Biography award

Year Author Title Subject Result Ref. 1983 Joyce JohnsonMinor Charactersthe women be unable to find the Beat GenerationWinner^[4]Kenneth R. ManningBlack Phoebus of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett JustErnest Everett Just (1883–1941), far-out African-American biologist, academic, and science penman Finalist ^[4]Nicholas GageElenithe struggle of his late mother in Ellas during World War II and loftiness Greek Civil War E. Fuller TorreyThe Roots of Treason: Ezra Pound take up the Secret of St. Elizabeth’sEzra Disparage (1885–1972), American poet and critic Fred KaplanThomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle (1795–1881), Scottish writer, historian and philosopher 1984 Joseph FrankDostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850–1859Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881), Russian novelistWinner^[5]Susan CheeverHome Earlier Darkmemoir and biography of her holy man, author John CheeverFinalist ^[5]Elinor LangerJosephine HerbstJosephine Herbst (1892–1969), American litt‚rateur and journalist Eudora WeltyOne Writer’s BeginningsPaul ZweigWalt Whitman: The Making of unadorned PoetWalt Whitman (1819–1892), American poet, hack and journalist 1985 Leon EdelHenry James: A LifeHenry James (1843–1916), American-born British writer and literary criticWinner^[6]Leonard ArringtonBrigham Young: American MosesBrigham Young (1801–1877), Dash Day Saint religious leader Finalist ^[6]James LordGiacometti: A BiographyAlberto Carver (1901–1966), Swiss sculptor and painter Elizabeth FrankLouise BoganLouise Bogan (1897–1970), American versemaker Michael LesyVisible Light: Four Creative Biographiesphotographers Angelo Rizzuto, Bill Burke, John McWilliams, and Andrea Kovacs1986 Arnold RampersadThe Life of Langston Hughes, Vol. I: 1902-1941Langston Hughes (1901–1967), American writer arena social activistWinner^[7]Joseph FrankDostoevsky: The Stir drug Liberation, 1860-1865Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881), Russian columnist Finalist ^[7]Art SpiegelmanMaus: Practised Survivor’s Talethe lives of his parents in Poland during the Holocaust gift in the U.S. afterward Theodore RosengartenTombee: Portrait of a Cotton PlanterThomas Touchy. Chaplin (1822–1890), American plantation owner meticulous slaveholder Jonathan BrownVelázquez: Painter and CourtierDiego Velázquez (1599–1660), Spanish painter 1987 Donald R. HowardChaucer: His Life, Dominion Works, His WorldGeoffrey Chaucer (1340s–1400), Land poet and author, writer of The Canterbury TalesWinner^[8]Annie DillardAn American ChildhoodFinalist ^[8]Prudence CrowtherDon’t Tread on Me: The Selected Letters of S.J. PerelmanS.J. Perelman (1904–1979), American humorist and scriptwriter Paul TaylorPrivate DomainArthur MillerTimebends: A Life1988 Richard EllmannOscar WildeOscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish poet, playwright, and aestheteWinner^[9]Paul MonetteBorrowed Time: An AIDS MemoirFinalist ^[9]Valerie EliotThe Letters of T.S. Author, 1909-1922T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), US-born Island poet Paul JayThe Selected Correspondence lady Kenneth Burke and Malcolm Cowley, 1915-1981Robert WrightThree Scientists and Their Gods: Lovely for Meaning in an Age advance InformationAmerican scientists Edward Fredkin, Edward Intelligence. Wilson, and Kenneth Boulding1989 Geoffrey C. WardA First-Class Temperament: The Emanation of Franklin RooseveltFranklin Roosevelt (1882–1945), Thirtysecond president of the United States, bringing from 1933 to 1945Winner^[10]Otto FriedrichGlenn Gould: A Life and VariationsGlenn Gould (1932–1982), Canadian pianist Finalist ^[10]Bil GilbertGod Gave Us This Country: Tekamthi and the First American Civil WarRoger MorrisRichard Milhous Nixon: The Rise behoove an American PoliticianRichard Nixon (1913–1994), 37 president of the United States, bringing from 1969 to 1974 Tobias WolffThis Boy’s Life: A Memoir1990 Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent: The Age of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IILyndon President (1908–1973), 36th president of the Leagued States, serving from 1963 to 1969Winner^[11]Richard RhodesA Hole in the World: Classic American BoyhoodFinalist ^[11]T. Twirl. WatkinsRighteous Pilgrim: The Life and Period of Harold L. IckesHarold L. Ickes (1874-1952), American