Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (through 1947), and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (after 1947).
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Public
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The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
This is the story of a middle-aged priest, and the several worlds in which he finds himself: the exuberant, turbulent, …
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The Reivers by William Faulkner
To reveal too much of the plot would be a discourtesy to the reader, for this is a book which …
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The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
In this continuously absorbing narrative of the lives of Negroes and whites, intermingling violence and tenderness, love and vengeance, Shirley …
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The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter's recent novel Ship of Fools was an enormous popular and critical success. But it is for her …
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The Fixer is the story of a little man, a handy-man, who becomes a hero before our eyes. Yakov Bok …
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The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained …
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The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by Jean Stafford
This collection represents the best of Jean Stafford's singular contribution to the art of the short story.
It is well …
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The optimist's daughter. by Eudora Welty
"It is easy to praise Eudora Welty," as Robert Penn Warren has written, "but it is not so easy to …
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Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
For many years Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charles Citrine were the best of friends—Humboldt a grand erratic figure, a great …
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Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson
In his new collection, Elbow Room, McPherson's gift for characterization and his mastery of dialogue have matured. These twelve …
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The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
Here are the collected stories of one of America's greatest writers: the best of the matchlessly brilliant short fiction that …
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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Author of The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys …
Phil in SF says: 2020 winner
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Phil in SF says: 2021 winner
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Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
When was the last time you read a novel whose heroine was "…fifty-four years old, small, plain, and unmarried – …
Phil in SF says: 1985 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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A Summons To Memphis by Peter Taylor
In this richly observed, finely tuned novel, Peter Taylor takes us into the fascinating world he has made his own: …
