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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The late George Apley by John P. Marquand
From back cover of Washington Square Press paperback January 1970:
A wicked satire
This is a brilliantly etched portrait of …
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The yearling. by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
4 stars
Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag after a fatal encounter with his mother and makes it a …
Phil in SF says: 1939 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Novel
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In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow
Here is a novel of modern times, ending a few days before the outbreak of the war in Europe. The …
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Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair (Lanny Budd, #3)
In the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, Lanny Budd’s financial acumen and his marriage into great wealth enable …
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Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin
Journey in the Dark follows the life of Sam Braden, a man born into poverty in Iowa who rises to …
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A bell for Adano by John Hersey
4 stars
A story about an Italian-American army officer in Sicily during World War II, who tries to help the people of …
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All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
4 stars
The story is about Willie Stark, a slick politician of humble birth, who was based on real-life Huey Long, a …
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Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
4 stars
[Description from first edition]
This collection of tales is set against the background of the South Pacific, the endless ocean, …
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The Way West by A. B. Guthrie Jr.
3 stars
The Way West is a 1949 western novel by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for …
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3 stars
In this superb novel — the longest Mr. Richter has written — Sayward, eldest daughter of Worth and Jary Luckett, …
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The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
5 stars
The Caine Mutiny is a sea yarn plus. It is a full, colorful novel of two main strands. One is …
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3 stars
The scene of A Fable is France, the time 1918. World War I is flaming; there is a mutiny in …
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Andersonville. by MacKinlay Kantor
4 stars
"The greatest of our Civil War novels." - The New York Times
The 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning story of the …
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A death in the family. by James Agee
4 stars
Forty years after its original publication, James Agee's last novel seems, more than ever, an American classic. For in his …