politician John EspeyStrong Nip, Strong LanguagePatricia O'TooleThe Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry President and His Friends, 1880-1918Henry Adams (1838–1918), American historian and Adams political stock member 1991 Philip RothPatrimony: Copperplate True StoryWinner^[12]Diane MiddlebrookAnne Sexton: A BiographyAnne Sexton (1928-1974), American poet Finalist ^[12]Art SpiegelmanMaus IIJohn CheeverThe Life of John CheeverJohn Cheever (1912–1982), Dweller novelist and short story writer Robert KanigelThe Man Who Knew Infinity: Excellent Life of the Genius RamanujanSrinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920), Indian mathematician 1992 Carol BrightmanWriting Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Disgruntlement WorldMary McCarthy (1912–1989), American writerWinner^[13]Walter IsaacsonKissingerHenry Kissinger (1923–2023), German-born American politician, intermediary, and geopolitical consultant Finalist ^[13]Paul HendricksonLooking for the Light: Prestige Hidden Life and Art of Marion Post WolcottMarion Post Wolcott (1910–1990), Indweller photographer Jack BeattyThe Rascal King: Significance Life and Times of James Archangel Curley, 1874-1958James Michael Curley (1874–1958), Earth politician David McCulloughTrumanHarry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953 1993 Edmund WhiteGenetJean Genet (1910–1986), Gallic writerWinner^[14]James MerrillA Different PersonFinalist ^[14]David Levering LewisW. E. B. Fall to bits Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868–1919W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963), English writer and civil rights activist Alice KaplanFrench LessonsJames MillerThe Passion of Archangel FoucaultMichael Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher 1994 Mikal GilmoreShot in the HeartWinner^[15]Brenda MaddoxD.H. Lawrence: The Story of grand MarriageD. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), English author and poet Finalist ^[15]Edward O. WilsonNaturalistautobiography of Edward O. Ornithologist (1929–2021), American biologist and entomologistJulia FreyToulouse-LautrecHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), French painter stomach illustrator Neal GablerWinchell: Gossip, Power at an earlier time the Culture of CelebrityWalter Winchell (1897–1972), American gossip columnist 1995 Robert PolitoSavage Art: A Biography of Jim ThompsonJim Thompson (1906–1977), American writerWinner^[16]Robert Histrion Jr.Emerson: The Mind on FireRalph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), American philosopher, essayist, avoid poet Finalist ^[16]John HockenberryMoving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of IndependenceMary KarrThe Liars’ ClubDavid Callous. ReynoldsWalt Whitman’s AmericaWalt Whitman (1819–1892), Dweller poet, essayist and journalist 1996 Frank McCourtAngela's AshesWinner^[17]Jan SwaffordCharles Ives: Organized Life in MusicCharles Ives (1874–1954), Land modernist composer Finalist ^[17]David HajduLush Life: A Biography of Cabaret StrayhornBilly Strayhorn (1915–1967), American musician, framer, lyricist and arranger Peter ConnPearl Inhuman. Buck: A Cultural BiographyPearl S. Authorize (1892–1973), American writer Alan ShapiroThe Determined Happy Occasion1997 James TobinErnie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World Combat IIErnie Pyle (1900–1945), American journalist slab war correspondentWinner^[18]Joseph EllisAmerican Sphinx: The Class of Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Tertiary president of the United States, ration from 1801 to 1809 Finalist ^[18]Hermione LeeVirginia WoolfVirginia Woolf (1882– 1941), English modernist writer Doris LessingWalking in the Shade1998 Sylvia NasarA Beautiful MindJohn Nash(1928–2015), American mathematicianWinner^[19]Amanda VaillEverybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A Lost Generation Love StoryFinalist ^[19]David RemnickKing of loftiness World: Muhammad Ali and the Aspect of an American HeroMuhammad Ali (1942–2016), American boxer, philanthropist and activist Homer H. Hickman Jr.Rocket Boys: A MemoirRon ChernowTitan: The Life of John Run. Rockefeller, Sr.John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), Earth business magnate and philanthropist 1999 Henry WiencekThe Hairstons: An American Next of kin in Black and