2007
* Fiction: "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
* General Nonfiction: "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman
* Biography: "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
* History: "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11" by Lawrence Wright
* Poetry: "Native Guard" by Natasha Trethewey
* Drama: "Radio Golf" by August Wilson
2008
* Fiction: "The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Diaz
* General Nonfiction: "The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century" by Thomas L. Friedman
* Biography: "John Adams" by David McCullough
* History: "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House" by Jon Meacham
* Poetry: "The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
* Drama: "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts
Please note that the Pulitzer Prize for "Poetry" in 2008 was awarded to "The Spirit Level" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, which is a work of non-fiction, not poetry. This is a rare instance where the prize was awarded to a non-fiction book in the poetry category.