Pulitzer Prize Winners for Novel/Fiction

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The Pulitzer Prize, started by New York World publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), is awarded each year for books published the previous year. In 1948, the name of the category was changed from Novel to Fiction.

During some years (1917, 1920, 1941, 1946, 1954, 1957, 1964, 1971, 1974 and 1977) no award was given.

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  1. 1918
    His Family
    by Ernest Poole

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  2. 1919
    The Magnificent Ambersons
    by Booth Tarkington

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  3. 1921
    The Age of Innocence (Modern Library Classics)
    by Edith Wharton

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  4. 1922
    ?
    Alice Adams
    by Booth Tarkington

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  5. 1923
    One of Ours (Vintage Classics)
    by Willa Cather

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  6. 1924
    The Able McLaughlins
    by Margaret Wilson

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  7. 1925
    So Big (Perennial Classics)
    by Edna Ferber

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  8. 1926
    Arrowsmith (Signet Classics)
    by Sinclair Lewis

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  9. 1927
    Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady
    by Louis Bromfield

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  10. 1928
    The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Perennial Classics)
    by Thornton Wilder

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  11. 1929
    Scarlet Sister Mary (Brown Thrasher Books)
    by Julia Peterkin

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  12. 1930
    Laughing Boy (Signet Classics (Paperback))
    by Oliver LA Farge

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  13. 1931
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    Years of Grace
    by Margaret Ayer Barnes

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  14. 1932
    The Good Earth (Enriched Classics)
    by Pearl S. Buck

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  15. 1933
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    The Store
    by T. S. Stribling

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  16. 1934
    Lamb in His Bosom (Modern Southern Classics)
    by Caroline Miller

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  17. 1935
    Now in November
    by Josephine W. Johnson

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  18. 1936
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    Honey in the Horn
    by Harold Lenoir Davis

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  19. 1937
    Gone with the Wind
    by Margaret Mitchell

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  20. 1938
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    Late George Apley a Novel in the Form of a Memoir
    by John P. Marquand

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  21. 1939
    The Yearling
    by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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  22. 1940
    Grapes of Wrath, The (20th Century Classics)
    by John Steinbeck

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  23. 1942
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    In This Our Life
    by Ellen Glasgow

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  24. 1943
    Dragon's Teeth II (World's End)
    by Upton Sinclair

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  25. 1944
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    Journey in the Dark
    by Martin Flavin

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  26. 1945
    A Bell for Adano
    by John Hersey

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  27. 1947
    All the King's Men
    by Robert Penn Warren

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  28. 1948
    Tales of the South Pacific
    by James A. Michener

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  29. 1949
    Guard of Honor
    by James Gould Cozzens

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  30. 1950
    The Way West
    by A. B. Guthrie

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  31. 1951
    Town: Third Book In Awakening Land Trilogy
    by Conrad Richter

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  32. 1952
    The Caine Mutiny: A Novel
    by Herman Wouk

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  33. 1953
    The Old Man and The Sea
    by Ernest Hemingway

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  34. 1955
    A Fable
    by William Faulkner

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  35. 1956
    Andersonville (Plume)
    by MacKinlay Kantor

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  36. 1958
    A Death in the Family
    by James Agee

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  38. 1960
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    Advise and Consent
    by Allen Drury

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  39. 1961
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee

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  40. 1962
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    The edge of sadness
    by Edwin O'Connor

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  41. 1963
    The Reivers
    by William Faulkner

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  42. 1965
    The Keepers of the House
    by Shirley Ann Grau

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  43. 1966
    The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
    by Katherine Anne Porter

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  44. 1967
    The Fixer (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
    by Bernard Malamud

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  45. 1968
    The Confessions of Nat Turner
    by William Styron

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  46. 1969
    House Made of Dawn (Perennial Classics)
    by N. Scott Momaday

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  47. 1970
    The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
    by Jean Stafford

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  48. 1972
    Angle of Repose (Contemporary American Fiction)
    by Wallace Stegner

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  49. 1973
    The Optimist's Daughter
    by Eudora Welty

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  50. 1975
    The Killer Angels
    by Michael Shaara

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bookworm28

2008 Winner — 26 weeks ago

Has just been announced: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz.

