Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiction

December 19, 2021
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This list contains Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction since the Fiction Prize's inception in 1948. The Pulitzer Prizes and Fellowships were established in Columbia University by Joseph Pulitzer. Prizes are awarded by the University on the recommendation of The Pulitzer Prize Board and are announced in Spring. Nominees are organized into 22 categories across journalism, books, drama and music.

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Tales of South Pacific James A. Michener	3.67	4 reads
Guard of Honor James Gould Cozzens	0	0 reads
The Way West A.B. Guthrie Jr.	5	4 reads
The Town Conrad Richter	3	4 reads
A Fable William Faulkner	0	1 read
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters Robert Lewis Taylor	5	2 reads
The Reivers William Faulkner	4	3 reads
The Keepers of the House Shirley Ann Grau	4.33	6 reads
The Fixer Bernard Malamud	5	2 reads
House Made of Dawn N. Scott Momaday	4.17	8 reads
Humboldt's Gift Saul Bellow	4.5	7 reads
Elbow Room James Alan McPherson	4	3 reads
Collected Stories John Cheever	3.8	8 reads
Ironweed William Kennedy	4	7 reads
A Summons to Memphis Peter Taylor	2	3 reads
The Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love Oscar Hijuelos	4.5	6 reads
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler	4.67	7 reads
Empire Falls Richard Russo	4	29 reads
March Geraldine Brooks	3.63	18 reads
Tinkers Paul Harding	3.6	20 reads
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen	4.1	85 reads
Less Andrew Sean Greer	3.75	141 reads
The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich	4.13	31 reads
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford Jean Stafford	0	0 reads
The Caine Mutiny Herman Wouk	4.27	13 reads
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway	3.66	529 reads
Andersonville MacKinlay Kantor	4.33	3 reads
A Death in the Family: A Restoration of the Author's Text James Agee	4.43	9 reads
Advise and Consent Allen Drury	4.25	4 reads
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee	4.17	1,397 reads
The Edge of Sadness Edwin O'Connor	5	1 read
The Collected Stories Katherine Anne Porter	0	0 reads
The Confessions of Nat Turner William Styron	2.5	5 reads
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner	4.37	22 reads
The Optimist's Daughter Eudora Welty	4.13	13 reads
The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War Michael Shaara	4.24	36 reads
The Executioner's Song Norman Mailer	4.07	15 reads
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole	3.9	149 reads
Rabbit Is Rich John Updike	3.14	11 reads
The Color Purple Alice Walker	4.07	230 reads
Foreign Affairs Alison Lurie	4.2	7 reads
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry	4.65	105 reads
Beloved Toni Morrison	3.92	185 reads
Rabbit at Rest John Updike	4.25	7 reads
A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley	3.59	16 reads
The Shipping News Annie Proulx	3.79	54 reads
The Stone Diaries Carol Shields	4	13 reads
Independence Day Richard Ford	0	0 reads
Martin Dressler Steven Millhauser	1.5	4 reads
American Pastoral Philip Roth	3.6	42 reads
The Hours Michael Cunningham	4.08	55 reads
Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri	3.83	78 reads
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon	4.21	111 reads
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides	4.15	175 reads
The Known World Edward P. Jones	3.5	17 reads
Gilead Marilynne Robinson	5	7 reads
The Road Cormac McCarthy	4.05	620 reads
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Díaz	3.71	140 reads
Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout	4.16	70 reads
A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan	3.84	139 reads
The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson	4.31	36 reads
The Goldfinch Donna Tartt	3.99	306 reads
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr	4.19	416 reads
The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead	3.98	200 reads
The Overstory Richard Powers	4.21	33 reads
The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead	4.26	129 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Tales of South Pacific James A. Michener	3.67	4 reads
Guard of Honor James Gould Cozzens	0	0 reads
The Way West A.B. Guthrie Jr.	5	4 reads
The Town Conrad Richter	3	4 reads
A Fable William Faulkner	0	1 read
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters Robert Lewis Taylor	5	2 reads
The Reivers William Faulkner	4	3 reads
The Keepers of the House Shirley Ann Grau	4.33	6 reads
The Fixer Bernard Malamud	5	2 reads
House Made of Dawn N. Scott Momaday	4.17	8 reads
Humboldt's Gift Saul Bellow	4.5	7 reads
Elbow Room James Alan McPherson	4	3 reads
Collected Stories John Cheever	3.8	8 reads
Ironweed William Kennedy	4	7 reads
A Summons to Memphis Peter Taylor	2	3 reads
The Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love Oscar Hijuelos	4.5	6 reads
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler	4.67	7 reads
Empire Falls Richard Russo	4	29 reads
March Geraldine Brooks	3.63	18 reads
Tinkers Paul Harding	3.6	20 reads
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen	4.1	85 reads
Less Andrew Sean Greer	3.75	141 reads
The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich	4.13	31 reads
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford Jean Stafford	0	0 reads
The Caine Mutiny Herman Wouk	4.27	13 reads
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway	3.66	529 reads
Andersonville MacKinlay Kantor	4.33	3 reads
A Death in the Family: A Restoration of the Author's Text James Agee	4.43	9 reads
Advise and Consent Allen Drury	4.25	4 reads
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee	4.17	1,397 reads
The Edge of Sadness Edwin O'Connor	5	1 read
The Collected Stories Katherine Anne Porter	0	0 reads
The Confessions of Nat Turner William Styron	2.5	5 reads
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner	4.37	22 reads
The Optimist's Daughter Eudora Welty	4.13	13 reads
The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War Michael Shaara	4.24	36 reads
The Executioner's Song Norman Mailer	4.07	15 reads
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole	3.9	149 reads
Rabbit Is Rich John Updike	3.14	11 reads
The Color Purple Alice Walker	4.07	230 reads
Foreign Affairs Alison Lurie	4.2	7 reads
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry	4.65	105 reads
Beloved Toni Morrison	3.92	185 reads
Rabbit at Rest John Updike	4.25	7 reads
A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley	3.59	16 reads
The Shipping News Annie Proulx	3.79	54 reads
The Stone Diaries Carol Shields	4	13 reads
Independence Day Richard Ford	0	0 reads
Martin Dressler Steven Millhauser	1.5	4 reads
American Pastoral Philip Roth	3.6	42 reads
The Hours Michael Cunningham	4.08	55 reads
Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri	3.83	78 reads
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon	4.21	111 reads
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides	4.15	175 reads
The Known World Edward P. Jones	3.5	17 reads
Gilead Marilynne Robinson	5	7 reads
The Road Cormac McCarthy	4.05	620 reads
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Díaz	3.71	140 reads
Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout	4.16	70 reads
A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan	3.84	139 reads
The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson	4.31	36 reads
The Goldfinch Donna Tartt	3.99	306 reads
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr	4.19	416 reads
The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead	3.98	200 reads
The Overstory Richard Powers	4.21	33 reads
The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead	4.26	129 reads

Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiction

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