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Pulitzer PrizeCategories: Literary Fiction, General Nonfiction, Biography, History, Drama, Poetry, Memoir / Autobiography
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition. The Pulitzer was established by and named after the Hungarian-American publisher Joseph Pulitzer. The awards are administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. We've sorted our books by the six subcategories in the "letters and drama" category.

2023
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 2

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2022
The Netanyahus
The Netanyahus
Author: Joshua Cohen
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 2

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2021
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman
Author: Louise Erdrich
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 9

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2020
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys
Author: Colson Whitehead
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
 4

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2019
The Overstory
The Overstory
Author: Richard Powers
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 13

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2018
Less: A Novel
Less: A Novel
Author: Andrew Sean Greer
  • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
 7

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2017
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad
Author: Colson Whitehead
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 77

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2016
The Sympathizer
The Sympathizer
Author: Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 8

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2015
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See
Author: Anthony Doerr
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 288

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2014
The Goldfinch: A Novel
The Goldfinch: A Novel
Author: Donna Tartt
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 192

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2013
The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son
Author: Adam Johnson
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 52

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2012

 No Award Given

2011
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Author: Jennifer Egan
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 87

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2010
Tinkers
Tinkers
Author: Paul Harding
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
 137

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2009
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, Bk 1)
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, Bk 1)
Author: Elizabeth Strout
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 909

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2008
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Author: Junot Diaz
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 258

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2007
The Road
The Road
Author: Cormac McCarthy
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 2028

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2006
March
March
Author: Geraldine Brooks
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 534

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2005
Gilead
Gilead
Author: Marilynne Robinson
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 226

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2004
The Known World
The Known World
Author: Edward P. Jones
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 141

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2003
Middlesex
Middlesex
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 295

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2002
Empire Falls
Empire Falls
Author: Richard Russo
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 153

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2001
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Author: Michael Chabon
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 166

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2000
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 734

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1999
The Hours
The Hours
Author: Michael Cunningham
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 404

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1998
American Pastoral
American Pastoral
Author: Philip Roth
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 152

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1997
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Author: Steven Millhauser
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 102

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1996
Independence Day
Independence Day
Author: Richard Ford
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 28

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1995
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries
Author: Carol Shields
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 307

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1994
The Shipping News
The Shipping News
Author: Annie Proulx
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 706

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1993
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Author: Robert Olen Butler
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 53

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1992
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres
Author: Jane Smiley
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 271

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1991
Rabbit at Rest (Harry Rabbit Angstrom, Bk 4)
Rabbit at Rest (Harry Rabbit Angstrom, Bk 4)
Author: John Updike
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 28

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1990
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (Mambo Kings, Bk 1)
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (Mambo Kings, Bk 1)
Author: Oscar Hijuelos
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 55

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1989
Breathing Lessons
Breathing Lessons
Author: Anne Tyler
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 277

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1988
Beloved
Beloved
Author: Toni Morrison
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 499

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1987
A Summons to Memphis
A Summons to Memphis
Author: Peter Taylor
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 41

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1986
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
Author: Larry McMurtry
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 106

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1985
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Author: Alison Lurie
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 48

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1984
Ironweed
Ironweed
Author: William J. Kennedy
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 116

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1983
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
Author: Alice Walker
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 386

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1982
Rabbit Is Rich (Harry Rabbit Angstrom, Bk 3)
Rabbit Is Rich (Harry Rabbit Angstrom, Bk 3)
Author: John Updike
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 28

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1981
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
Author: John Kennedy Toole
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 607

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1980
The Executioner's Song (Vintage International)
The Executioner's Song (Vintage International)
Author: Norman Mailer
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 74

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1979
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
Author: John Cheever
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
 20

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1978
Elbow Room
Elbow Room
Author: James Alan Mcpherson
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
 7

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1977

 No Award Given

1976
Humboldt's Gift
Humboldt's Gift
Author: Saul Bellow
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 17

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1975
The Killer Angels (Civil War, Bk 2)
The Killer Angels (Civil War, Bk 2)
Author: Michael Shaara
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 401

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1974

 No Award Given

1973
The Optimist's Daughter
The Optimist's Daughter
Author: Eudora Welty
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 81

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1972
Angle of Repose (Contemporary American Fiction)
Angle of Repose (Contemporary American Fiction)
Author: Wallace Stegner
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 144

1971

 No Award Given

1970
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
Author: Jean Stafford
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1

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1969
House Made of Dawn (Perennial Classics)
House Made of Dawn (Perennial Classics)
Author: N. Scott Momaday
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
 32

1968
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Author: William Styron
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 42

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1967
The Fixer (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
The Fixer (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
Author: Bernard Malamud
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 25

1966
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
Author: Katherine Anne Porter
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 16

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1965
The Keepers of the House (Voices of the South)
The Keepers of the House (Voices of the South)
Author: Shirley Ann Grau
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 10

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