Pulitzer Prize – Fiction

2008 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoJunot DíazLiving with an old-world mother and rebellious sister, an urban New Jersey misfit dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and believes that a long-standing family curse is thwarting his efforts to find love and happiness. A first novel by the author o...Amazon2008 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistShakespeare's KitchenLore SegalAmazonTree of SmokeDenis JohnsonAmazon

2009 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerOlive KitteridgeElizabeth StroutThe world of Olive Kitteridge, a retired school teacher in a small coastal town in Maine, is revealed in stories that explore her diverse roles in many lives, including a lounge singer haunted by a past love, her stoic husband, and her own resentful son....Amazon2009 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistAll SoulsChristine SchuttAmazonThe Plague of DovesLouise ErdrichAmazon

2011 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerA Visit from the Goon SquadJennifer EganJennifer Egan's spellbinding novel circles the lives of Bennie Salazar, an ageing former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Although Bennie and Sasha never discover each other's pasts, the reader d...Amazon2011 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistThe PrivilegesJonathan DeeAmazonThe SurrenderedChang-Rae LeeAmazon

2012 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerNo award given....Amazon2012 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistSwamplandia!Karen RussellAmazonThe Pale KingDavid Foster Wallace (posthumous nominee)AmazonTrain DreamsDenis JohnsonAmazon

2013 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerThe Orphan Master's SonAdam JohnsonWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013 'You know you are in the hands of someone who can tell a story ... fantastic' ZADIE SMITH Pak Jun Do knows he is special. He knows he must be the son of the master of the orphanage, not some kid dumped by his p...Amazon2013 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistThe Snow ChildEowyn IveyAmazonWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Anne FrankNathan EnglanderAmazon

2014 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerThe GoldfinchDonna TarttComposed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America, and a drama of almost unbearable acuity and power....Amazon2014 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistThe SonPhilipp MeyerAmazonThe Woman Who Lost Her SoulBob ShacochisAmazon

2015 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerAll the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony DoerrWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both tr...Amazon2015 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistLet Me Be Frank with YouRichard FordAmazonLovely, Dark, DeepJoyce Carol OatesAmazonThe Moor's AccountLaila LalamiAmazon

2016 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerThe SympathizerViet Thanh NguyenThe winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, compared by critics to the works of Graham Greene, Denis Johnson, and George Orwell,The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity, politics, and America, wrought in electric prose. The narrator, ...Amazon2016 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistGet in Trouble: StoriesKelly LinkAmazonMaud's LineMargaret VerbleAmazon

2017 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerThe Underground RailroadColson WhiteheadLike millions of my race, my mother and father were born slaves, but were not contented to live and die so. My father purchased himself in early manhood by hard toil. Mother saw no way for herself and children to escape the horrors of bondage but by flight...Amazon2017 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistImagine Me GoneAdam HaslettAmazonThe Sport of KingsC. E. MorganAmazon