Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (through 1947), and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (after 1947).
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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: …
Phil in SF says: 1987 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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5 stars
Toni Morrison — author of Song of Solomon and Tar Baby — is a writer of remarkable powers: her novels, …
Phil in SF says: 1988 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
Maggie is harum-scarum, impetuous, soft; Ira is competent, patient, infallible. They have been married for twenty-eight years.
One a hot …
Phil in SF says: 1989 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
It's 1940. Two young Cuban musicians make their way up from Havana to the grand stage of New York. It …
Phil in SF says: 1990 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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Rabbit at Rest by John Updike (Rabbit, #4)
In John Updike's fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, the hero has acquired heart trouble, a …
Phil in SF says: 1991 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
In her major new novel, Jane Smiley takes us into the world of a thriving Iowa farm: one thousand acres- …
Phil in SF says: 1992 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
Robert Olen Butler's acclaimed first novel, The Alleys of Eden, is one of the finest books ever written about …
Phil in SF says: 1993 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
4 stars
Quoyle, a third-rate newspaper hack with, a :head shaped like a crenshaw, no neck, reddish hair … features as bunched …
Phil in SF says: 1994 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
THE STONE DIARIES is one ordinary woman's story of her journey through life. Born in 1905, Daisy Stone Goodwill drifts …
Phil in SF says: 1995 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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Independence Day by Richard Ford
A visionary account of American life — and the long-awaited sequel to one of the most celebrated novels of the …
Phil in SF says: 1996 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser
Steven Millhauser's new novel tells the story of a young entrepreneur in late-nineteenth-century New York City whose ambition to make …
Phil in SF says: 1997 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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American Pastoral by Philip Roth
5 stars
From the beginning of his long and celebrated career, Philip Roth's fiction has often explored the human need to demolish, …
Phil in SF says: 1998 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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The Hours by Michael Cunningham
4 stars
In The Hours, Michael Cunningham, who is recognized as 'one of our very best writers' (Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times), …
Phil in SF says: 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
3 stars
Traveling from India to New England and back again, the stories in this extraordinary debut collection unerringly chart the emotional …
Phil in SF says: 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
5 stars
With this brilliant novel, the bestselling author of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Wonder Boys gives us an exhilarating triumph …
Phil in SF says: 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
