Honor roll:Nonfiction authors
From AwardAnnals
Each of these Nonfiction authors has received at least one award nomination. They are ranked by honors received for their Nonfiction books.
See also:
| 1 | Russell Freedman (158.79: 8/20) | 121 | Antonia Fraser (23.40: 1/3) | 241 | Saul Friedländer (17.05: 1/2) |
| 2 | Daniel Stashower (93.65: 5/12) | 122 | John McPhee (23.30: 1/3) | 242 | Simon Schama (17.05: 1/2) |
| 3 | Jim Murphy (92.33: 6/11) | 123 | Charles Rosen (23.24: 1/3) | 243 | Francine du Plessix Gray (17.04: 1/2) |
| 4 | James Cross Giblin (84.26: 5/10) | 124 | Deirdre Bair (23.24: 1/3) | 244 | William Logan (17.04: 1/2) |
| 5 | Jim Huang (83.61: 7/9) | 125 | Ann Bausum (23.14: 1/3) | 245 | Pete Earley (17.03: 1/2) |
| 6 | Willetta L. Heising (77.90: 7/8) | 126 | Brian Selznick (23.08: 1/3) | 246 | Paul Hoffman (17.02: 1/2) |
| 7 | Robert A. Caro (73.50: 6/8) | 127 | Rebecca Solnit (23.04: 1/3) | 247 | Steve Jones (17.02: 1/2) |
| 8 | Dean James (66.41: 4/8) | 128 | Adam Hochschild (23.03: 1/3) | 248 | John Emsley (17.01: 1/2) |
| 9 | David McCullough (63.55: 5/7) | 129 | Gordon S. Wood (23.03: 1/3) | 249 | Diana Souhami (16.99: 1/2) |
| 10 | Jeffrey Marks (60.17: 1/9) | 130 | Edmund White (23.02: 1/3) | 250 | Jenny Uglow (16.99: 1/2) |
| 11 | Nic Bishop (55.36: 1/8) | 131 | Doris Kearns Goodwin (23.00: 1/3) | 251 | Paul Hendrickson (16.99: 1/2) |
| 12 | Richard Holmes (53.90: 4/6) | 132 | Cynthia Ozick (22.97: 1/3) | 252 | Andrea Warren (16.98: 1/2) |
| 13 | Rhoda Blumberg (53.74: 4/6) | 133 | Sherwin B. Nuland (22.94: 1/3) | 253 | Christopher Maynard (16.98: 1/2) |
| 14 | Elizabeth Partridge (53.60: 4/6) | 134 | John Updike (22.88: 1/3) | 254 | Susan Faludi (16.98: 1/2) |
| 15 | Leslie S. Klinger (53.11: 1/8) | 135 | Susan Thompson (22.88: 1/3) | 255 | Jonathan Goodman (16.96: 1/2) |
| 16 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (53.11: 1/8) | 136 | Victoria Nichols (22.88: 1/3) | 256 | Robin Winks (16.96: 1/2) |
| 17 | John W. Dower (52.86: 4/6) | 137 | Tobias Wolff (22.84: 1/3) | 257 | Arthur C. Danto (16.95: 1/2) |
| 18 | Jon L. Breen (51.52: 5/5) | 138 | John M. Reilly (22.81: 1/3) | 258 | Norman Sherry (16.95: 1/2) |
| 19 | Jean Swanson (49.93: 3/6) | 139 | Fox Butterfield (22.79: 1/3) | 259 | Pat Shipman (16.95: 1/2) |
| 20 | Richard Rhodes (49.85: 3/6) | 140 | Candace Fleming (22.59: 1/3) | 260 | Stacy Schiff (16.95: 1/2) |
| 21 | Taylor Branch (48.95: 3/6) | 141 | Elena Santangelo (22.59: 1/3) | 261 | Michael Scammell (16.94: 1/2) |
| 22 | Jared Diamond (47.46: 4/5) | 142 | Harry Lee Poe (22.59: 1/3) | 262 | Rick Atkinson (16.93: 1/2) |
| 23 | Edward O. Wilson (44.14: 3/5) | 143 | Kathy Lynn Emerson (22.58: 1/3) | 263 | David Remnick (16.92: 1/2) |
