Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

1. 2026
   

   Winner

   Angel Down

   Daniel Kraus

   Also on the finalist

   • 
     Audition by Katie Kitamura
   • 
     Stag Dance by Torrey Peters

   All 3 books from 2026

2. 2025
   

   Winner

   James

   Percival Everett

   Also on the finalist

   • 
     Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
   • Mice 1961 Stacey Levine
     Mice 1961 by Stacey Levine
   • The Unicorn Woman Gayl Jones
     The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones

   All 4 books from 2025

3. 2024
   

   Winner

   Night Watch

   Jayne Anne Phillips

   Also on the finalist

   • 
     Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
   • 
     Wednesday's Child by Yiyun Li

   All 3 books from 2024

4. 2023
   

   Winner

   Demon Copperhead

   Barbara Kingsolver

   Also on the finalist

   • 
     The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara

   All 3 books from 2023

5. 2022
   

   Winner

   The Netanyahus

   Joshua Cohen

   Also on the finalist

   • 
     Monkey Boy by Francisco Goldman
   • 
     Palmares by Gayl Jones

   All 3 books from 2022

6. 2021
   

   Winner

   The Night Watchman

   Louise Erdrich

   Also on the finalist

   • 
     A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth by Daniel Mason
   • 
     Telephone by Percival Everett

   All 3 books from 2021

7. 2020
   

   Winner

   The Nickel Boys

   Colson Whitehead

   Also on the finalist

   • 
     The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
   • 
     The Topeka School by Ben Lerner

   All 3 books from 2020

8. 2019
   

   Winner

   The Overstory

   Richard Powers

   Also on the finalist

   • 
     The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
   • 
     There There by Tommy Orange

   All 3 books from 2019

9. 2018
   

   Winner

   Less

   Andrew Sean Greer

   Also on the finalist

   • 
     In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
   • 
     The Idiot by Elif Batuman

   All 3 books from 2018

10. 2017
    

    Winner

    The Underground Railroad

    Colson Whitehead

    Also on the finalist

    • 
      Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett
    • 
      The Sport of Kings by C. E. Morgan

    All 3 books from 2017

11. 2016
    

    Winner

    The Sympathizer

    Viet Thanh Nguyen

    Also on the finalist

    • 
      Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
    • 
      Maud's Line by Margaret Verble

    All 3 books from 2016

12. 2015
    

    Winner

    All the Light We Cannot See

    Anthony Doerr

    Also on the finalist

    • 
      Let Me Be Frank with You by Richard Ford
    • 
      Lovely, Dark, Deep by Joyce Carol Oates
    • 
      The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

    All 4 books from 2015

13. 2014
    

    Winner

    The Goldfinch

    Donna Tartt

    Also on the finalist

    • 
      The Son by Philipp Meyer
    • 
      The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis

    All 3 books from 2014

14. 2013
    

    Winner

    The Orphan Master's Son

    Adam Johnson

    Also on the finalist

    • 
      The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
    • 
      What We Talk About When We Talk about Anne Frank by Nathan Englander

    All 3 books from 2013

15. 2012

    Winner not announced yet.

    Finalist

    • 
      Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
    • The Pale King (posthumously) David Foster Wallace
      The Pale King (posthumously) by David Foster Wallace
    • 
      Train Dreams by Denis Johnson

    All 3 books from 2012

16. 2011
    

    Winner

    A Visit from the Goon Squad

    Jennifer Egan

    Also on the finalist

    • 
      The Privileges by Jonathan Dee
    • 
      The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee

    All 3 books from 2011

17. 2010
    

    Winner

    Tinkers

    Paul Harding

    Also on the finalist

    • 
      In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
    • 
      Love in Infant Monkeys by Lydia Millet

    All 3 books from 2010

18. 2009
    

    Winner

    Olive Kitteridge

    Elizabeth Strout

    Also on the finalist

    • 
      All Souls by Christine Schutt
    • 
      The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

