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Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
A listing of the fiction novel winners of the Pulitzer Prize for literature (1918 - present).
Tags: fiction, novel, prize, prize-winners, pulitzer, and pulitzer-prize

1
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 371 people voted »
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2
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 168 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
3
Middlesex
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides 124 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
4
The Road
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 120 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
5
Gone With The Wind
Gone With The Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 108 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
6
The Good Earth
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck 99 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
7
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon 97 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
8
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker 96 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
9
The Shipping News : A Novel
The Shipping News : A Novel
by Annie Proulx 80 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
10
Beloved
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 75 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
11
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 74 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
12
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry 70 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
13
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 69 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
14
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner 62 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
15
The Hours
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham 52 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
16
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri 51 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
17
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 45 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
18
A Thousand Acres: A Novel
A Thousand Acres: A Novel
by Jane Smiley 41 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
19
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 39 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
The Killer Angels
The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara 38 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
21
Empire Falls
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo 37 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
22
Gilead: A Novel
Gilead: A Novel
by Marilynne Robinson 30 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
23
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields 26 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
24
All the King's Men
All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren 24 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
25
American Pastoral
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth 24 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
26
The Yearling
The Yearling
by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 23 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
27
The Known World
The Known World
by Edward P. Jones 23 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
28
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner
by William Styron 23 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
29
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Thornton Wilder 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
30
Tales of the South Pacific
Tales of the South Pacific
by James A. Michener 17 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
31
March
March
by Geraldine Brooks 17 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
32
Breathing Lessons
Breathing Lessons
by Anne Tyler 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song
by Norman Mailer 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
34
Ironweed
Ironweed
by William Kennedy 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
35
So Big
So Big
by Edna Ferber 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
36
The Fixer: A Novel
The Fixer: A Novel
by Bernard Malamud 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
37
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
by John Cheever 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
38
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny
by Herman Wouk 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
The Optimist's Daughter: A Novel
The Optimist's Daughter: A Novel
by Eudora Welty 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
40
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories
by Robert Olen Butler 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
41
One of Ours
One of Ours
by Willa Cather 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
42
Humboldt's Gift
Humboldt's Gift
by Saul Bellow 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
43
A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family
by James Agee 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
45
Rabbit at Rest
Rabbit at Rest
by John Updike 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
46
Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith
by Sinclair Lewis 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
47
Advise and Consent
Advise and Consent
by Allen Drury 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
48
Independence Day
Independence Day
by Richard Ford 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
49
The Keepers of the House
The Keepers of the House
by Shirley Ann Grau 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
50
Rabbit Is Rich
Rabbit Is Rich
by John Updike 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
51
Andersonville
Andersonville
by MacKinlay Kantor 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
52
House Made of Dawn
House Made of Dawn
by N. Scott Momaday 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
53
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
by Booth Tarkington 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
54
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
by Oscar Hijuelos 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
55
Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
by Oliver La Farge 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
56
The Way West
The Way West
by A.B. Guthrie Jr. 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
57
Summons to Memphis
Summons to Memphis
by Peter Taylor 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
58
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
by Steven Millhauser 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
59
Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories
Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories
by Elizabeth Strout 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
A Fable
A Fable
by William Faulkner 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
61
The Town
The Town
by Conrad Richter 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
62
A Bell for Adano
A Bell for Adano
by John Hersey 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
63
The Reivers
The Reivers
by William Faulkner 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
64
Elbow Room
Elbow Room
by James Alan McPherson 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
65
Foreign Affairs: A Novel
Foreign Affairs: A Novel
by Alison Lurie 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
66
His Family
His Family
by Ernest Poole 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
67
Alice Adams
Alice Adams
by Booth Tarkington 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
68
The Able McLaughlins
The Able McLaughlins
by Margaret Wilson 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
69
Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady
Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady
by Louis Bromfield 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
70
The Late George Apley
The Late George Apley
by John P. Marquand 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
71
Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories
Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories
by Elizabeth Strout 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
72
The Store
The Store
by T.S. Stribling 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
73
Guard of Honor
Guard of Honor
by James Gould Cozzens 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
74
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, th...
by Norman Mailer 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
75
Scarlet Sister Mary
Scarlet Sister Mary
by Julia Peterkin 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
76
Years of Grace
Years of Grace
by Margaret Ayer Barnes 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
77
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
by Jean Stafford 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
78
Lamb in His Bosom
Lamb in His Bosom
by Caroline Miller 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
79
Now in November
Now in November
by Josephine Winslow Johnson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
80
Honey in the Horn
Honey in the Horn
by H.L. Davis 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
Dragon's Teeth I
Dragon's Teeth I
by Upton Sinclair 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
82
Journey in the Dark
Journey in the Dark
by Martin Flavin 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
83
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
by Robert Lewis Taylor 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
84
The Edge of Sadness
The Edge of Sadness
by Edwin O'Connor 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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message 1: by Jennifer (new)