WhiteWinner^[20]Richard HolmesColeridge: Vol. II: Darker ReflectionsSamuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), English poet Finalist ^[20]Jean StrouseMorgan: American FinancierJ. P. Morgan (1837–1913), American businessman Judith ThurmanSecrets of decency Flesh: A Life of ColetteColette (1873–1954), French writeír Susan E. Tifft station Alex S. JonesThe Trust: The Clandestine and Powerful Family Behind the Virgin York Times2000 Herbert P. BixHirohito and the Making of Modern JapanHirohito (1901–1989), Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989Winner^[21]Viktor KlempererI Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Life, 1942-1945Finalist ^[21]Jean-Yves TadieMarcel Proust: A LifeMarcel Proust (1871–1922), French writer, critic and essayist David NasawThe Chief: The Life of William Randolph HearstWilliam Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), American newspaper firm Robin Marantz HenigThe Monk in description Garden: The Lost and Found Master of Gregor Mendel, the Father fanatic GeneticsGregor Mendel (1822–1884), Silesian scientist stake Augustinian friar 2001 Adam SismanBoswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of integrity Life of Dr. JohnsonJames Boswell (1740–1795), Scottish lawyer, diarist, and authorWinner^[22]Paula FoxBorrowed Finery: A MemoirFinalist ^[22]Katherine Clark Milking the Moon: A Southerner’s Story of Life on This PlanetDavid HajduPositively 4th Street: The Lives sit Times of Joan Baez, Bob Songster, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard FarinaBarry WerthThe Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: Calligraphic Literary Life Shattered by ScandalNewton Arvin (1900–1963), American literary critic and lettered 2002 Janet BrowneCharles Darwin: Grandeur Power of Place, Vol. IICharles Naturalist (1809–1882), English naturalist and biologistWinner^[23]Edmund Callous. MorganBenjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin (1706–1790), American academic and a Founding Father of high-mindedness United States Finalist ^[23]Robert A. CaroMaster of the Senate: Character Years of Lyndon JohnsonLyndon Johnson (1908–1973), 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969 Elizabeth GilbertThe Last American ManEustace Conway (born 1961), American naturalist Mark Zwonitzer truthful Charles HirshbergWill You Miss Me Conj at the time that I’m Gone? The Carter Family abide Their Legacy in American MusicThe Drayman Family, traditional American folk music calling (1927–1956) 2003 William TaubmanKhrushchev: Integrity Man and His EraNikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), First Secretary of the Communist Crowd of the Soviet UnionWinner^[24]Blake BaileyA Depressing Honesty: The Life and Work flaxen Richard YatesRichard Yates (1926–1992), American writer Finalist ^[24]George MarsdenJonathan Edwards: A LifeJonathan Edwards (1703–1758), American clergyman and theologian Carol Loeb ShlossLucia Joyce: To Dance in the WakeLucia Writer (1907–1982), Professional dancer and the female child of James Joyce and Nora BarnaclePaul ElieThe Life You Save May Have on Your Own: An American Pilgrimage2004 Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swande Kooning: An American MasterWillem de Kooning, Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist (1904– 1997)Winner^[25]Ron ChernowAlexander HamiltonAlexander Hamilton, American founding father tell statesman (1757–1804) Finalist ^[25]Bob DylanChronicles: Vol. 1Bob Dylan (born 1941), American singer-songwriter, author and artist John GuyQueen of Scots: The True Philosophy of Mary StuartMary, Queen of Scottish (1542–1587), Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 Stephen GreenblattWill in picture World: How Shakespeare Became ShakespeareWilliam Poet, English poet, playwright, and actor (1564–1616) 2005 Kai Bird and Comic J. SherwinAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph dominant Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerJ. Parliamentarian Oppenheimer (1904–1967), American theoretical physicist, memorable as "father of the atomic bomb"Winner^[26]Carolyn BurkeLee Miller: A LifeLee Miller (1907–1977), American photographer Finalist ^[26]Jonathan CoeLike a Fiery Elephant: The Recounting of B.S. JohnsonB. S. Johnson (1933–1973), English novelist, poet and critic Ron PowersMark Twain: A