Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (through 1947), and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (after 1947).
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Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
Here is an extraordinary story of a pioneer family in the Georgia wilderness before the Civil War. It tells of …
Phil in SF says: 1934 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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Now in November by Josephine Johnson
A beautifully told account of one farming family’s challenges to scrape by and earn a living from mortgaged land over …
Phil in SF says: 1935 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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Honey in the Horn by H. L. Davis
Honey in the Horn is a novel about life in the homesteading days of Oregon, 1906-1908. It is about the …
Phil in SF says: 1936 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
5 stars
The stirring drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction is brought vividly to life in this really magnificent novel.
Scarlett …
Phil in SF says: 1937 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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The Late George Apley by John P. Marquand
From back cover of Washington Square Press paperback January 1970:
A wicked satire
This is a brilliantly etched portrait of …
Phil in SF says: 1938 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The scene of Mrs. Rawlings's new novel is inland Florida, the wild and beautiful "hammock" country which she first made …
Phil in SF says: 1939 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
5 stars
The Grapes of Wrath follows the fictional journey of the Joads, a family of sharecroppers from Sallisaw, Oklahoma, forced to …
Phil in SF says: 1940 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow
Here is a novel of modern times, ending a few days before the outbreak of the war in Europe. The …
Phil in SF says: 1942 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair (Lanny Budd, #3)
In the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, Lanny Budd’s financial acumen and his marriage into great wealth enable …
Phil in SF says: 1943 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin
Journey in the Dark follows the life of Sam Braden, a man born into poverty in Iowa who rises to …
Phil in SF says: 1944 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
A story about an Italian-American army officer in Sicily during World War II, who tries to help the people of …
Phil in SF says: 1945 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
The story is about Willie Stark, a slick politician of humble birth, who was based on real-life Huey Long, a …
Phil in SF says: 1947 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel. In 1948, the Novel category was renamed Fiction. This is the last winner for the Novel category.
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Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
[Description from first edition]
This collection of tales is set against the background of the South Pacific, the endless ocean, …
Phil in SF says: 1948 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction. The first winner in the newly renamed Fiction category.
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Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens
The story of Guard of Honor takes place on three tense September days of 1943. The scene is the enormous …
Phil in SF says: 1949 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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The Way West by A. B. Guthrie Jr.
A hundred-odd men, women, and children gathered at the rendezvous a few miles outside of Independence. They were solid, established …
Phil in SF says: 1950 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
