Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Public

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Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (through 1947), and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (after 1947).

  1. Advise and Consent by 

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    It is with pride that we present this extraordinary novel of politics and complex in its conception that each segment …

  2. The Edge of Sadness by 

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    This is the story of a middle-aged priest, and the several worlds in which he finds himself: the exuberant, turbulent, …

  3. The Reivers by 

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    To reveal too much of the plot would be a discourtesy to the reader, for this is a book which …

  4. The Keepers of the House by 

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    In this continuously absorbing narrative of the lives of Negroes and whites, intermingling violence and tenderness, love and vengeance, Shirley …

  5. The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by 

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    Now for the first time, her three collections of stories—Flowering Judas, Pale Horse, Pale Rider, and The …

  6. The Confessions of Nat Turner by 

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    In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained …

  7. The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by 

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    This collection represents the best of Jean Stafford's singular contribution to the art of the short story.

    It is well …

  8. The optimist's daughter. by 

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    "It is easy to praise Eudora Welty," as Robert Penn Warren has written, "but it is not so easy to …

  9. Humboldt's Gift by 

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    For many years Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charles Citrine were the best of friends—Humboldt a grand erratic figure, a great …

  10. Elbow Room by 

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    In his new collection, Elbow Room, McPherson's gift for characterization and his mastery of dialogue have matured. These twelve …

  11. The stories of John Cheever. by 

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    The complete collection of John Cheever’s published short stories.

  12. Phil in SF says:

    2020 winner

  13. Phil in SF says:

    2021 winner

  14. Foreign Affairs by 

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    When was the last time you read a novel whose heroine was "…fifty-four years old, small, plain, and unmarried – …

    Phil in SF says:

    1985 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction

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