Transformed America was named by the Wall Street Journal as among the Five Best Books on "Campaigns and Candidates." His book 1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies was named by ForeWord Magazine as among the best political biographies and received a Library Journal starred review. Pietrusza's 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents received a Kirkus starred review, was honored as a Kirkus Reviews "Best Books of 2007" title, and was named an alternate selection of the History Book Club. Historian Richard Norton Smith has listed it as being among the best studies of presidential campaigns. The Wall Street Journal ("broad, fluid brush strokes . . . a brisk narrative") rated 1920 as among the Five Best Books on Political Campaigns. Cheatsheet.com ranks 1920 as among the top five "Best Books about Elections." Pietrusza's biography of Arnold Rothstein entitled Rothstein: The Life, Times & Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series was a finalist for the 2003 Edgar Award. Rothstein'''s audio version won an Audiofile Earphones Award. Pietrusza's Judge and Jury, his biography of baseball's first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, received the 1998 CASEY Award and was also a finalist for the 1998 Seymour Medal and nominated for the NASSH Book Award. His Lights On!: The Wild Century-Long Saga of Night Baseball was a 1997 CASEY Award finalist. His Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia (co-edited with John Thorn and Michael Gershman) received a Booklist Starred Review. Pietrusza is the Recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Arts & Letters Award of the Alumni Association of the University at Albany and a member of the initial induction class (2015) of the Greater Amsterdam (NY) School District Hall of Fame. At the NYS Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform, he won the "Director's Award for Exceptional Achievement." Author Michael Cinquanti's book Fifty Amsterdam NY's Top Ten Lists (2017) lists Pietrusza as among "Amsterdam's All-Time Top Ten Most Famous Residents." Books Written or edited by Pietrusza Gangsterland: A Tour Through the Dark Heart of Jazz-Age New York City (Diversion Books, November 2023) Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR's 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal Too Long Ago: A Childhood Memory. A Vanished World. TR's Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, The Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy 1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR: Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal and Unlikely Destiny Calvin