| 24 | Brenda Maddox (43.34: 3/5) | 144 | Catherine Thimmesh (22.57: 1/3) | 264 | James B. Stewart (16.92: 1/2) |
| 25 | Martin H. Greenberg (43.34: 3/5) | 145 | Debby Applegate (22.57: 1/3) | 265 | Leroy Panek (16.92: 1/2) |
| 26 | Frances FitzGerald (42.73: 3/5) | 146 | Chris Roerden (22.56: 1/3) | 266 | Richard Dawkins (16.92: 1/2) |
| 27 | Frankie Y. Bailey (41.14: 1/6) | 147 | Joan Didion (22.55: 1/3) | 267 | David K. Shipler (16.91: 1/2) |
| 28 | Phillip Hoose (39.14: 2/5) | 148 | Kevin Boyle (22.54: 1/3) | 268 | Richard Mabey (16.91: 1/2) |
| 29 | Marvin Lachman (39.07: 2/5) | 149 | G. Miki Hayden (22.52: 1/3) | 269 | Robin Kerrod (16.91: 1/2) |
| 30 | Garry Wills (38.94: 2/5) | 150 | Adam Sisman (22.51: 1/3) | 270 | Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (16.89: 1/2) |
| 31 | Jonathan Weiner (37.48: 3/4) | 151 | Alice Kaplan (22.50: 1/3) | 271 | John Loughery (16.89: 1/2) |
| 32 | Kate Summerscale (37.06: 0/6) | 152 | Tom Nolan (22.50: 1/3) | 272 | John Boswell (16.75: 1/2) |
| 33 | Stephen Jay Gould (37.03: 3/4) | 153 | Richard Kluger (22.47: 1/4) | 273 | William S. McFeely (16.74: 1/2) |
| 34 | Susan Campbell Bartoletti (36.98: 3/4) | 154 | Sam Tanenhaus (22.47: 1/3) | 274 | Jonathan D. Spence (16.72: 1/2) |
| 35 | Tony Hillerman (36.94: 3/4) | 155 | Henry Wiencek (21.02: 2/2) | 275 | R.W.B. Lewis (16.67: 1/2) |
| 36 | Ellen Nehr (36.91: 3/4) | 156 | Martin Amis (21.01: 2/2) | 276 | Helen Roney Sattler (16.64: 1/2) |
| 37 | J. Anthony Lukas (36.84: 3/4) | 157 | Ruth Dudley Edwards (20.97: 2/2) | 277 | Dave Cullen (16.60: 1/2) |
| 38 | Charles Foley (36.58: 3/4) | 158 | David Lambert (20.92: 2/2) | 278 | R. Gregory Christie (16.60: 1/2) |
| 39 | Jon Lellenberg (36.58: 3/4) | 159 | Carlton Stowers (20.86: 2/2) | 279 | Tanya Lee Stone (16.60: 1/2) |
| 40 | Melanie Rehak (36.56: 3/4) | 160 | Fran Balkwill (20.82: 2/2) | 280 | Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (16.60: 1/2) |
| 41 | Sy Montgomery (36.03: 1/5) | 161 | Mic Rolph (20.82: 2/2) | 281 | Jon Meacham (16.59: 1/2) |
| 42 | Diane Stanley (35.75: 1/5) | 162 | Alan Walker (20.80: 2/2) | 282 | Daniel Walker Howe (16.58: 1/2) |
| 43 | Nathaniel Philbrick (35.60: 1/5) | 163 | Robert Darnton (20.79: 2/2) | 283 | Dexter Filkins (16.58: 1/2) |
| 44 | Graham Robb (35.51: 1/5) | 164 | Bill Pronzini (20.75: 2/2) | 284 | Paula J. Giddings (16.58: 1/2) |
| 45 | Max Allan Collins (35.07: 1/5) | 165 | Gore Vidal (20.75: 2/2) | 285 | Roger M. Sobin (16.58: 1/2) |
| 46 | Steven Pinker (35.00: 1/5) | 166 | Carl Sagan (20.74: 2/2) | 286 | Alex Ross (16.57: 1/2) |