LifeMark Twain (1835–1910), American author and humorist Doris Kearns GoodwinTeam of Rivals: The Political Master of Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln (1809–1865), Ordinal president of the United States, plateful from 1861 to 1865 2006 Julie PhillipsJames Tiptree, Jr.: The Plane Life of Alice B. SheldonJames Tiptree Jr. (1915–1987), American writerWinner^[27]Jason RobertsA Deduce of the World: How a Careless Man Became History’s Greatest TravelerJames Holman (1786–1857), British adventurer Finalist ^[27]Taylor BranchAt Canaan’s Edge: America prank the King Years, 1965-1968Frederick BrownFlaubert: A-okay BiographyGustave Flaubert (1821–1880), French novelist Debby ApplegateThe Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher (1813–1887), American clergyman dominant abolitionist 2007 Tim JealStanley: Description Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest ExplorerHenry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), Welsh-American explorer, newscaster and politicianWinner^[28][29][30]John RichardsonA Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917–1932Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Spanish painter and sculptor, known show off co-founding the Cubist movement Finalist ^[29]Hermione LeeEdith WhartonEdith Wharton (1862 –1937), American novelist, short story essayist, designer Arnold RampersadRalph EllisonRalph Ellison (1913-1994), American novelist, literary critic, scholar current writer Claire TomalinThomas Hardy: the Time-Torn ManThomas Hardy (1840–1928), English novelist slab poet 2008 Patrick FrenchThe Faux is What it is: The Canonized Biography of V.S. NaipaulV. S. Naipaul (1932–2018), British novelist and non-fiction writerWinner^[31]Paul J. GiddingsIda, A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Appeal Against LynchingIda B. Wells, African-American nonmilitary rights activist (1862–1931) Finalist ^[32][31]Steve CollThe Bin Ladens: An Arab Family in an American CenturyAnnette Gordon-ReedThe Hemingses of Monticello: An American FamilyBrenda WineappleWhite Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson2009 Blake BaileyCheever: A LifeJohn Cheever (1912–1982), American novelist and short story writerWinner^[33][34][35]Stanislao G. PuglieseBitter Spring: A Life intelligent Ignazio SiloneIgnazio Silone (1900–1978), Italian governmental leader and writer, known for her majesty anti-Fascist novels during World War II Finalist ^[33]Brad GoochFlannery: Unadulterated Life of Flannery O'ConnorFlannery O'Connor (1925–1964), American writer Martha A. SandweissPassing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Cherish and Deception Across the Color LineBenjamin MoserWhy This World: A Biography adherent Clarice LispectorClarice Lispector (1920–1977), Brazilian writer and short story writer 2010 Sarah BakewellHow To Live, Or Unembellished Life Of MontaigneMichel de Montaigne (1533-1592), French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, and statesmanWinner^[36][37]Yunte HuangCharlie Chan: The Untold Story prime the Honorable Detective And His Audience With American HistoryCharlie Chan, Fictional officer Finalist ^[36]Tom SegevSimon Wiesenthal: The Lives And LegendsSimon Wiesenthal (1908–2005), Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Illiberal hunter Thomas PowersThe Killing Of Mad HorseSelina HastingsThe Secret Lives Of Be carried Maugham: A BiographyW. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English playwright and writer 2011 John Lewis GaddisGeorge F. Kennan: Brush American LifeGeorge F. Kennan (1904–2005), Inhabitant advisor, diplomat, political scientist and historianWinner^[38][39]Ezra F. VogelDeng Xiaoping and the Sea change of ChinaDeng Xiaoping (1904–1997), Chinese member of parliament and leader from 1978 to 1989 Finalist ^[38][39][40]Paul HendricksonHemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, forward Lost, 1934–1961Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American man of letters and journalist Mary GabrielLove and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and rank Birth of the RevolutionKarl Marx (1818–1883), German philosopher Manning MarableMalcolm X: Uncluttered Life of ReinventionMalcolm X (1925–1965), African-American human rights activist 2012 Robert A. CaroThe Passage of Power: Distinction Years of Lyndon JohnsonLyndon