654657 Who made this list? The Lovely Bones did not get a Pulitzer Prize, for Chrissakes! The Kite Runner???? Get real!

The list is useless if people add any old thing.

* 2008: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
* 2007: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
* 2006: March by Geraldine Brooks
* 2005: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
* 2004: The Known World by Edward P. Jones
* 2003: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
* 2002: Empire Falls by Richard Russo
* 2001: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
* 2000: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
* 1999: The Hours by Michael Cunningham
* 1998: American Pastoral by Philip Roth
* 1997: Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
* 1996: Independence Day by Richard Ford
* 1995: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
* 1994: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
* 1993: A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
* 1992: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
* 1991: Rabbit At Rest by John Updike
* 1990: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
* 1989: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
* 1988: Beloved by Toni Morrison
* 1987: A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor
* 1986: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
* 1985: Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
* 1984: Ironweed by William Kennedy
* 1983: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
* 1982: Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike
* 1981: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
* 1980: The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
* 1979: The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
* 1978: Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson
* 1977: No award given
* 1976: Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
* 1975: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
* 1974: No award given [1:]
* 1973: The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
* 1972: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
* 1971: No award given
* 1970: The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by Jean Stafford
* 1969: House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
* 1968: The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
* 1967: The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
* 1966: The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter
* 1965: The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
* 1964: No award given
* 1963: The Reivers by William Faulkner
* 1962: The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
* 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
* 1960: Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
* 1959: The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor
* 1958: A Death in the Family by James Agee
* 1957: No award given
* 1956: Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
* 1955: A Fable by William Faulkner
* 1954: No award given
* 1953: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
* 1952: The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
* 1951: The Town by Conrad Richter
* 1950: The Way West by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
* 1949: Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens
* 1948: Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener



message 2: by Ashley (new)

141804 I think I got all of the non-Pulitzers, hopefully they won't be back!


message 3: by Susanna (new)

1109068 I am under the impression that The Jungle Books never won a Pulitzer - that, in fact, they were never eligible for one in the first place.


message 4: by Miriam (new)

237469 You are correct, Susanna; the Pulitzer prize only started in 1948. And I believe you have to be American or writing about America to be eligible.


message 5: by Jason (new)

275649 Miriam:

Let us all be vigilant in making sure non-Pulitzers are excised from this list when those books crop up. But in order to do that, we need to make ourselves aware of what the Pulitzer-winners are and when the Pulitzer began, for it wasn't in 1948, as you've said, but rather 1917, with the first prize to a work of fiction given in 1918. And yes: the writer must be an American, but a winning (or nominated) book's themes, while often about America, needn't be.


message 6: by Amy (new)

563794 From 1917-1948, the award was given as the Pulitzer Prizer for Novel (rather than for fiction). Here are the winners from that time period since they're not listed above:

1947: All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
1946: (No Award)
1945: A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
1944: Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin
1943: Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair
1942: In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow
1941: (No Award)
1940: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
1939: The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1938: The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand
1937: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1936: Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis
1935: Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson
1934: Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
1933: The Store by T. S. Stribling
1932: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
1931: Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
1930: Laughing Boy by Oliver Lafarge
1929: Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
1928: The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
1927: Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield
1926: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
1925: So Big by Edna Ferber
1924: The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson
1923: One of Ours by Willa Cather
1922: Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
1921: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
1920: (No Award)
1919: The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
1918: His Family by Ernest Poole
1917: (No Award)


message 7: by Marion (new)

Nophoto-u-25x33 this is a wonderful list to be read by book clubs and all serious readers.


message 8: by Laura (new)

68841 Agreed, I'm actually 1/3 of the way through the list of Pulitzers. If you have the patience to put the rest of your to-read list on hold, it's an incredibly rewarding book list to work your way through!




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