Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels

A listing of the winners of the Pulitzer Prize for literature from 1918-1947 (for Novels) and 1948-present (for Fiction).

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1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,136,051 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 4.03 avg rating — 639,555 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Road by Cormac McCarthy 3.99 avg rating — 906,540 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.27 avg rating — 686,972 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) by Pearl S. Buck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 249,925 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 4.18 avg rating — 202,837 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.80 avg rating — 1,151,014 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.95 avg rating — 436,467 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 3.88 avg rating — 146,201 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) by Larry McMurtry 4.53 avg rating — 191,425 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 3.89 avg rating — 275,841 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Hours by Michael Cunningham (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 141,399 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner 4.24 avg rating — 59,248 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 4.17 avg rating — 193,640 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 3.97 avg rating — 174,936 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz 3.89 avg rating — 263,900 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 121,874 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) by Michael Shaara 4.33 avg rating — 86,198 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 68,790 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Gilead (Gilead, #1) by Marilynne Robinson 3.85 avg rating — 110,578 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren 4.09 avg rating — 63,555 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields 3.89 avg rating — 40,370 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Known World by Edward P. Jones 3.83 avg rating — 41,314 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	American Pastoral by Philip Roth 3.94 avg rating — 80,165 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 3.79 avg rating — 35,163 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 4.02 avg rating — 29,013 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron 3.96 avg rating — 15,622 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 30,017 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	March by Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 69,783 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Ironweed (The Albany Cycle, #3) by William Kennedy 3.87 avg rating — 16,861 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1) by Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 236,483 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer 4.06 avg rating — 21,736 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener 4.05 avg rating — 16,009 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	A Death in the Family by James Agee 3.89 avg rating — 16,518 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4.01 avg rating — 907,866 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk 4.28 avg rating — 25,214 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Fixer by Bernard Malamud 3.98 avg rating — 11,324 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever 4.27 avg rating — 15,178 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	So Big by Edna Ferber 4.07 avg rating — 10,906 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty 3.52 avg rating — 13,987 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow 3.85 avg rating — 9,496 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3) by John Updike 3.92 avg rating — 17,163 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter 3.97 avg rating — 6,154 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Advise and Consent (Advise and Consent, #1) by Allen Drury 4.09 avg rating — 9,853 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	One of Ours by Willa Cather 3.94 avg rating — 9,030 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis 3.83 avg rating — 8,011 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 9,018 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,208,785 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Independence Day (Frank Bascombe, #2) by Richard Ford 3.86 avg rating — 16,141 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,654 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor 4.10 avg rating — 8,123 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington 3.79 avg rating — 11,547 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos 3.67 avg rating — 12,381 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday 3.63 avg rating — 9,356 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor 3.64 avg rating — 6,505 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser 3.56 avg rating — 10,187 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	A Bell for Adano by John Hersey 3.98 avg rating — 8,570 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie 3.75 avg rating — 12,243 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	A Visit from the Goon Squad: Pulitzer Prize Winner by Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 227,222 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Reivers by William Faulkner 3.78 avg rating — 7,615 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Way West (The Big Sky, #2) by A.B. Guthrie Jr. 3.96 avg rating — 5,579 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story by Oliver La Farge 3.75 avg rating — 4,003 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Tinkers by Paul Harding 3.41 avg rating — 35,506 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington 3.63 avg rating — 4,578 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson 3.71 avg rating — 1,755 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	His Family by Ernest Poole 3.67 avg rating — 2,101 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,668,310 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor 3.96 avg rating — 3,177 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller 3.86 avg rating — 1,742 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Rabbit at Rest (Rabbit Angstrom, #4) by John Updike really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15,665 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson 3.71 avg rating — 1,891 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	The Late George Apley by John P. Marquand 3.68 avg rating — 2,306 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	A Fable by William Faulkner 3.52 avg rating — 4,172 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens 3.49 avg rating — 1,205 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 114,126 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 3.94 avg rating — 927,031 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Able McLaughlins (The McLaughlins, #1) by Margaret Wilson 3.65 avg rating — 1,357 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady by Louis Bromfield 3.68 avg rating — 1,448 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Store by T.S. Stribling 3.65 avg rating — 679 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes 3.70 avg rating — 960 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by Jean Stafford 3.73 avg rating — 1,476 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor 3.91 avg rating — 2,421 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Overstory by Richard Powers 4.12 avg rating — 160,084 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 401,857 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Less (Arthur Less, #1) by Andrew Sean Greer 3.64 avg rating — 203,788 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	In This Our Life by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 3.57 avg rating — 1,012 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Dragon's Teeth (World's End Lanny Budd, #3) by Upton Sinclair 4.05 avg rating — 948 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Town by Conrad Richter 3.96 avg rating — 4,062 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich 4.11 avg rating — 75,188 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen 3.81 avg rating — 13,766 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Trust by Hernan Diaz (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 99,446 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson 4.06 avg rating — 100,252 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 4.51 avg rating — 406,367 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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96	Honey in the Horn by H.L. Davis 3.57 avg rating — 1,141 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin 3.62 avg rating — 816 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Jennifer (new)

