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J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize

Annual prize for journalism

Summary

Annual prize for journalism

The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize is an annual $10,000 award given to a book that exemplifies, "literary grace, a commitment to serious research and social concern." The prize is given by the Nieman Foundation and by the Columbia University School of Journalism.

Established in 1998, the Lukas Prize Project consists of three awards:

  • The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize ($10,000)
  • The Mark Lynton History Prize ($10,000)
  • The J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award ($25,000 plus $5,000 for an annual finalist) The project is named for Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and author, J. Anthony Lukas; it has been underwritten since its inception by the family of Mark Lynton, a German Jew who had careers with the British military, Citroen and Hunter Douglas.

Recipients

In the list below, winners are listed first in the gold row, followed by the other nominees. Any finalists are marked with an asterisk. Note that shortlists were announced only starting in 2016; previously they would just announce winners and any finalists.

YearAuthorTitlePublisherResult199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of SlaveryWinner
Winner
Winner
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights RevolutionWinner
Winner
They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967Winner
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American WarWinner
Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas TownWinner
Winner
Winner
DoubledayWinner
Winner
**Farrar, Straus & GirouxWinnerlast=first=date=2011-04-19title=Awards: Pulitzer, Lukas Winnersurl=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1443#m12028access-date=2025-03-11website=Shelf Awarenessarchive-date=January 18, 2025archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118162012/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1443#m12028url-status=live }}
Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working ClassNew PressFinalist
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild FoodPenguin PressFinalist
**ScribnerFinalist
Viking PressWinnerdate=2012-03-16title=2012 Lukas Prize Project Awards Announcedurl=https://nieman.harvard.edu/2012-lukas-prize-project-awards-announced/access-date=2025-03-11website=Nieman Foundationlanguage=en-US}}
Malcolm X: A Life of ReinventionViking PressFinalist
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for IdentityScribnerWinnerdate=2013-04-18title=2013 Lukas Awards go to Niemansurl=https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2013/04/lukas-awards-go-to-niemans/access-date=2019-12-29website=Nieman Foundationarchive-date=December 30, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230035248/https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2013/04/lukas-awards-go-to-niemans/url-status=live }}
Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David WojnarowiczBloomsburyFinalist
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged HospitalCrown PublishersWinnerdate=2014-04-09title=Sheri Fink, Jill Lepore and Adrienne Berard Are Named Winners of the 2014 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awardsurl=https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2014/04/sheri-fink-jill-lepore-and-adrienne-berard-are-named-winners-of-the-2014-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards/access-date=2019-12-29website=Nieman Foundationarchive-date=December 30, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230035328/https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2014/04/sheri-fink-jill-lepore-and-adrienne-berard-are-named-winners-of-the-2014-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards/url-status=live }}
**Palgrave MacmillanFinalist
Crown PublishersWinnerdate=2015-04-02title=Jenny Nordberg, Harold Holzer and Dan Egan Win the 2015 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awardsurl=https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2015/04/jenny-nordberg-harold-holzer-and-dan-egan-win-the-2015-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards/access-date=2019-12-29website=Nieman Foundationarchive-date=December 30, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230033609/https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2015/04/jenny-nordberg-harold-holzer-and-dan-egan-win-the-2015-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards/url-status=live }}
Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American DreamFarrar, Straus and GirouxShortlist
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear WarViking PenguinWinnerlast=first=date=2016-03-31title=Awards: Christophers; Lukasurl=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2722#m31973access-date=2025-03-11website=Shelf Awareness}}
**Houghton Mifflin HarcourtFinalist
LiverightShortlistdate=2016-02-22title=Announcing the 2016 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards Shortlisturl=https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2016/02/announcing-the-2016-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards-shortlist/access-date=2019-12-29website=Nieman Foundation}}
and H. Luke Shaefer$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in AmericaHoughton Mifflin HarcourtShortlist
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of PiracyViking PenguinShortlist
Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short LivesNation BooksWinnerdate=2017-03-27title=Gary Younge, Christopher Leonard and Tyler Anbinder named winners of the 2017 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awardsurl=https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2017/03/gary-younge-christopher-leonard-and-tyler-anbinder-named-winners-of-the-2017-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards/access-date=2019-12-29website=Nieman Foundation}}
**CrownFinalist
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning On the American RightThe New PressShortlistdate=2017-02-21title=Announcing the 2017 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards Shortlisturl=https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2017/02/announcing-the-2017-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards-shortlist/access-date=2019-12-29website=Nieman Foundationarchive-date=December 30, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230033347/https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2017/02/announcing-the-2017-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards-shortlist/url-status=live }}
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in AmericaVikingShortlist
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical RightDoubledayShortlist
Janesville: An American StorySimon & SchusterWinnerdate=2018-03-27title=Awards: J. Anthony Lukas; Hans Christian Andersenurl=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3213#m39883access-date=2025-03-11website=Shelf Awareness}}
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First CenturyW.W. Norton & CompanyFinalist
American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the WestCrownShortlistdate=2018-03-23title=Announcing the 2018 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards Shortlisturl=https://journalism.columbia.edu/announcing-2018-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards-shortlistaccess-date=2019-12-29website=Columbia Journalism Schoolarchive-date=December 30, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230031807/https://journalism.columbia.edu/announcing-2018-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards-shortlisturl-status=live }}
