On Monday, the Pulitzer Prizes were announced. In the literary categories the winners and finalists are as follows:

In Fiction, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.
Finalists: Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett and The Sport of Kings by C. E. Morgan.

In Poetry, Olio by Tyehimba Jess.
Finalists: Collected Poems: 1950­–2012 by the late Adrienne Rich and XX by Campbell McGrath.

In Drama, Sweat by Lynn Nottage.
Finalists: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music by Taylor Mac and The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe.

In General Nonfiction, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond.
Finalists: In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan and Caren Zucker and The Politics of Mourning: Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery by Micki McElya.

In Biography or Autobiography, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar.
Finalists: In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi and When Breath Becomes Air by the late Paul Kalanithi.

In History, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson.
Finalists: Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It by Larrie D. Ferreiro and New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America by Wendy Warren.

See the Pulitzer Prize announcement for the journalism prizes, and to read more about all the winners and finalists.