    All 3 books from 2009

19. 2008
    

    Winner

    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    Junot Díaz

    Also on the finalist

    • Shakespeare's Kitchen Lore Segal
      Shakespeare's Kitchen by Lore Segal
    • Tree of Smoke Denis Johnson
      Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson

    All 3 books from 2008

20. 2007
    The Road Cormac McCarthy

    Winner

    The Road

    Cormac McCarthy

    Also on the finalist

    • After This Alice McDermott
      After This by Alice McDermott
    • The Echo Maker Richard Powers
      The Echo Maker by Richard Powers

    All 3 books from 2007

21. 2006
    March Geraldine Brooks

    Winner

    March

    Geraldine Brooks

    Also on the finalist

    • The Bright Forever Lee Martin
      The Bright Forever by Lee Martin
    • The March E. L. Doctorow
      The March by E. L. Doctorow

    All 3 books from 2006

22. 2005
    Gilead Marilynne Robinson

    Winner

    Gilead

    Marilynne Robinson

    Also on the finalist

    • An Unfinished Season Ward Just
      An Unfinished Season by Ward Just
    • War Trash Ha Jin
      War Trash by Ha Jin

    All 3 books from 2005

23. 2004
    The Known World Edward P. Jones

    Winner

    The Known World

    Edward P. Jones

    Also on the finalist

    • American Woman Susan Choi
      American Woman by Susan Choi
    • Evidence of Things Unseen Marianne Wiggins
      Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins

    All 3 books from 2004

24. 2003
    Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides

    Winner

    Middlesex

    Jeffrey Eugenides

    Also on the finalist

    • Servants of the Map Andrea Barrett
      Servants of the Map by Andrea Barrett
    • You Are Not a Stranger Here Adam Haslett
      You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett

    All 3 books from 2003

25. 2002
    Empire Falls Richard Russo

    Winner

    Empire Falls

    Richard Russo

    Also on the finalist

    • John Henry Days Colson Whitehead
      John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead
    • The Corrections Jonathan Franzen
      The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

    All 3 books from 2002

26. 2001
    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon

    Winner

    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

    Michael Chabon

    Also on the finalist

    • Blonde Joyce Carol Oates
      Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
    • The Quick and the Dead Joy Williams
      The Quick and the Dead by Joy Williams

    All 3 books from 2001

27. 2000
    Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri

    Winner

    Interpreter of Maladies

    Jhumpa Lahiri

    Also on the finalist

    • Close Range Annie Proulx
      Close Range by Annie Proulx
    • Waiting Ha Jin
      Waiting by Ha Jin

    All 3 books from 2000

28. 1999
    The Hours Michael Cunningham

    Winner

    The Hours

    Michael Cunningham

    Also on the finalist

    • Cloudsplitter Russell Banks
      Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
    • The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
      The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

    All 3 books from 1999

29. 1998
    American Pastoral Philip Roth

    Winner

    American Pastoral

    Philip Roth

    Also on the finalist

    • Bear and His Daughter Robert Stone
      Bear and His Daughter by Robert Stone
    • Underworld Don DeLillo
      Underworld by Don DeLillo

    All 3 books from 1998

30. 1997
    Martin Dressler Steven Millhauser

    Winner

    Martin Dressler

    Steven Millhauser

    Also on the finalist

    • The Manikin Joanna Scott
      The Manikin by Joanna Scott
    • Unlocking the Air and Other Stories Ursula K. Le Guin
      Unlocking the Air and Other Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin

    All 3 books from 1997

31. 1996
    Independence Day Richard Ford

    Winner

    Independence Day

    Richard Ford

    Also on the finalist

    • Mr. Ives' Christmas Oscar Hijuelos
      Mr. Ives' Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos
    • Sabbath's Theater Philip Roth
      Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth

    All 3 books from 1996

32. 1995
    The Stone Diaries Carol Shields

    Winner

    The Stone Diaries

    Carol Shields

    Also on the finalist

    • The Collected Stories Grace Paley
      The Collected Stories by Grace Paley
    • What I Lived For Joyce Carol Oates
      What I Lived For by Joyce Carol Oates