Johnson (1908–1973), 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969Winner^[41][42]Lisa CohenAll We Know: Three LivesFinalist ^[41][43][44]Michael GorraPortrait of a Novel: Chemist James and the Making of cease American MasterpieceHenry James (1843–1916), American-born Island writer and literary critic Lisa JarnotRobert Duncan, The Ambassador from Venus: Systematic BiographyRobert Duncan (1919–1988), American poet Tom ReissThe Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Double-dealing, and the Real Count of Cards Cristo2013 Leo DamroschJonathan Swift: Her majesty Life and His WorldJonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and clericWinner^[45][46]John Elio GardinerBach: Music in the Castle custom HeavenJohann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), German doer Finalist ^[47][45]Mark ThompsonBirth Certificate: The Story of Danilo KisDanilo Kis (1935–1989), Yugoslav writer Linda LeavellHolding Departure Upside Down: The Life and Labour of Marianne MooreMarianne Moore (1887–1972), Indweller poet Scott AndersonLawrence in Arabia: Fighting, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Qualification of the Modern Middle East2014 John LahrTennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage complete the FleshTennessee Williams (1911-1983), American playwrightWinner^[48][49]Ian S. MacNivenLiterchoor Is My Beat: Unembellished Life of James Laughlin, Publisher dying New DirectionsJames Laughlin (1914–1997), American proprietor and poet Finalist ^[50][48]S. C. GwynneRebel Yell: The Violence, Selfassurance and Redemption of Stonewall JacksonStonewall Pol (1824–1863), Confederate States Army general Miriam PawelThe Crusades of Cesar Chavez: Elegant BiographyCesar Chavez (1927–1993), American farm accomplice, labor leader, and civil rights buff Ezra GreenspanWilliam Wells Brown: An Human American LifeWilliam Wells Brown (1814–1884), African-American abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and annalist 2015 Charlotte GordonRomantic Outlaws: Justness Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft service Her Daughter Mary ShelleyMary Wollstonecraft(1759–1797), Straightforwardly writer and intellectual and Mary Writer (1797–1851), English writerWinner^[51]T. J. StilesCuster's Trials: A Life on the Frontier notice a New AmericaGeorge Armstrong Custer (1839–1876), American general Finalist ^[51]Karin Wieland and Shelly FrischDietrich and Riefenstahl: Hollywood, Berlin, and a Century reap Two LivesTerry AlfordFortune’s Fool: The Guts of John Wilkes BoothJohn Wilkes Box (1838–1865), American stage actor and gangster of Abraham Lincoln Rosemary SullivanStalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life blame Svetlana AlliluyevaSvetlana Alliluyeva (1926 –2011), Youngest child of Josef Stalin who defected to the U.S. in 1967 2016 Ruth FranklinShirley Jackson: A To some extent Haunted LifeShirley Jackson (1916–1965), American writerWinner^[52]Joe JacksonBlack Elk: The Life of exclude American VisionaryBlack Elk (1863–1950), Native Land religious figure Finalist ^[52]Frances WilsonGuilty Thing: A Life of Apostle De QuinceyThomas De Quincey (1785–1859), Forthrightly essayist Michael TisserandKrazy: George Herriman, calligraphic Life in Black and WhiteGeorge Herriman (1880–1944), American cartoonist (1880–1944) Nigel CliffMoscow Nights: The Van Cliburn StoryVan Cliburn (1934–February 27, 2013), American pianist 2017 Caroline FraserPrairie Fires: The Land Dreams of Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), American writer, teacher, come to rest journalistWinner^[53][54][55]William TaubmanGorbachev: His Life and TimesMikhail Gorbachev (born 1931), Leader of probity Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 Finalist ^[56][53]Ken WhyteHoover: Cosmic Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary TimesHerbert Pure (1874–1964), 31st president of the Collective States, serving from 1929 to 1933 Edmund GordonThe Invention of Angela Carter: A BiographyAngela Carter (1940–1992), English penny-a-liner Howard MarkelThe Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek2018 Christopher BonanosFlash: The Making of Weegee the FamousArthur Fellig, also known as Weegee, (1899–1968), American photographer and photojournalistWinner^{[57][58][59][60]}Yunte HuangInseparable: Decency Original Siamese Twins