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National Book Award Winning Books (Non-Fiction)
(As of: 19-Nov-2003)

Started by a consortium of American book publishing groups in 1950, the National Book Awards aim to enhance the public's awareness of exceptional books written by American authors, and to increase the popularity of reading in general. The winners are selected by five-member, independent judging panels for each genre, and receive a $10,000 cash award and a crystal sculpture. Shown below are the winners in the genre of Non-Fiction since 1980. Note: Before 1984, there were multiple categories within the Non-Fiction genre. Listed here in the years 1980-1983 are winners in the category of General Non-Fiction (Hardcover).

Source: The National Book Foundation

	Year		Book
	2003		Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy by Carlos M.N. Eire

	2002		Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro

	2001		The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon

	2000		In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nat Philbrick, Nathaniel Philbrick

	1999		Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower

	1998		Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball

	1997		American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis

	1996		An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us by James Carroll

	1995		The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism by Tina Rosenberg

	1994		How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.

	1993		United States: Essays 1952-1992 by Gore Vidal

	1992		Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story by Paul Monette

	1991		Freedom: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture by Orlando Patterson

	1990		The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow

	1989		From Beirut to Jerusalem: Updated With a New Chapter by Thomas L. Friedman

	1988		A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan

	1987		The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

	1986		Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape by Barry Holstun Lopez, Barry Lopez

	1985		Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families by J. Anthony Lukas

	1984		Andrew Jackson by Robert V. Remini

	1983		China: Alive in the Bitter Sea by Fox Butterfield

	1982		The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder

	1981		China Men by Maxine Kingston

	1980		The Right Stuff: A Novel by Tom Wolfe