OLIVE KITTERIDGE~for Fiction

The world of Olive Kitteridge, a retired school teacher in a small coastal town in Maine, is revealed in stories that explore her diverse roles in many lives including a lounge singer haunted by a past love, her stoic husband and her own resentful son.

THE HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed~for History

Traces the history of the Hemings family from early eighteenth-century Virginia to their dispersal after Thomas Jefferson's death in 1826, and describes their family ties to the third president against a backdrop of Revolutionary America and the French Revolution.

AMERICAN LION: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham~for Biography

Chronicles the life and career of Andrew Jackson, a self-made man who went on to become a military hero and seventh president of the United States, analyzing Jackson's seminal role during a turbulent era in history.

SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon~For General Non-Fiction

Reveals how, from the late 1870s through the mid-twentieth century, thousands of African-American men were arrested and forced to work off outrageous fines by serving as unpaid labor to businesses and provincial farmers.

For a list of all the winners, check out the NYT article.