| 47 | Ann Rule (33.95: 2/4) | 167 | Henry A. Kissinger (20.74: 2/2) | 287 | E.J. Wagner (16.57: 1/2) |
| 48 | Claire Tomalin (33.49: 2/4) | 168 | Jean Fritz (20.74: 2/2) | 288 | Edwidge Danticat (16.57: 1/2) |
| 49 | Doris May Lessing (33.35: 2/4) | 169 | Richard Hammer (20.71: 2/2) | 289 | Tim Jeal (16.57: 1/2) |
| 50 | Hilary Spurling (33.04: 2/4) | 170 | Robert Lindsey (20.69: 2/2) | 290 | Eric R. Kandel (16.56: 1/2) |
| 51 | Joseph J. Ellis (32.98: 2/4) | 171 | Bernard Bailyn (20.62: 2/2) | 291 | Kim Paffenroth (16.56: 1/2) |
| 52 | Ed Gorman (32.93: 2/4) | 172 | Theodore Rosengarten (20.61: 2/2) | 292 | Robert McClung (16.56: 1/2) |
| 53 | Tracy Kidder (32.91: 2/4) | 173 | Diana Athill (20.59: 2/2) | 293 | Anthony Shadid (16.55: 1/2) |
| 54 | Otto Penzler (32.87: 2/4) | 174 | Graham Farmelo (20.59: 2/2) | 294 | David Hackett Fischer (16.55: 1/2) |
| 55 | Judith Thurman (32.82: 2/4) | 175 | Kai Bird (20.56: 2/2) | 295 | Douglas P. Lyle (16.55: 1/2) |
| 56 | Erik Larson (32.54: 2/4) | 176 | Martin J. Sherwin (20.56: 2/2) | 296 | Kim Newman (16.55: 1/2) |
| 57 | William H. Gass (31.33: 3/3) | 177 | William Taubman (20.54: 2/2) | 297 | Stephen Jones (16.55: 1/2) |
| 58 | Fredrick McKissack (31.28: 3/3) | 178 | Janet Browne (20.53: 2/2) | 298 | Suketu Mehta (16.55: 1/2) |
| 59 | Patricia C. McKissack (31.28: 3/3) | 179 | Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (20.52: 2/2) | 299 | Charles Wohlforth (16.54: 1/2) |
| 60 | Vincent Bugliosi (31.12: 3/3) | 180 | Ramsey Campbell (20.52: 2/2) | 300 | Elizabeth Peters (16.53: 1/2) |
| 61 | Colleen Barnett (31.06: 0/5) | 181 | Marc Aronson (20.51: 2/2) | 301 | Pam Muñoz Ryan (16.53: 1/2) |
| 62 | P.D. James (31.06: 0/5) | 182 | W.A. Swanberg (20.50: 2/2) | 302 | Robert Byrd (16.53: 1/2) |
| 63 | Victoria Glendinning (31.06: 3/3) | 183 | Philip Gourevitch (20.48: 2/2) | 303 | Louis Menand (16.52: 1/2) |
| 64 | Diarmaid MacCulloch (31.00: 3/3) | 184 | Anne Fadiman (20.47: 2/2) | 304 | Andrew Solomon (16.51: 1/2) |
| 65 | Douglas R. Hofstadter (30.87: 3/3) | 185 | Robert Coles (20.46: 2/2) | 305 | Dusan Petricic (16.51: 1/2) |
| 66 | Edmund Morris (30.81: 3/3) | 186 | Robert Polito (20.46: 2/2) | 306 | Joan Dash (16.51: 1/2) |
| 67 | A. Scott Berg (30.79: 3/3) | 187 | Tina Rosenberg (20.46: 2/2) | 307 | Bill Sheehan (16.50: 1/2) |
| 68 | Richard Ellmann (30.71: 3/3) | 188 | David Canter (20.45: 2/2) | 308 | Brian Greene (16.50: 1/2) |
| 69 | John Clive (30.63: 3/3) | 189 | Natalie S. Bober (20.45: 2/2) | 309 | David M. Kennedy (16.50: 1/2) |
| 70 | Lewis Thomas (30.56: 3/3) | 190 | Larry Segriff (20.44: 2/2) | 310 | Stephen King (16.50: 1/2) |
| 71 | Annalyn Swan (30.55: 3/3) | 191 | Barbara D'Amato (20.43: 2/2) | 311 | Ted Conover (16.50: 1/2) |
