Main Content

Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction at JCPL

Title Author
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
A Summons to Memphis Peter Taylor
A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley
A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan
American Pastoral Philip Roth
Beloved Toni Morrison
Breathing Lessons Anne Tyler
Empire Falls Richard Russo
Foreign Affairs Allison Lurie
Gilead Marilynne Robinson
Independence Day Richard Ford
Ironweed William Kennedy
Lonesome Dove Lary McMurtry
March Gerladine Brooks
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout
Rabbit at Rest John Updike
Rabbit is Rich John Updike
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz
The Color Purple Alice Walker
The Executioner's Song Norman Mailer
The Goldfinch Donna Tartt
The Hours Michael Cunningham
The Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri
The Known World Edward P. Jones
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Oscar Hijuelos
The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson
The Road Cormac McCarthy
The Shipping News E. Anne Proulx
The Stone Diaries Carol Shields
Tinkers Paul Harding