National Book Award for Nonfiction 2009

Nominations

Winner	The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt	T. J. Stiles
	Following the Water: A Hydromancer's Notebook	David M. Carroll
	Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species	Sean B. Carroll
	Fordlândia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City	Greg Grandin
	The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy	Adrienne Mayor