The Pulitzer Prize is a prestigious award recognizing excellence in journalism, literature, and musical composition. Administered annually by Columbia University since 1917, the literature awards honor books written by an American author in seven areas including: Fiction, History, Biography, Memoir or Autobiography, and general nonfiction.

For more information check out the Pulitzer Prize website.

Here are the Pulitzer Prize finalists and winners (in bold) in the TBP collection.

Fiction

ANGEL DOWN by Daniel Kraus (DB 131910, LB 0009116)

AUDITION by Katie Kitamura (DB 128873)

STAG DANCE by Torrey Peters (DB 128449)

History

KING OF KINGS: THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION: A STORY OF HUBRIS, DELUSION, AND CATASTROPHIC MISCALCULATION by Scott Anderson (DB 131982)

WE THE PEOPLE: A HISTORY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION by Jill Lepore (DB 133309)

Biography

PRIDE AND PLEASURE: THE SCHUYLER SISTERS IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION by Amanda Vaill (DB 133023)

Memoir or Autobiography

BIBLIOPHOBIA by Sarah Chihaya (DB 128936)

CLAM DOWN by Anelise Chen (DB 130248)

I’LL TELL YOU WHEN I’M HOME by Hala Alyan (DB 132033)

THINGS IN NATURE MERELY GROW by Yiyun Li (DB 130140)

General Nonfiction

FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE GRANDMOTHERS WHO FOUGHT TO FIND A STOLEN GENERATION OF CHILDREN by Haley Cohen Gilliland (DB 132040)

MOTHER EMANUEL: TWO CENTURIES OF RACE, RESISTANCE, AND FORGIVENESS IN ONE CHARLESTON CHURCH by Kevin Sack (DB 130279)

THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US: WORKING AND HOMELESS IN AMERICA by Brian Goldstone (DB 128877)