Since its founding in 1917, the Pulitzer Prize has recognized excellence in journalism, arts, and literature. You can see the winners in all categories, including 15 Journalism categories, at the Pulitzer website. You can also watch the ceremony in full on YouTube below.
Here are the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners in the Books categories.
History (Tie): Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal and Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War by Edda L. Fields-Black
Biography: Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life by Jason Roberts
Memoir: Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls
Poetry: New and Selected Poems by Marie Howe
General Nonfiction: To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement by Benjamin Nathans
Fiction: James by Percival Everett
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