Pulitzer Prize 2024

by Columbia University

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20 books

The Pulitzer Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the United States, recognizing outstanding achievements in journalism, literature, drama, music, and other fields12. Established in 1917 through the will of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, the prizes are administered by Columbia University.

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Fiction

Winner

Night Watch

Jayne Anne Phillips, 2023

Finalists

Same Bed Different Dreams

Wednesday's Child

Drama

Winner

Primary Trust

Eboni Booth, 2024

Finalists

Public Obscenities

Shayok Misha Chowdhury, 2024

History

Winner

No Right to an Honest Living

The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era

Jacqueline Jones, 2023

Finalists

American Anarchy

The Epic Struggle between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

Michael Willrich, 2023

Continental Reckoning

The American West in the Age of Expansion

Elliott West, 2023

Biography

Winners

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig, 2023

Master Slave Husband Wife

An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

Ilyon Woo, 2024

Finalist

Larry McMurtry

Tracy Daugherty, 2023

Memoir or Autobiography

Winner

Liliana's Invincible Summer

A Sister's Search for Justice

Cristina Rivera Garza, 2024

Finalists

The Best Minds

A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

Jonathan Rosen, 2024

The Country of the Blind

A Memoir at the End of Sight

Andrew Leland, 2023

Poetry

Winner

Tripas

Brandon Som, 2023

Finalists

Information Desk

Robyn Schiff, 2023

To 2040

Jorie Graham, 2023

General Nonfiction

Winner

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

Nathan Thrall, 2023

Finalists

Cobalt Red

How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara, 2023

Fire Weather

A True Story from a Hotter World - Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

John Vaillant, 2023