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. Honey in the Horn by 

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    Honey in the Horn is a novel about life in the homesteading days of Oregon, 1906-1908. It is about the …

  2. The late George Apley by 

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    From back cover of Washington Square Press paperback January 1970:

    A wicked satire

    This is a brilliantly etched portrait of …

  3. The yearling. by 

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    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

  4. In This Our Life by 

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    Here is a novel of modern times, ending a few days before the outbreak of the war in Europe. The …

  5. Dragon's Teeth by  (Lanny Budd, #3)

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    In the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, Lanny Budd’s financial acumen and his marriage into great wealth enable …

  6. Journey in the Dark by 

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    Journey in the Dark follows the life of Sam Braden, a man born into poverty in Iowa who rises to …

  7. A bell for Adano by 

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    A story about an Italian-American army officer in Sicily during World War II, who tries to help the people of …

  8. All the King's Men by 

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    The story is about Willie Stark, a slick politician of humble birth, who was based on real-life Huey Long, a …

  9. Tales of the South Pacific by 

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    This collection of tales is set against the background of the South Pacific, the endless ocean, …

  10. Guard of Honor by 

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    The story of Guard of Honor takes place on three tense September days of 1943. The scene is the enormous …

  11. The Way West by 

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    The Way West is a 1949 western novel by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for …

  12. The Town by 

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    In this superb novel — the longest Mr. Richter has written — Sayward, eldest daughter of Worth and Jary Luckett, …

  13. The Caine Mutiny by 

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    The Caine Mutiny is a sea yarn plus. It is a full, colorful novel of two main strands. One is …

  14. A Fable by 

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    The scene of A Fable is France, the time 1918. World War I is flaming; there is a mutiny in …

  15. Andersonville. by 

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    "The greatest of our Civil War novels." - The New York Times

    The 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning story of the …

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