Aug 21, 2008 02:39AM

Who made this list? The Lovely Bones did not get a Pulitzer Prize, for Chrissakes! The Kite Runner???? Get real!

The list is useless if people add any old thing.

* 2008: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
* 2007: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
* 2006: March by Geraldine Brooks
* 2005: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
* 2004: The Known World by Edward P. Jones
* 2003: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
* 2002: Empire Falls by Richard Russo
* 2001: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
* 2000: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
* 1999: The Hours by Michael Cunningham
* 1998: American Pastoral by Philip Roth
* 1997: Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
* 1996: Independence Day by Richard Ford
* 1995: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
* 1994: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
* 1993: A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
* 1992: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
* 1991: Rabbit At Rest by John Updike
* 1990: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
* 1989: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
* 1988: Beloved by Toni Morrison
* 1987: A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor
* 1986: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
* 1985: Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
* 1984: Ironweed by William Kennedy
* 1983: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
* 1982: Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike
* 1981: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
* 1980: The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
* 1979: The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
* 1978: Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson
* 1977: No award given
* 1976: Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
* 1975: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
* 1974: No award given [1:]
* 1973: The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
* 1972: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
* 1971: No award given
* 1970: The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by Jean Stafford
* 1969: House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
* 1968: The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
* 1967: The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
* 1966: The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter
* 1965: The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
* 1964: No award given
* 1963: The Reivers by William Faulkner
* 1962: The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
* 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
* 1960: Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
* 1959: The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor
* 1958: A Death in the Family by James Agee
* 1957: No award given
* 1956: Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
* 1955: A Fable by William Faulkner
* 1954: No award given
* 1953: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
* 1952: The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
* 1951: The Town by Conrad Richter
* 1950: The Way West by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
* 1949: Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens
* 1948: Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener

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message 2: by Ashley (new)

Aug 26, 2008 09:58AM

I think I got all of the non-Pulitzers, hopefully they won't be back!

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message 3: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Sep 28, 2008 03:01PM

I am under the impression that The Jungle Books never won a Pulitzer - that, in fact, they were never eligible for one in the first place.

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message 4: by Mir (new)

Jan 02, 2009 06:42PM

You are correct, Susanna; the Pulitzer prize only started in 1948. And I believe you have to be American or writing about America to be eligible.

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message 5: by Jason (new)

Mar 10, 2009 10:49PM

Miriam:

Let us all be vigilant in making sure non-Pulitzers are excised from this list when those books crop up. But in order to do that, we need to make ourselves aware of what the Pulitzer-winners are and when the Pulitzer began, for it wasn't in 1948, as you've said, but rather 1917, with the first prize to a work of fiction given in 1918. And yes: the writer must be an American, but a winning (or nominated) book's themes, while often about America, needn't be.

