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Winners, (and notable shortlisted works )from the inception of the prize to date. Finalists have been announced since 1980. The Novel category was re-named Fiction in 1947.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Lee Harper (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 6,754,189 ratings
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The Grapes of Wrath
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4.02 avg rating — 979,601 ratings
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Gejaagd door de Wind
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4.31 avg rating — 1,249,243 ratings
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All the Light We Cannot See
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Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 1,929,071 ratings
score: 660,
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Death of a Salesman
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3.59 avg rating — 255,398 ratings
score: 556,
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The Age of Innocence
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3.97 avg rating — 192,253 ratings
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The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 258,883 ratings
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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3.98 avg rating — 330,929 ratings
score: 463,
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The Goldfinch
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3.96 avg rating — 1,021,662 ratings
score: 457,
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The Color Purple
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4.28 avg rating — 742,912 ratings
score: 384,
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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
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4.57 avg rating — 228,399 ratings
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Empire Falls
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Richard Russo (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 125,368 ratings
score: 378,
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The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao
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3.89 avg rating — 276,421 ratings
score: 371,
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 246,311 ratings
score: 359,
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The Old Man and the Sea
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3.81 avg rating — 1,282,153 ratings
score: 357,
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The Things They Carried
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4.14 avg rating — 340,016 ratings
score: 346,
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The Poisonwood Bible
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4.11 avg rating — 785,239 ratings
score: 288,
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
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4.45 avg rating — 164,066 ratings
score: 285,
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The Road
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score: 284,
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Gilead (Gilead, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 122,329 ratings
score: 278,
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Beloved
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3.97 avg rating — 481,719 ratings
score: 274,
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The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
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4.33 avg rating — 90,986 ratings
score: 274,
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The Corrections
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3.84 avg rating — 195,777 ratings
score: 268,
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The Caine Mutiny
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4.29 avg rating — 26,663 ratings
score: 248,
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The Keepers of the House
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4.01 avg rating — 13,591 ratings
score: 198,
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Less (Arthur Less, #1)
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3.62 avg rating — 220,909 ratings
score: 181,
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Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
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4.41 avg rating — 22,289 ratings
score: 180,
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The Executioner's Song
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4.05 avg rating — 23,002 ratings
score: 178,
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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4.06 avg rating — 63,895 ratings
score: 177,
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A Bell for Adano
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3.98 avg rating — 8,874 ratings
score: 176,
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Andersonville
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4.10 avg rating — 8,335 ratings
score: 176,
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The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
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Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 134,864 ratings
score: 173,
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All the King's Men
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4.09 avg rating — 66,129 ratings
score: 168,
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Scheepsberichten
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3.88 avg rating — 151,496 ratings
score: 166,
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ALBANY CYCLE BOOK 1: BILLY PHELAN'S GREATEST GAME; IRONWEED; VERY OLD BONES
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4.13 avg rating — 203 ratings
score: 165,
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Underworld
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3.95 avg rating — 33,388 ratings
score: 164,
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2 people voted
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Ironweed
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3.87 avg rating — 17,521 ratings
score: 162,
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2 people voted
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Independence Day (Frank Bascombe, #2)
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3.86 avg rating — 16,694 ratings
score: 159,
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The Confessions of Nat Turner
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3.96 avg rating — 15,192 ratings
score: 156,
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Angle of Repose
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4.24 avg rating — 61,612 ratings
score: 143,
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Gravity’s Rainbow
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4.01 avg rating — 47,367 ratings
score: 143,
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Let Me Be Frank With You
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3.65 avg rating — 5,521 ratings
score: 143,
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Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
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3.75 avg rating — 4,206 ratings
score: 100,
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The Stone Diaries
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3.89 avg rating — 41,701 ratings
score: 99,
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A Confederacy of Dunces
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3.89 avg rating — 294,055 ratings
score: 98,
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Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
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Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 263,032 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Way West (The Big Sky, #2)
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3.96 avg rating — 5,818 ratings
score: 94,
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De bekende wereld
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3.84 avg rating — 44,659 ratings
score: 91,
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The March
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3.78 avg rating — 13,945 ratings
score: 89,
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His Family
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3.68 avg rating — 2,248 ratings
score: 87,
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Tinkers
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3.41 avg rating — 38,240 ratings
score: 79,
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The Orphan Master's Son
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4.07 avg rating — 103,394 ratings
score: 77,
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