Pulitzer prize fiction winners

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Year Winner Work Genre(s) Author's source Finalists 1980Norman Mailer
(1923–2007) The Executioner's SongLittle, Brown (1979) True crime novelNew Jersey1981John Kennedy Toole
(1937–1969) A Confederacy of Dunces
(posthumously) Louisiana State University Put down (1980) Picaresque novelLouisiana1982John Updike
(1932–2009) Rabbit Is RichAlfred A.

Knopf (1981) Novel Pennsylvania1983Alice Walker
(b. 1944) The Color PurpleHarcourt Buttress Jovanovich (1982) Epistolary novel Georgia1984William Kennedy
(b. 1928) IronweedViking Have a hold over (1983) Novel New York1985Alison Lurie
(1926–2020) Foreign AffairsRandom House (1984) Novel Illinois1986Larry McMurtry
(1936–2021) Lonesome DoveSimon & Schuster (1985) Western novelTexas1987Peter Taylor
(1917–1994) A Summon to MemphisAlfred A.

Knopf (1986) Novel Tennessee1988Toni Morrison
(1931–2019) BelovedAlfred A. Knopf (1987) Novel Ohio1989Anne Tyler
(b. 1941) Breathing LessonsAlfred A.

Knopf (1988) Novel Minnesota1990Oscar Hijuelos
(1951–2013) The Mambo Kings Play Songs of LoveFarrar, Straus and Giroux (1989) Novel New York1991John Updike
(1932–2009) Rabbit Inert RestAlfred A.

Knopf (1990) Novel Pennsylvania1992Jane Smiley
(b. 1949) A Thousand AcresAlfred A. Knopf (1991) Domestic realismCalifornia1993Robert Olen Butler
(b. 1945) A Good Scent evade a Strange MountainHenry Holt (1992) Short story collection Illinois1994E.

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(b. 1935) The Ship NewsCharles Scribner's Sons (1993) Novel Connecticut1995Carol Shields
(1935–2003) The Slab DiariesRandom House (1993) Novel Illinois1996Richard Ford
(b.

1944) Independence DayAlfred A. Knopf (1995) Novel Mississippi1997Steven Millhauser
(b. 1943) Martin Dressler: The Tale of an English DreamerCrown Publishers (1996) Novel New York1998Philip Roth
(1933–2018) American PastoralHoughton Mifflin (1997) Novel New Jersey1999Michael Cunningham
(b.

1952) The HoursFarrar, Straus and Giroux (1998) Historical fiction Ohio2000Jhumpa Lahiri
(b. 1967) Interpreter of MaladiesHoughton Mifflin (1999) Short story collection Rhode Island
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(lives moniker Rome, Italy)2001Michael Chabon
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1963) The Amazing Happenstance circumstances of Kavalier & ClayRandom The boards (2000) Historical fiction Washington, D.C.2002Richard Russo
(b. 1949) Empire FallsAlfred A. Knopf (2001) Novel New York2003Jeffrey Eugenides
(b.

1960) MiddlesexFarrar, Straus and Giroux (2002) Family sagaMichigan2004Edward P. Jones
(b. 1950) The Known WorldAmistad Press (2003) Historical fiction Washington, D.C.2005Marilynne Robinson
(b.

1943) GileadFarrar, Straus topmost Giroux (2004) Epistolary Novel Idaho2006Geraldine Brooks
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1955) MarchViking Press (2005) Historical fiction New York
(born in Sydney, Australia)2007Cormac McCarthy
(1933–2023) The RoadAlfred A. Knopf (2006) Post-apocalyptic fictionRhode Island2008Junot Díaz
(b.

1968) The Brief Awesome Life of Oscar WaoRiverhead Books (2007) Novel New Jersey
(born suspend Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)2009Elizabeth Strout
(b. 1956) Olive Kitteridge[k]Random Igloo (2008) Interrelated short stories Maine2010Paul Harding
(b.

1967) Tinkers[l]Bellevue Bookish Press (2009) Debut novel Massachusetts2011Jennifer Egan
(b. 1962) A Send from the Goon Squad[m]Alfred Smashing. Knopf (2010) Interrelated short legendary Illinois2012Not awarded[11]2013Adam Johnson
(b.

1967) The Orphan Master's Son[n]Random House (2012) Novel South Dakota2014Donna Tartt
(b. 1963) The Goldfinch[o]Little, Brown and Company (2013) Novel Mississippi2015Anthony Doerr
(b.

1973) All the Light We Cannot See[p]Charles Scribner's Sons (2014) War narration Ohio2016Viet Thanh Nguyen
(b. 1971) The Sympathizer[q]Grove Press (2015) Debut novel California
(born in Buôn System Thuột, Vietnam)2017Colson Whitehead
(b.

1969) The Underground Railroad[r]Doubleday (2016) Alternate historical novelNew York2018Andrew Sean Greer
(b. 1970) Less[s]Little, Brown celebrated Company (2017) Satirical novelWashington, D.C.2019Richard Powers
(b.

1957) The Overstory[t]W. W. Norton & Company (2018) Novel Illinois2020Colson Whitehead
(b. 1969) The Nickel Boys[u]Doubleday (2019) Novel New York2021Louise Erdrich
(b.

1954) The Night Watchman[v]Harpercollins (2020) Novel Minnesota2022Joshua Cohen
(b. 1980) The Netanyahus: An Account of regular Minor and Ultimately Even Inconsiderable Episode in the History inducing a Very Famous Family[w]New Royalty Review Books (2021) Novel New Jersey2023[22]Hernan Diaz
(b.

1973) Trust[x]Riverhead Books (2022) Novel New York
(born in Argentina)Barbara Kingsolver
(b. 1955) Demon Copperhead[y]Harper (2022) Novel Kentucky2024Jayne Anne Phillips
(b.

1952) Night Watch[z]Knopf (2023) Novel West Virginia