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message 6: by Amy (new)

Apr 24, 2009 05:22PM

From 1917-1948, the award was given as the Pulitzer Prizer for Novel (rather than for fiction). Here are the winners from that time period since they're not listed above:

1947: All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
1946: (No Award)
1945: A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
1944: Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin
1943: Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair
1942: In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow
1941: (No Award)
1940: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
1939: The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1938: The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand
1937: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1936: Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis
1935: Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson
1934: Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
1933: The Store by T. S. Stribling
1932: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
1931: Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
1930: Laughing Boy by Oliver Lafarge
1929: Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
1928: The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
1927: Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield
1926: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
1925: So Big by Edna Ferber
1924: The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson
1923: One of Ours by Willa Cather
1922: Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
1921: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
1920: (No Award)
1919: The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
1918: His Family by Ernest Poole
1917: (No Award)

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message 7: by Marion (new)

Jun 23, 2009 01:20PM

this is a wonderful list to be read by book clubs and all serious readers.

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message 8: by Laura (new)

Aug 16, 2009 01:43PM

Agreed, I'm actually 1/3 of the way through the list of Pulitzers. If you have the patience to put the rest of your to-read list on hold, it's an incredibly rewarding book list to work your way through!

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message 9: by Daniel (new)

Nov 30, 2009 09:00AM

Norman Mailer's Armies of the Night won the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism. It's a wonderful book.

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message 10: by Jason (new)

Nov 30, 2009 03:45PM

Daniel:

The list is Pulitzer Prize-winners in fiction or the novel.

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message 11: by Daniel (new)

Dec 02, 2009 09:16AM

Jason,

Yes, thus my comment. Armies of the Night doesn't belong on the list even though it is a wonderful book.

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message 12: by Courtney (new)

Jan 21, 2010 04:35PM

I've only read a very few of these but a very many are on my to do list. Now that I have serious reading time again! Great list!

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message 13: by Lana (new)

Jul 03, 2010 12:39PM

Thanks for making this list, it's wonderful! However, the novel Kane and Abel by British author Jeffrey Archer, is not a Pulitzer Prize winner.

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message 14: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 03, 2010 02:11PM

Lana wrote: "Thanks for making this list, it's wonderful! However, the novel Kane and Abel by British author Jeffrey Archer, is not a Pulitzer Prize winner."

You're quite right; I shall remove it.

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message 15: by Tim (new)

Oct 12, 2010 08:05AM

I'm glad to see Gravity's Rainbow here what with the controversy.

It's odd to see Summons to Memphis on here twice though.

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message 16: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 13, 2010 02:14PM

I told it to "check for duplicates," so hopefully that's fixed.

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message 17: by Douglas (new)

Nov 01, 2010 11:15AM

E.L. Doctorow's The March did not win. Also, this list is missing the most recent, Paul Harding's Tinkers.

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message 18: by Douglas (new)

Nov 01, 2010 11:20AM

Just added Paul Harding's Tinkers, 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner.

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message 19: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Nov 01, 2010 01:38PM

Removed for not being a Pulitzer winner:

The March, by E.L. Doctorow

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message 20: by Joshlynn (new)

Apr 02, 2011 03:33PM

Jellicoe Road didn't win a Pulitzer. Remove.

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message 21: by Douglas (new)

Apr 02, 2011 09:40PM

#60 Angela's Ashes didn't win for Literature nor Fiction.

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message 22: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 03, 2011 09:50AM

Both removed.

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message 23: by Jason (new)

May 23, 2012 04:44PM

I've read 49 of them. I had a Pulitzer phase but ignored the ones that didn't appeal to me at all. Only 10% of the ones I read I would really recommend though (4 or 5 stars).

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message 24: by Tim (new)

May 23, 2012 05:24PM

Somebody went back and removed Gravity's Rainbow, huh? Well, it ought to be on here but it did look kind of silly next to all these mediocrities.

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message 25: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 23, 2012 09:26PM

It isn't on here because it didn't win the Pulitzer.

