The Book Prize Index

National Book Awards

A program-level overview of National Book Awards categories currently represented in The Book Prize Index.

BiographyHistoryNonfictionScienceAward program
Categories
25
Active
1
Historical
24
Records
838
Books
814
First year
1935
Latest year
2025

Official site

Open source

Coverage

25 categories represented

Notes

Initial nonfiction importer uses the Wikipedia National Book Award for Nonfiction page as a deterministic secondary source. The official archive should be used for later verification, publisher enrichment, and annual-page source links.

Source coverage

100%

Sourced records

838 of 838

Active categories

1 active / 24 historical

Categories

CategoryYearsSubjectRecords
Nonfiction1935-1940; 1950-present; multiple nonfiction subcategories 1964-1983Nonfiction487›
History and Biography1964-1976History, Biography52›
Biography1972-1975Biography45›
History1972-1975History33›
Biography and Autobiography1977-1979Biography30›
History Hardcover1980-1983History21›
General Nonfiction Hardcover1980-1983Nonfiction20›
Science Hardcover1980-1983Science20›
History Paperback1980-1983History19›
General Nonfiction Paperback1980-1983Nonfiction18›
Science Paperback1980-1983Science18›
Autobiography and Biography Paperback1981-1983Biography15›
Autobiography and Biography Hardcover1981-1983Biography14›
Current Interest Hardcover1980-1980Nonfiction5›
Current Interest Paperback1980-1980Nonfiction5›
General Reference Hardcover1980-1980Nonfiction5›
General Reference Paperback1980-1980Nonfiction5›
Religion/Inspiration Hardcover1980-1980Nonfiction5›
Autobiography Hardcover1980-1980Biography4›
Biography Hardcover1980-1980Biography4›
Biography Paperback1980-1980Biography4›
Most Original Book1936-1938Nonfiction3›
Religion/Inspiration Paperback1980-1980Nonfiction3›
Bookseller Discovery1938-1940Nonfiction2›
Autobiography Paperback1980-1980Biography1›