Many of the movies that have won Best Picture at the Academy Awards shouldn't have. Raging Bull and The Elephant Man were better than Ordinary People, which was good but didn't deserve the 1979 Best Picture nod. I loved and still defend the 1976 winner, Rocky, but if I'm honest with myself, All the President's Men and Taxi Driver were better. And the best (worst?) example: Oliver winning over 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. When was the last time you ever heard anyone talking about or referring to Oliver? That's right; 1969, after the award was given.
Despite mistakes like that, the movies that lost were worth seeing.
Andrew Sean Greer's Less won the Pulitzer Prize for 2018 and deservedly so. It's brilliant. Funny as hell and wise and a novel with a rare ending.
Here's a quick sample of Greer's writing that I landed on in a rush, right before dropping it off at the library:

It is a traveler's fallacy that one should shop for clothing while abroad. Those white linen tunics, so elegant in Greece, emerge from the suitcase as mere hippie rags; the beautiful striped shirts of Rome are confined to the closet; and the delicate hand batiks of Bali are first cruise wear, then curtains, then signs of impending madness.