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We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution

by Jill Lepore

Pulitzer Prize · 2026 · Winner
LiverightHistoryNonfictionISBN 9781631496080

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Pulitzer Prize for History2026Winner

About This Book

A narrative history of the U.S. Constitution that investigates why the document is so difficult to amend, including failed amendments proposed by marginalized groups. Winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for History.

About the Author

Jill LeporeAmerican

Jill Lepore (born 1966) is an American historian, journalist, and professor at Harvard University, where she holds the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professorship of American History and also teaches at Harvard Law School; she is a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker. Her most notable works include the international bestseller These Truths: A History of the United States (2018), The Secret History of Wonder Woman (2014), Book of Ages (2013), and The Name of War (1998), with major awards such as the Bancroft Prize, Anisfield-Wolf Award, Mark Lynton History Prize, and American History Book Prize, among others including multiple National Book Award and Pulitzer finalist nods Harvard Bio.

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