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Robert A. Caro

American journalist and author.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

112

Index score

1975—2013

Recognition span

Author in the index

Robert A. Caro has 5 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1975 and 2013. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

National Book Awards4

National Book Critics Circle Awards4

Los Angeles Times Book Prize3

Pulitzer Prize2

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1

Subject profile

Biography4

Memoir & Autobiography1

Indexed works

Books by Robert A. Caro

5 books · sorted by recognition

The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon JohnsonBiography201238 pts Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. 3Biography198334 pts Means of Ascent: Volume 2 of The Years of Lyndon JohnsonBiography198214 pts The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to PowerBiography198214 pts The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New YorkMemoir & Autobiography197412 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2012	The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson	Biography	38	5	7	Knopf
1983	Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. 3	Biography	34	3	4	Knopf
1982	Means of Ascent: Volume 2 of The Years of Lyndon Johnson	Biography	14	1	2	Knopf
1982	The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power	Biography	14	1	2	Knopf
1974	The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York	Memoir & Autobiography	12	1	3	Random House Canada

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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