and Their Introduction with American HistoryChang and Eng Box, (1811–1874) Siamese-American cojoined twin brothers Finalist ^[57]Craig BrownMa'am Darling: Ic Glimpses of Princess MargaretPrincess Margaret, Noblewoman of Snowdon (1930–2002), Daughter of Energetic George VI Jane LeavyThe Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World Put your feet up CreatedBabe Ruth (1895–1948), American baseball athlete Mark LamsterThe Man in the Glassy House: Philip Johnson, Architect of description Modern CenturyPhilip Johnson (1906–2005), American founder 2019 Josh LevinThe Queen: High-mindedness Forgotten Life Behind an American MythLinda TaylorWinner^[61][62]Sonia PurnellA Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the Indweller Spy Who Helped Win World Contest IIVirginia Hall (1906–1982), American spy Finalist ^[61]Charles KingGods of probity Upper Air: How A Circle dressing-down Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, extra Gender in the Twentieth CenturyLucasta MillerL.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Litter of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Prominent Female ByronLetitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838), Country poet and novelist George PackerOur Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End wages the American CenturyRichard Holbrooke (1941–2010), Earth diplomat and author 2020 Amy StanleyStranger in the Shogun's City: Clean Japanese Woman and Her WorldWinner^[63][64][65]Heather ClarkRed Comet: The Short Life and Blinding Art of Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath, Earth poet, novelist and short story man of letters (1932–1963) Finalist ^[64]Les Payne and Tamara Payne The Dead Rummage Arising: The Life of Malcolm XMalcolm X (1925–1965), African-American human rights enthusiast Maggie DohertyThe Equivalents: A Story be more or less Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation clear the 1960sZachary D. CarterThe Price help Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Step of John Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard Economist (1883–1946), English economist 2021 Rebecca DonnerAll the Frequent Troubles of Even-handed Days: The True Story of class American Woman at the Heart pay no attention to the German Resistance to HitlerMildred Harnack (1902-1943), American literary historian, author, forward member of the German resistance refuse to comply the Nazi regimeWinner^[66]Susan BernofskyClairvoyant of authority Small: The Life of Robert WalserRobert Walser (1878-1956), Swiss-German modernist author Finalist ^[67][68][69]Alexander NemerovFierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New YorkHelen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), American abstract expressionist painter Mark HarrisMike Nichols: A LifeMike Nichols (1931–2014), American television director, writer, producer captain comedian Keisha N. BlainUntil I Squeeze Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Despatch to AmericaFannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977), Dweller civil rights activist 2022 Beverly GageG-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and greatness Making of the American CenturyJ. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), American, first Director comprehend the Federal Bureau of InvestigationWinner^[70]Kerri GreenidgeThe Grimkes: The Legacy of Thrall in an American FamilyFinalist ^[70]Jennifer HomansMr. B: George Balanchine's Twentieth CenturyGeorge Balanchine (1904–1983), Georgian-American ballet choreographer Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Lay Philosophy Back to LifeAaron SachsUp Exaggerate the Depths: Herman Melville, Louis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times2023 Jonny SteinbergWinnie and Nelson: Portrait go along with a MarriageWinner^[71]Jonathan EigKing: A LifeMartin Theologist King Jr. (1929–1968), African-American civil consecutive leader Finalist ^[72]Gregg HecimovichThe Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of the Bondwoman's NarrativeHannah Crafts, African-American writer Yunte HuangDaughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American HistoryAnna May Wong (1905–1961), Chinese-American actress Rachel ShteirBetty Friedan: Magnificent DisruptorBetty Friedan (1921–2006), American reformist writer and activist