| 72 | Mark Stevens (30.55: 3/3) | 192 | Charles Nicholl (20.42: 2/2) | 312 | Dava Sobel (16.49: 1/2) |
| 73 | Frank McCourt (30.47: 3/3) | 193 | David Simon (20.42: 2/2) | 313 | Jennifer Armstrong (16.49: 1/2) |
| 74 | Judith St. George (29.57: 1/4) | 194 | Neil Sheehan (20.39: 2/2) | 314 | Carol McGinnis Kay (16.48: 1/2) |
| 75 | Steve Jenkins (29.53: 1/4) | 195 | Joseph Lelyveld (20.36: 2/2) | 315 | Jan Grape (16.48: 1/2) |
| 76 | John Richardson (29.44: 1/4) | 196 | Seymour Hersh (20.33: 2/2) | 316 | Natalie Hevener Kaufman (16.48: 1/2) |
| 77 | Ron Chernow (29.42: 1/4) | 197 | Ronald Steel (20.32: 2/2) | 317 | Roy Porter (16.48: 1/2) |
| 78 | Walter Dean Myers (29.37: 1/4) | 198 | Jacobo Timerman (20.31: 2/2) | 318 | Sylvia Nasar (16.48: 1/2) |
| 79 | Steve Coll (29.14: 1/4) | 199 | Leon F. Litwack (20.31: 2/2) | 319 | Walter Wick (16.47: 1/2) |
| 80 | Blake Bailey (29.12: 1/4) | 200 | Toby Talbot (20.31: 2/2) | 320 | Alan Taylor (16.46: 1/2) |
| 81 | Jonathan Harr (29.00: 1/4) | 201 | Peter Matthiessen (20.30: 2/2) | 321 | Joan D. Hedrick (16.45: 1/2) |
| 82 | Andrew Wilson (28.54: 1/4) | 202 | Walter Jackson Bate (20.28: 2/2) | 322 | Daniel Yergin (16.42: 1/3) |
| 83 | Anne Applebaum (28.54: 1/4) | 203 | Joseph Lash (20.22: 2/2) | 323 | E.J. Dionne (16.41: 1/2) |
| 84 | Mike Ashley (28.53: 1/4) | 204 | James MacGregor Burns (20.21: 2/2) | 324 | Gregory White Smith (16.41: 1/2) |
| 85 | Nick Arnold (27.54: 2/3) | 205 | Erik H. Erikson (20.20: 2/2) | 325 | Steven Naifeh (16.41: 1/2) |
| 86 | Peter Ackroyd (27.36: 2/3) | 206 | T. Harry Williams (20.20: 2/2) | 326 | Tom H. Watkins (16.41: 1/2) |
| 87 | T.J. Stiles (27.12: 2/3) | 207 | David Hajdu (19.56: 0/3) | 327 | Shelby Steele (16.40: 1/2) |
| 88 | Gary Warren Niebuhr (27.11: 2/3) | 208 | Jan Greenberg (19.53: 0/3) | 328 | Aranka Siegal (16.32: 1/2) |
| 89 | David Macaulay (26.98: 2/3) | 209 | Sandra Jane Jordan (19.53: 0/3) | 329 | David Kherdian (16.29: 1/2) |
| 90 | David Levering Lewis (26.95: 2/3) | 210 | Robert M. Sapolsky (19.43: 0/3) | 330 | Brian Floca (13.18: 0/2) |
| 91 | Alzina Stone Dale (26.93: 2/3) | 211 | Kevin Phillips (19.42: 0/3) | 331 | Nick Lane (13.16: 0/2) |
| 92 | Gitta Sereny (26.93: 2/3) | 212 | Barbara Kerley (19.14: 0/3) | 332 | Arnold J. Pomerans (13.15: 0/2) |
| 93 | Kenneth Silverman (26.77: 2/3) | 213 | Bev Vincent (19.14: 0/3) | 333 | Lisa Swerling (13.15: 0/2) |
| 94 | Annette Gordon-Reed (26.59: 2/3) | 214 | Robert Weinberg (19.07: 0/3) | 334 | Ralph Lazar (13.15: 0/2) |
| 95 | Austin Lugar (26.57: 2/3) | 215 | Hermione Lee (19.04: 0/3) | 335 | David Cesarani (13.14: 0/2) |