Apr 07, 01:28PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

bookworm28

Re-added His Family and Alice Adams — 26 weeks ago

Re-added His Family and Alice Adams

Apr 03, 11:29AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

chubacca_alpaca

Moved "Gone with the Wind" — 44 weeks ago

Moved Gone with the Wind back into place, and added the year it won. Hope that didn’t stuff anything up!

Dec 03, 01:02AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Lyndsey
South Korea

Gone With the Wind — 44 weeks ago

by Margaret Mitchell won in 1937.

I would add it myself, but don’t want to screw up the list any further.

Dec 01, 11:48PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

paulinseattle

stop deleteing books!!! — 1 year ago

readded 1918’s his family again

Aug 29, 10:29AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

concinnity

Best Pulitzers for a Lazy Reader: a short list — 1 year ago

People often ask me which of these are worthwhile. I’ve only read a little over half of the winners, but maybe that’s enough to make a short list for “lazy readers” (nothing wrong with not having enough time to read every book in the world). Here are the ten Pulitzer-winners I find myself recommending most to friends and family:

1.To Kill a Mockingbird

2.The Color Purple

3.Beloved

4. Middlesex

5. The Old Man and the Sea

6. Lonesome Dove

7. The Hours

8. The Mambo King Play Songs of Love

9. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

10. The Shipping News

(11. The Stone Diaries 12. A Thousand Acres)

Now, it occurs to me that most of these books have been made into movies. The reason for this is that they’re pretty good stories. In almost every case, the movies are TERRIBLE. Some only take the names of the characters and then follow their own plots. Even the few movies that are good aren’t as good as the books. Seeing the movie isn’t the same as reading the book, folks. Ever. What makes a book great is as much the way thing are said as what is said. And, yes, seeing the movie before reading the book will ruin the book for you. So be careful; you don’t want to cheat yourself of the ability to really enjoy some of the United State’s best literature.

Also, these selections are balanced for enjoyment/readability and artistic achievement/importance. I don’t recommended some books because they aren’t enough of one or the other. I haven’t recommended The Known World to anyone yet, for example. It’s a stunning achievement and very important, in my opinion, but it’s a little dense and very depressing. Most people I know would probably put it down before finishing it. Breathing Lessons is delightful, but maybe a little on the light side, so it didn’t make the list. Beloved might be too difficult for your typical beach reader, but I put it on the list because it’s important enough to deserve a concerted effort. Likewise, some might say The Shipping News lacks importance, but it’s SO enjoyable. Nearly everyone who reads it loves it, and I think the artistic achievement is there.

It you don’t see one of your favorite Pulitzer winners on the list, it may be because I haven’t read it.

I hope that’s helpful, especially to fellow readers in other countries. Maybe someday I’ll make a general purpose “top ten American novels.” Nah,
too hard! Happy reading, everyone.
Apr 29, 11:27AM | 2 comments | Reply to this

msankarz
Chennai

book reader? — 1 year ago

hope that sounds good actually i love reading books ill purchase a lot of books and even i allot time for each book and follow but not to the last half way…when i come across again i don’t feel interested to read it again…

Apr 27, 11:56PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

bookworm28

2007 Winner — 1 year ago

Have added the very deserving, IMHO, winner for 2007, Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.”

Apr 16, 12:52PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

bookworm28

Seriously people... — 1 year ago

Please stop deleting books from this list. If you don’t agree with a selection or don’t want to read it, then don’t. No one is forcing you to.

Feb 05, 03:48PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

gonewiththebook

wtf — 1 year ago

why do people keep deleting books?

Jan 29, 04:57PM | 0 comments | Reply to this


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