Native Nations: A Millennium in North America · Kathleen DuVal4 wins · 33 score
- The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History · Ned Blackhawk3 wins · 25 score
- Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis · Timothy Egan1 win · 14 score
- Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People · Elizabeth A. Fenn1 win · 12 score
- The Killing of Crazy Horse · Thomas Powers1 win · 12 score
- 2
American West
11 books
9
wins
94
score
- Across the Wide Missouri · Bernard DeVoto2 wins · 20 score
- John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life under American Racial Law · Beth Lew-Williams2 wins · 16 score
- Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis · Timothy Egan1 win · 14 score
- Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary · Joe Jackson1 win · 10 score
- Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn · Evan S. Connell1 win · 8 score
- 3
Colonialism
6 books
6
wins
49
score
- The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History · Ned Blackhawk3 wins · 25 score
- The Last Sane Man: Michael Cardew, Modern Pots, Colonialism and the Counterculture · Tanya Harrod1 win · 8 score
- An Analysis of the Political, Economic and Social Status of the Non-European Peoples in South Africa · Ralph J. Bunche1 win · 5 score
- Struggle for Africa · Vernon Bartlett1 win · 5 score
- Congo: The Epic History of a People · David Van Reybrouck0 wins · 3 score
- 4
Westward expansion
11 books
4
wins
69
score
- History of the American Frontier · Frederic L. Paxson1 win · 12 score
- The Course of Empire · Bernard De Voto,1 win · 12 score
- Border Law: The First Seminole War and American Nationhood · Deborah Rosen1 win · 8 score
- Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer · John Mack Faragher1 win · 8 score
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American · S.C. Gwynne0 wins · 8 score
- 5
Colonial New England
6 books
4
wins
51
score
- Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England · John Putnam Demos1 win · 12 score
- Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town · Sumner Chilton Powell1 win · 12 score
- The Founding of New England · James Truslow Adams1 win · 12 score
- Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War · Lisa Brooks1 win · 8 score
- Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft · Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum0 wins · 4 score
- 6
American westward expansion
6 books
3
wins
40
score
- Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West · William H. Goetzmann1 win · 12 score
- A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America · James Tejani1 win · 8 score
- James K. Polk, Continentalist, 1843–1846 · Charles Grier Sellers1 win · 8 score
- Americans and the California Dream, 1850–1915 · Kevin Starr0 wins · 4 score
- Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America · Michael John Witgen0 wins · 4 score
- 7
American West expansion
4 books
2
wins
29
score
- Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion · Elliott West1 win · 12 score
- Empires, Nations and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860 · Anne Hyde1 win · 12 score
- Empire of Shadows: The Epic Story of Yellowstone · George Black0 wins · 3 score
- Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West · Max Perry Mueller0 wins · 2 score
- 8
American frontier
3 books
2
wins
24
score
- History of the American Frontier · Frederic L. Paxson1 win · 12 score
- Land of Savagery, Land of Promise: The European Image of the American Frontier in the Nineteenth Century · Ray Allen Billington1 win · 8 score
- The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants on the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840–60 · John B. Unruh0 wins · 4 score
- 9
King Philip's War
3 books
2
wins
23
score
- 10
Manifest Destiny
3 books
2
wins
23
score
- 11
California history
3 books
1
win
15
score
- 12
Frontier life
3 books
0
wins
11
score
Recent Standout Topics (2020+)
- 1Native American history7 wins
Where This Data Comes From
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction2012–2026
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award1936–2026
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1999–2026
- Bancroft Prize1948–2026
- Cundill History Prize2008–2026
- Financial Times and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award2005–2026
- J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize1999–2026
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography1919–2025
- Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction2014–2026
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography1981–2025