| 96 | Lawrence Wright (26.57: 2/3) | 216 | Julie M. Rivett (19.04: 0/3) | 336 | Sean B. Carroll (13.14: 0/2) |
| 97 | Simon Sebag Montefiore (26.57: 2/3) | 217 | Richard Laymon (19.04: 0/3) | 337 | Kevin Flynn (13.13: 0/2) |
| 98 | Tim Weiner (26.57: 2/3) | 218 | Daniel C. Dennett (18.88: 0/3) | 338 | William T. Vollmann (13.12: 0/2) |
| 99 | Samantha Power (26.53: 2/3) | 219 | Deborah Heiligman (18.60: 0/3) | 339 | Gerd Gigerenzer (13.11: 0/2) |
| 100 | Herbert P. Bix (26.51: 2/3) | 220 | Greg Grandin (18.60: 0/3) | 340 | John Fleischman (13.11: 0/2) |
| 101 | Mikal Gilmore (26.44: 2/3) | 221 | Joan Schenkar (18.60: 0/3) | 341 | David Halberstam (13.10: 0/2) |
| 102 | Geoffrey C. Ward (26.40: 2/3) | 222 | Jackie Wullschlager (18.58: 0/3) | 342 | Richard J. Evans (13.09: 0/2) |
| 103 | Caroline Moorehead (25.67: 0/4) | 223 | Alexander Masters (18.56: 0/3) | 343 | Ellen Meloy (13.08: 0/2) |
| 104 | H.W. Brands (25.10: 0/4) | 224 | Edward Conlon (18.55: 0/3) | 344 | Nicholas Harris (13.08: 0/2) |
| 105 | Jo Grossman (25.04: 0/4) | 225 | Miranda Carter (18.52: 0/3) | 345 | David Burnie (13.07: 0/2) |
| 106 | Robert Weibezahl (25.04: 0/4) | 226 | Bill Peet (18.40: 0/3) | 346 | David Nasaw (13.07: 0/2) |
| 107 | Jane Mayer (25.02: 0/4) | 227 | Tonya Bolden (17.17: 1/2) | 347 | Phillip Clarke (13.07: 0/2) |
| 108 | Jon Krakauer (25.01: 0/4) | 228 | Jonathan Maberry (17.15: 1/2) | 348 | Sally Hewitt (13.07: 0/2) |
| 109 | Ian Kershaw (24.99: 0/4) | 229 | Michael Largo (17.13: 1/2) | 349 | Kevin Hawkes (13.06: 0/2) |
| 110 | James Gleick (24.97: 0/4) | 230 | S.T. Joshi (17.13: 1/2) | 350 | Mike Goldsmith (13.06: 0/2) |
| 111 | Drew Gilpin Faust (24.59: 0/4) | 231 | Dave Eggers (17.10: 1/2) | 351 | Ron Powers (13.06: 0/2) |
| 112 | Laurie Roberts (24.56: 0/4) | 232 | John Guy (17.08: 1/2) | 352 | Ben Macintyre (13.05: 0/2) |
| 113 | Stuart M. Kaminsky (24.56: 0/4) | 233 | Andrew X. Pham (17.07: 1/2) | 353 | Gillian Darley (13.05: 0/2) |
| 114 | Stephen Greenblatt (24.55: 0/4) | 234 | Peter Hessler (17.07: 1/2) | 354 | Philip Short (13.05: 0/2) |
| 115 | Margaret C. Thomas (24.51: 0/4) | 235 | Philip Ball (17.07: 1/2) | 355 | Robert Wright (13.05: 0/2) |
| 116 | Martha Hailey Dubose (24.51: 0/4) | 236 | Thomas F. Monteleone (17.07: 1/2) | 356 | Vivian Gornick (13.05: 0/2) |
| 117 | Robert Winston (23.68: 1/3) | 237 | Tony De Saulles (17.07: 1/2) | 357 | Mark Kurlansky (13.04: 0/2) |
| 118 | Dick Lehr (23.65: 1/3) | 238 | David Bodanis (17.06: 1/2) | 358 | Matt Ridley (13.04: 0/2) |
| 119 | Richard Walker (23.65: 1/3) | 239 | Ian Buruma (17.06: 1/2) | 359 | Robert Burleigh (13.04: 0/2) |
| 120 | Kathryn Lasky (23.42: 1/3) | 240 | Kevin Starr (17.05: 1/2) | 360 | Ruud Van Der Rol (13.04: 0/2) |