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message 26: by Tim (last edited May 24, 2012 02:16AM) (new)

May 24, 2012 02:13AM

Well, it basically did but whatever. I mean, you're going to have to have an asterisk beside the year explaining what happened with it on any regular list of Pulitzer prize winners so it makes as much sense to have it as not. When you consider the silly reasons why it didn't get the award it's really much worse to omit it.

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message 27: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 24, 2012 11:36AM

Nope, it just means I'm not adding it.

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message 28: by Deborah (new)

Jun 25, 2012 02:04PM

The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was set up by JosephPulitzer and given as an endowment through Columbia University to choose, whatever board members sat on the board at the time, by reading a lot of books and then each individually voting. I have read every Pulitzer and I am writing an article to clarify and demystify it, as well as appreciate it for what it is.
Not every great book wins a pulitzer, and not every Pulitzer winning novel is the greatest novel of it's, or an other year. Some of it has to do with the ever changing politics that govern the board throughout a century, often illuminating the changing currents in thought in general in American culture. However, each book has a smaller story embedded in a larger theme that is unique to the U.S., be it an immigrant story, class, race, gender, changing of generations, and of course LAND. I learned much more about this country from having read all these books than I had in any history class and except for a handful, I am glad I read them, and for many, I was exulted, as I am by other books which have not won. Its a prize; it doesn't mean there are not others equal or better, it means the board has its own tastes during whatever particular year.
And it is important to note that whether you think them mediocre or not, most of these older books were written close to the times of actual events, as opposed to reconstructing a history. They have value, even within your own particular opinions.
In my forthcoming article, I will lay out a grid, so that people, book clubs, etc. can choose by theme; location, race, gender, war(s), etc. And then of course I will highlight favorite(s).
You can't add or subtract any thing, word or thought from the list: Its a real entity in itself, so accept it for what it is, and enjoy them, and all other great literature. The "American" theme is a consistent and seemingly mandatory element in all Pulitzer Prize winning fiction.

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message 29: by Judith (last edited Jul 08, 2012 07:42AM) (new)

Jul 08, 2012 07:40AM

I look forward to your grid, Deborah. This is one of my favorite lists to select from. I have not come across one that I didn't really enjoy though I thought
"A Summons to Memphis" was pretty so-so to have made the cut.

I have read 38 so far.

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message 30: by Deborah (new)

Jul 08, 2012 12:35PM

I agree as well re: "Summons to Memphis". Glad you are interested in the wonderful task of reading the pulitzers. Most people don't read (them all), but it is worth it.
I found that at one point it was more interesting to read them thematically, for instance all the ones about the civil war, so that you really get entrenched in all the various perspectives of it. In the beginning, I chose in sequence, then went random ,and then demographically. I started collecting hardcovers, and have all but three now.(some 1st editions too!) My house is awry with books.
I will get back to writing that article, as it seems many people are interested. What have been your favorites thus far? Feel free to inquire about any of them. Thanks for your comment.

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message 31: by Judith (new)

Jul 08, 2012 03:32PM

Deborah wrote: "I agree as well re: "Summons to Memphis". Glad you are interested in the wonderful task of reading the pulitzers. Most people don't read (them all), but it is worth it.
I found that at one point it..."

I collect the books I love as well, and my house is also quite cluttered with shelves and stacks! I have on my shelf to read the following:
1. Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
2. Independence Day
3. The Confessions of Nat Turner
4. Interpreter of Maladies
5. One of Ours
6. Rabbit At Rest (I've read the first 2 in the series)
7. The Optimist's Daughter

Any of these favorites of yours? Any insights/critiques will be very welcome.

Couldn't pick a favorite, but I'll look over the titles and make a list.

