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National Book Award Winning Books (Non-Fiction)
(As of: 28-Sep-2009)

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
	2008		Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed

	2007		Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner

	2006		The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

	2005		The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

	2004		Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle

	2003		Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos M.N. Eire

	2002		Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro

	2001		The Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon

	2000		In the Heart of the Sea by Nat Philbrick, Nathaniel Philbrick

	1999		Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower

	1998		Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball

	1997		American Sphinx by Joseph J. Ellis

	1996		An American Requiem by James Carroll

	1995		The Haunted Land by Tina Rosenberg

	1994		How We Die by Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.

	1993		United States by Gore Vidal

	1992		Becoming a Man by Paul Monette

	1991		Freedom by Orlando Patterson

	1990		The House of Morgan by Ron Chernow

	1989		From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman

	1988		A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan

	1987		The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

	1986		Arctic Dreams by Barry Holstun Lopez, Barry Lopez

	1985		Common Ground by J. Anthony Lukas

	1984		Andrew Jackson by Robert V. Remini

	1983		China by Fox Butterfield

	1982		The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder

	1981		China Men by Maxine Kingston

	1980		The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe

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