**CrownShortlist
**ScribnerShortlist
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of PunishmentPenguin PressWinnerlast=first=date=2019-03-20title=Awards: J. Anthony Lukas Winners; CILIP Carnegie, Kate Greenaway Shortlistsurl=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3455#m43778access-date=2025-03-11website=Shelf Awarenessarchive-date=November 6, 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106123328/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3455#m43778url-status=live }}
Patriot Number One: American Dreams in ChinatownCrownFinalist
In the Enemy's House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian SpiesHarperCollinsShortlistlast=first=date=2019-02-26title=Awards: Lukas Shortlisturl=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3439#m43513access-date=2025-03-11website=Shelf Awarenessarchive-date=December 2, 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202013710/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3439#m43513url-status=live }}
American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three ActsPublicAffairsShortlist
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on EarthScribnerShortlist
Nan A. Talese/DoubledayWinnerlast=first=date=2020-03-18title=Awards: Lukas Prize Project, Wingate Literary Winnersurl=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3698#m47827access-date=2025-03-11website=Shelf Awarenessarchive-date=January 15, 2025archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115224839/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3698#m47827url-status=live }}
Charged: The Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass IncarcerationRandom HouseFinalist
Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to ForgivenessSt. Martin's PressShortlistlast=first=date=2020-02-26title=Awards: Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Winners; Lukas Prizes Shortlistsurl=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3683#m47579url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123162807/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3683#m47579archive-date=January 23, 2025access-date=2025-03-11website=Shelf Awareness }}
Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken PromisesSt. Martin's PressShortlist
Penguin PressShortlist
After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in AmericaVikingWinnerlast=first=date=2021-03-24title=Awards: Publishing Triangle; Lukas; Canadian Picture Bookurl=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3949#m51864access-date=2025-03-11website=Shelf Awarenessarchive-date=March 31, 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331114143/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3949#m51864url-status=live }}
Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance StatePenguin PressFinalist
We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of SilenceGrand Central PublishingShortlistlast=first=date=2021-02-25title=Awards: Montana Book Winner; Walter Scott Historical Fiction Longlist; Lukas Shortlistsurl=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3930#m51563access-date=2025-03-11website=Shelf Awarenessarchive-date=August 14, 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814193142/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3930#m51563url-status=live }}
Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White NationalismLittle, Brown and CompanyShortlist
Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsRandom HouseShortlist
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American CityRandom HouseWinnerlast=Schaubfirst=Michaeldate=2022-03-23title=Winners of the 2022 Lukas Prizes Revealedurl=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-2022-lukas-prizes-revealed/access-date=2022-03-23website=Kirkus Reviewslanguage=enarchive-date=March 23, 2022archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323191338/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-2022-lukas-prizes-revealed/url-status=live }}
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler DynastyDoubledayFinalist
**DuttonShortlistlast=first=date=2022-02-24title=Awards: Lionel Gelber, Lukas Shortlistsurl=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4176#m55434access-date=2025-03-11website=Shelf Awareness}}
**MetropolitanShortlist
**Norton/LiverighShortlist
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our NationDoubledayWinnerlast=first=date=2023-03-20title=Winners and finalists of the 2023 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards announcedurl=https://nieman.harvard.edu/winners-and-finalists-of-the-2023-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards-announced/access-date=2025-03-11website=Nieman Foundationlanguage=en-USarchive-date=February 10, 2025archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210184642/https://nieman.harvard.edu/winners-and-finalists-of-the-2023-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards-announced/url-status=live }}
and Toluse OlorunnipaHis Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial JusticeVikingFinalist
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make UsFarrar, Straus and GirouxShortlistdate=2023-02-22title=Columbia Journalism School Announces the 2023 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards Shortlistsurl=https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/columbia-journalism-school-announces-2023-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards-shortlistsaccess-date=2025-03-11website=Columbia Journalism School}}
Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s WoodsLittle, Brown SparkShortlist
It Was Vulgar & It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a PandemicBold Type BooksShortlist
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It ChangedFarrar, Straus and GirouxWinnerlast=Schaubfirst=Michaeldate=2024-03-19title=Winners of the J. Anthony Lukas Prizes Revealedurl=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-j-anthony-lukas-prizes-revealed/access-date=2025-03-11website=Kirkus Reviewslanguage=enarchive-date=March 19, 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319175615/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-j-anthony-lukas-prizes-revealed/url-status=live }}
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep StateKnopfFinalist
Blood Farm: The Explosive Big Pharma Scandal that Altered the AIDS CrisisShortlistlast=Schaubfirst=Michaeldate=2024-02-29title=Shortlists for J. Anthony Lukas Prizes Revealedurl=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/shortlists-for-j-anthony-lukas-prizes-revealed/access-date=2025-03-11website=Kirkus Reviewslanguage=enarchive-date=March 19, 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319155836/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/shortlists-for-j-anthony-lukas-prizes-revealed/url-status=live }}
and Zusha ElinsonAmerican Gun: The True Story of the AR-15Shortlist
**Shortlist
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native LandHarperWinner
and Stefan Timmermans**CrownFinalist
Homeland: The War on Terror in American LifeCrownShortlistlast=Schaubfirst=Michaeldate=2025-02-19title=Shortlists for 2025 Lukas Prizes Announcedurl=http://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/shortlists-for-2025-lukas-prizes-announced/access-date=2025-03-11website=Kirkus Reviewslanguage=enarchive-date=February 19, 2025archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219182355/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/shortlists-for-2025-lukas-prizes-announced/url-status=live }}
Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American JusticePenguin Random HouseShortlist
We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of MicrofinanceMetropolitanShortlist

References

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