    All 3 books from 1995

33. 1994
    The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx

    Winner

    The Shipping News

    E. Annie Proulx

    Also on the finalist

    • Operation Shylock Philip Roth
      Operation Shylock by Philip Roth
    • The Collected Stories Reynolds Price
      The Collected Stories by Reynolds Price

    All 3 books from 1994

34. 1993
    A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler

    Winner

    A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

    Robert Olen Butler

    Also on the finalist

    • At Weddings and Wakes Alice McDermott
      At Weddings and Wakes by Alice McDermott
    • Black Water Joyce Carol Oates
      Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

    All 3 books from 1993

35. 1992
    A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley

    Winner

    A Thousand Acres

    Jane Smiley

    Also on the finalist

    • Jernigan David Gates
      Jernigan by David Gates
    • Lila Robert M. Pirsig
      Lila by Robert M. Pirsig
    • Mao II Don DeLillo
      Mao II by Don DeLillo

    All 4 books from 1992

36. 1991
    Rabbit at Rest John Updike

    Winner

    Rabbit at Rest

    John Updike

    Also on the finalist

    • Mean Spirit Linda Hogan
      Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan
    • The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien
      The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

    All 3 books from 1991

37. 1990
    The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Oscar Hijuelos

    Winner

    The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

    Oscar Hijuelos

    Also on the finalist

    • Billy Bathgate E. L. Doctorow
      Billy Bathgate by E. L. Doctorow

    All 2 books from 1990

38. 1989
    Breathing Lessons Anne Tyler

    Winner

    Breathing Lessons

    Anne Tyler

    Also on the finalist

    • Where I'm Calling From Raymond Carver
      Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver

    All 2 books from 1989

39. 1988
    Beloved Toni Morrison

    Winner

    Beloved

    Toni Morrison

    Also on the finalist

    • Persian Nights Diane Johnson
      Persian Nights by Diane Johnson
    • That Night Alice McDermott
      That Night by Alice McDermott

    All 3 books from 1988

40. 1987
    A Summons to Memphis Peter Taylor

    Winner

    A Summons to Memphis

    Peter Taylor

    Also on the finalist

    • Paradise Donald Barthelme
      Paradise by Donald Barthelme
    • Whites Norman Rush
      Whites by Norman Rush

    All 3 books from 1987

41. 1986
    Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry

    Winner

    Lonesome Dove

    Larry McMurtry

    Also on the finalist

    • Continental Drift Russell Banks
      Continental Drift by Russell Banks
    • The Accidental Tourist Anne Tyler
      The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

    All 3 books from 1986

42. 1985
    Foreign Affairs Alison Lurie

    Winner

    Foreign Affairs

    Alison Lurie

    Also on the finalist

    • I Wish This War Were Over Diana O'Hehir
      I Wish This War Were Over by Diana O'Hehir
    • Leaving the Land Douglas Unger
      Leaving the Land by Douglas Unger

    All 3 books from 1985

43. 1984
    Ironweed William Kennedy

    Winner

    Ironweed

    William Kennedy

    Also on the finalist

    • Cathedral Raymond Carver
      Cathedral by Raymond Carver
    • The Feud Thomas Berger
      The Feud by Thomas Berger

    All 3 books from 1984

44. 1983
    The Color Purple Alice Walker

    Winner

    The Color Purple

    Alice Walker

    Also on the finalist

    • Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Anne Tyler
      Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
    • Rabbis and Wives Chaim Grade
      Rabbis and Wives by Chaim Grade

    All 3 books from 1983

45. 1982
    Rabbit Is Rich John Updike

    Winner

    Rabbit Is Rich

    John Updike

    Also on the finalist

    • A Flag for Sunrise Robert Stone
      A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone
    • Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson
      Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

    All 3 books from 1982

46. 1981
    A Confederacy of Dunces (posthumously) John Kennedy Toole

    Winner

    A Confederacy of Dunces (posthumously)

