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[[File:Pirate_Nests.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|<i>Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire, 1570-1740</i>]]
Every year, the Organization of American Historians awards prizes for the best books in United States history for that year in various fieldswithin different history disciplines. These books are evaluated by extremely qualified historians and they have done a fantastic job finding some of the best new books in American historyfor 2016.
===Frederick Jackson Turner Award===
The Turner Award is given to the an author for their first scholarly book on United States history.
Mark G. Hanna, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469636042/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1469636042&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1f8c14b9ad70642342762abb0fb69ad3 Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire, 1570–1740]</i> (2017, University of North Carolina Press)
===Merle Curti Award===
The Curti Award is given to the best new best books in the fields of American social history and intellectual history.[[File:Corazon_Dixie.jpg|thumbnail|300px|left|<i>Corazón de Dixie</i> by Julie Weise]]
'''SOCIAL HISTORY'''
Julie M. Weise, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469624966/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1469624966&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=c8057b0a61d3b6d44eee74e858233b59 Corazón de Dixie: Mexicanos in the U.S. South since 1910]</i> (University of North Carolina Press)
===Richard W. Leopold Prize===
Jacqueline E. Whitt, <i>Bringing God to Men: American Military Chaplains and the Vietnam War</i> (University of
