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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Richard Russo - from his first novel, Mohawk, to his most recent, Straight Man -has demonstrated a peerless affinity for …
Phil in SF says: 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
3 stars
In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school in Grosse Pointe, finds herself drawn to …
Phil in SF says: 2003 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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The Known World by Edward P. Jones
4 stars
Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor -- …
Phil in SF says: 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account …
Phil in SF says: 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the war, one man …
Phil in SF says: 2006 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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4 stars
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on …
Phil in SF says: 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
4 stars
Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in …
Phil in SF says: 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired …
Phil in SF says: 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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An old man lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited …
Phil in SF says: 2010 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
5 stars
Jennifer Egan's spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and …
Phil in SF says: 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
An epic novel and a thrilling literary discovery, The Orphan Master's Son follows a young man's journey through the icy …
Phil in SF says: 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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3 stars
Composed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present day America and a drama …
Phil in SF says: 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
5 stars
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller about a blind …
Phil in SF says: 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction. An imaginative and intricate novel inspired by the horrors of World War II and written in short, elegant chapters that explore human nature and the contradictory power of technology.
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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
4 stars
A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone …
Phil in SF says: 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction. A layered immigrant tale told in the wry, confessional voice of a "man of two minds" -- and two countries, Vietnam and the United States.
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
4 stars
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad …
Phil in SF says: 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction