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message 32: by Deborah (new)

Jul 09, 2012 09:05PM

The Confessions of Nat Turner is on my top ten list. Rabbit at Rest is as good as the others. Independence Day is also very good. Interperpreter of Maladies is a collection of short stories which made her very famous. Short stories in general are difficult to write, and she writes them masterfully(as an immigrant woman from India). I did not like One of Ours nor The Optimists Daughter. I know Eudora Welty and Willa Cather are considered great writers, but I did not find these 2 books their best, nor best on the Pulizer list. Same with Faulkners Pulitzer wins. I thought The Reivers, and A fable were boring but I loved The Sound and the Fury, which I read 35 years ago, and it did not win a P. Mambo Kings Play songs of Love..alot of people loved it, and it was made into a movie. I liked it...is a Cuban immigrant/musicians in the 50's NY story, gritty, and authentic. But not my favorite. However worth reading.
Hope this helps! Keep in touch.My favorite is Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner.

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message 33: by Jonathan (new)

Jul 13, 2012 01:32PM

Always the hours.

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message 34: by Deborah (new)

Jul 13, 2012 02:08PM

do you mean The Hours the book?

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message 35: by Jonathan (new)

Jul 13, 2012 02:20PM

Yes, it's a quotation from "The Hours" and Woolf's suicide note.

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message 36: by Judith (last edited Jul 13, 2012 03:06PM) (new)

Jul 13, 2012 03:05PM

Deborah: Thanks for your notes on on TBR list.

Angle of Repose is definitely among my favorites. I also dearly loved All the King's Men and To Kill a Mockingbird when I read them years ago. I really appreciated Ironweed, The Road, The Killer Angels and The Bridge on the St. Luis Rey. I guess those constitute my favorites so far.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was a hoot as was The Confederacy of Dunces (neither are favorites though).

I agree with you about "The Fable". I LOVE Faulkner, but found that one not up to his usual standards. Not fond of the Updike's Rabbit series either though I will read the last two in the series anyway.

I'll go and look at your shelf and see what you have left to read from the list!

Happy reading!

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message 37: by Deborah (new)

Jul 15, 2012 09:49PM

Jonathan wrote: "Yes, it's a quotation from "The Hours" and Woolf's suicide note."

Yes, I remember the line, and I also think it was an excellent inventive book. One of my favorites of the Pulitzers, not sure if its on the top ten, but who cares, lists can make one go insane!

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message 38: by Deborah (last edited Jul 15, 2012 10:10PM) (new)

Jul 15, 2012 09:55PM

Judith wrote: "Deborah: Thanks for your notes on on TBR list.

Angle of Repose is definitely among my favorites. I also dearly loved All the King's Men and To Kill a Mockingbird when I read them years ago. I rea..."

It seems we have some good overlap in our tastes (I love Henry James also), although you have read(and enjoyed)many more of the classics than I have read (or enjoyed). The Keepers of the House is a good one from the P. List. I am finishing Catch 22, since I never read it and everyone always calls it their favorite book..so gotta try it, right? Funny, ha ha, I get it, but its redundant and tiresome as well. Maybe I am just too picky. I liked "Something Happened" better and I read that when I was in my twenties and too young to know what a mid life crisis was! I also like to write and am working on a few things now as well.Keep in touch.
DeborahP.S. Did you rad "March"?

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message 39: by Rebecca (new)

Oct 24, 2013 06:29AM

Would the moderator mind adding the most recent win (The Orphan Master's Son)? Thank you!!

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message 40: by Karen (new)

Nov 14, 2013 06:03PM

Miriam wrote: "You are correct, Susanna; the Pulitzer prize only started in 1948. And I believe you have to be American or writing about America to be eligible."

Carol Shields is Canadian and Stone Diaries is on there.

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message 41: by Deborah (new)

Jul 02, 2014 08:24PM

Karen wrote: "Miriam wrote: "You are correct, Susanna; the Pulitzer prize only started in 1948. And I believe you have to be American or writing about America to be eligible."

Carol Shields is Canadian and Ston..."
NO, please read thee above comments. The Pulitzer for fiction started in 1917. Carol Shields was an American/Canadian citizen, and yes, The Stone DIaries won a Pulitzer..it deserved one! One of my favorite books.

