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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - 1948-2007: How many have you read?
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: The fiction jury had unanimously recommended the 1974 award to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, but the Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding the prize, made no award. 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 Of course, I had The Caine Mutiny, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Old Man and the Sea as required reading in high school. On my own, I've only read Empire Falls & A Confederacy of Dunces. |
2007: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2001: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 1996: Independence Day by Richard Ford 1991: Rabbit At Rest by John Updike 1986: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 1984: Ironweed by William Kennedy 1982: Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike 1981: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 1980: The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee more than i thought but maybe less than i should have - the ones i have read do have real staying power though, especially Ironweed and The Road. |
Uh oh, I've only read one :
2007: The Road by Cormac McCarthy Why were there some years with no award given? |
2007: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
1986: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry |
Why were there some years with no award given? Why in some years was there no award given in a particular category? According to The Plan of Award "If in any year all the competitors in any category shall fall below the standard of excellence fixed by The Pulitzer Prize Board, the amount of such prize or prizes may be withheld." |
Just The Old Man and the Sea and To Kill a Mockingbird for school.
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2007: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2001: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 1999: The Hours by Michael Cunningham 1988: Beloved by Toni Morrison 1986: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 1980: The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer 1975: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 1953: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway |
1984: Ironweed by William Kennedy
1981: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
The Road and House Made of Dawn.
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and To Kill a Mockingbird I've read on my own. The Color Purple was a high school assignment.
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1948: Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
1953: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 1968: The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron 1975: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara 1981: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 1980: The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer 1984: Ironweed by William Kennedy 1983: The Color Purple by Alice Walker 1992: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley 1994: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx 1997: Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser 1999: The Hours by Michael Cunningham 2003: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002: Empire Falls by Richard Russo 2001: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 2007: The Road by Cormac McCarthy |
Old man and the Sea, and To Kill a Mockingbird from HS.
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1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
1975: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara 1981: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 1986: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Pitiful. I stumbled onto a first edition of "The Road" in a B&N today so that will soon be added to my list. I should make more of an effort as two of my favorite books are on that short list. If you're wondering, "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Lonesome Dove". Can anyone strongly recommend others on the Pulitzer list? |
Originally Posted by Easy
Can anyone strongly recommend others on the Pulitzer list?
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Fun topic. I'm excited to read The Road; next on my list!
2003: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002: Empire Falls by Richard Russo 2001: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 1999: The Hours by Michael Cunningham 1996: Independence Day by Richard Ford 1984: Ironweed by William Kennedy 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 1974: (blah blah blah) Gravity's Rainbow 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 1953: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway |
Wow, I'm pathetic. :(
2001: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 1996: Independence Day by Richard Ford, 1991: Rabbit At Rest by John Updike 1982: Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike 1976: Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow 1967: The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (I have it, it's on my read list) 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 1954: no award given :D 1953: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Thanks for putting up the list, I see what I should read now. From what I've read, I can see that the Pulitzer don't necessarily award their author's best books (with the exception of Bellow), but that's not really their fault I guess. |
Great topic, this thread has actually sparked an exciting new project for my wife and I.
I threw out that I read this thread and thought it might be fun to go back and read all the Fiction Pulitzers. My wife took it to another level by suggesting that we seek out and purchase all the fiction Pulitzers and build our own collection. She has already spent a few hours on cursory investigation into the purchasing the set. Thankfully, I've pulled her back on her original suggestion of seeking out First Editions... We have The Hours, Lonesome Dove, Killer Angels, and The Road. |
Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
1996: Independence Day by Richard Ford
Hmm.... |
I've read 29, including everything 1980-96. These days I seem to be getting only every other year, so I'll have to work on that.
I should make more of an effort as two of my favorite books are on that short list. If you're wondering, "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Lonesome Dove". Can anyone strongly recommend others on the Pulitzer list? |
I've read only To Kill a Mockingbird, one of my all time favorite books. I've got Kavalier and Clay on my bookshelf and I'll be picking that one up next probably.
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Originally Posted by Nth Power
Why were there some years with no award given?
In 1974, the three-member Pulitzer Prize jury on fiction supported Gravity's Rainbow for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. However, the other eleven members of the board overturned this decision, branding the book "unreadable, turgid, overwritten, and obscene." cheers, -the Jesus |
I read a lot but I don't read any fiction... I guess that has to change!
That being said, here is my list: 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
2007: The Road by Cormac McCarthy - reading now
2003: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 1999: The Hours by Michael Cunningham 1998: American Pastoral by Philip Roth 1994: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx 1988: Beloved by Toni Morrison 1986: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 1983: The Color Purple by Alice Walker 1981: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 1953: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway I haven't been able to do much reading for leisure over the past year, but hope to be able to over the summer. |
Haven't read many of these...
2001: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 1999: The Hours by Michael Cunningham 1975: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 1953: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 1952: The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk |
2 for me: A Confederacy of Dunces and To Kill a Mockingbird.
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