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message 42: by Deborah (new)

Jul 02, 2014 08:30PM

Rebecca wrote: "Would the moderator mind adding the most recent win (The Orphan Master's Son)? Thank you!!"

Yes, it should of course be added as it won a Pulitzer. Out of all the Pulitzers, this one does not fit into the loosely defined/requirement of a Pulitzer in fiction,(that it be about an American theme), as it is about Northern Korea in a most thorough and nearly unbelievable account, and has a very thin plot to anything American. Still, it was an exceptional book, hauntingly so.

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message 43: by Deborah (new)

Jul 02, 2014 08:32PM

Deborah wrote: "Judith wrote: "Deborah: Thanks for your notes on on TBR list.

Angle of Repose is definitely among my favorites. I also dearly loved All the King's Men and To Kill a Mockingbird when I read them y..."Yes I read March...Excellent book!

Deborah wrote: "Jonathan wrote: "Yes, it's a quotation from "The Hours" and Woolf's suicide note."

Yes, I remember the line, and I also think it was an excellent inventive book. One of my favorites of the Pulitze..."

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message 44: by Deborah (last edited Jul 02, 2014 08:38PM) (new)

Jul 02, 2014 08:38PM

Judith wrote: "Deborah: Thanks for your notes on on TBR list.

Angle of Repose is definitely among my favorites. I also dearly loved All the King's Men and To Kill a Mockingbird when I read them years ago. I rea..."

I just found these notes...two years late. Oh well....hope you have read some more pulitzers. You mentioned you would look and see which ones I still need to read...I don't know if my board shows everything, but I am positive I read every single Pulitzer...I made a point of it for several years and did not read anything else but those until finished. Now, its just once a year. The Goldfinch absolutely does NOT belong on that list, despite its' popularity. It is not a Pulitzer quality book, but I guess they had to choose something due to the previous years fiasco.

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message 45: by Rebecca (new)

Jul 03, 2014 05:52AM

Necessary Lies did not win a Pulitzer and should be removed.

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message 46: by Rebecca (new)

Jul 03, 2014 05:53AM

Also, there are three versions of The Magnificent Ambersons on here. Two should be removed (and especially the one written by V.F. Perkins).

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message 47: by Deborah (new)

Jul 03, 2014 01:28PM

THIS LIST OF PULITZERS IS CORRECTLY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. GOODREADS SHOULD BE MORE PROFESSIONAL ABOUT THE INFORMATION THEY SUPPLY, AS IT IS A SITE ABOUT BOOKS. ALSO, WHY DO THEY MAKE UP WHAT I AM CURRENTLY READING?????

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message 48: by Deborah (new)

Jul 03, 2014 01:29PM

Deborah wrote: "THIS LIST OF PULITZERS IS CORRECTLY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. GOODREADS SHOULD BE MORE PROFESSIONAL ABOUT THE INFORMATION THEY SUPPLY, AS IT IS A SITE ABOUT BOOKS. ALSO, WHY DO THEY MAKE UP WHAT I..."

Deborah wrote: "THIS LIST OF PULITZERS IS CORRECTLY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. GOODREADS SHOULD BE MORE PROFESSIONAL ABOUT THE INFORMATION THEY SUPPLY, AS IT IS A SITE ABOUT BOOKS. ALSO, WHY DO THEY MAKE UP WHAT I..."

Rebecca wrote: "Also, there are three versions of The Magnificent Ambersons on here. Two should be removed (and especially the one written by V.F. Perkins)."

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message 49: by Amber (new)

Jul 27, 2014 05:10PM

I removed Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain and The Magnificent Ambersons by V.F. Perkins.

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message 50: by Spoofbyrd (new)

Dec 05, 2014 12:47PM

I am from the area written about in the book A SUMMONS TO MEMPHIS. I have read the entire book and found it moving . Moving because I didn't have to take my Stool Softener or Exlax after finishing it. This book sucks !!!

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