    John Kennedy Toole

    Also on the finalist

    • Godric Frederick Buechner
      Godric by Frederick Buechner
    • So Long, See You Tomorrow William Maxwell
      So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

    All 3 books from 1981

47. 1980
    The Executioner's Song Norman Mailer

    Winner

    The Executioner's Song

    Norman Mailer

    Also on the finalist

    • Birdy William Wharton
      Birdy by William Wharton
    • The Ghost Writer Philip Roth
      The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth

    All 3 books from 1980

48. 1979
    The Stories of John Cheever John Cheever

    The Stories of John Cheever

    John Cheever

49. 1978
    Elbow Room James Alan McPherson

    Elbow Room

    James Alan McPherson

50. 1976
    Humboldt's Gift Saul Bellow

    Humboldt's Gift

    Saul Bellow

51. 1975
    The Killer Angels Michael Shaara

    The Killer Angels

    Michael Shaara

52. 1973
    The Optimist's Daughter Eudora Welty

    The Optimist's Daughter

    Eudora Welty

53. 1972
    Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner

    Angle of Repose

    Wallace Stegner

54. 1970
    Collected Stories Jean Stafford

    Collected Stories

    Jean Stafford

55. 1969
    House Made of Dawn N. Scott Momaday

    House Made of Dawn

    N. Scott Momaday

56. 1968
    The Confessions of Nat Turner William Styron

    The Confessions of Nat Turner

    William Styron

57. 1967
    The Fixer Bernard Malamud

    The Fixer

    Bernard Malamud

58. 1966
    The Collected Stories Katherine Anne Porter

    The Collected Stories

    Katherine Anne Porter

59. 1965
    The Keepers of the House Shirley Ann Grau

    The Keepers of the House

    Shirley Ann Grau

60. 1963
    The Reivers William Faulkner

    The Reivers

    William Faulkner

61. 1962
    The Edge of Sadness Edwin O'Connor

    The Edge of Sadness

    Edwin O'Connor

62. 1961
    To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

63. 1960
    Advise and Consent Allen Drury

    Advise and Consent

    Allen Drury

64. 1959
    The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters Robert Lewis Taylor

    The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

    Robert Lewis Taylor

65. 1958
    A Death in the Family James Agee

    A Death in the Family

    James Agee

66. 1956
    Andersonville MacKinlay Kantor

    Andersonville

    MacKinlay Kantor

67. 1955
    A Fable William Faulkner

    A Fable

    William Faulkner

68. 1953
    The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway

    The Old Man and the Sea

    Ernest Hemingway

69. 1952
    The Caine Mutiny Herman Wouk

    The Caine Mutiny

    Herman Wouk

70. 1951
    The Town Conrad Richter

    The Town

    Conrad Richter

71. 1950
    The Way West A. B. Guthrie

    The Way West

    A. B. Guthrie

72. 1949
    Guard of Honor James Gould Cozzens

    Guard of Honor

    James Gould Cozzens

73. 1948
    Tales of the South Pacific James A. Michener

    Tales of the South Pacific

    James A. Michener

74. 1947
    All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren

    All the King's Men

    Robert Penn Warren

75. 1945
    A Bell for Adano John Hersey

    A Bell for Adano

    John Hersey

76. 1944
    Journey in the Dark Martin Flavin

    Journey in the Dark

    Martin Flavin

77. 1943
    Dragon's Teeth Upton Sinclair

    Dragon's Teeth

    Upton Sinclair

78. 1942
    In This Our Life Ellen Glasgow

    In This Our Life

    Ellen Glasgow

79. 1940
    The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck

    The Grapes of Wrath

    John Steinbeck

80. 1939
    The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

    The Yearling

    Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

81. 1938
    The Late George Apley John Phillips Marquand

    The Late George Apley

    John Phillips Marquand

82. 1937
    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell

    Gone with the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell

83. 1936
    Honey in the Horn Harold L. Davis

    Honey in the Horn

    Harold L. Davis

84. 1935
    Now in November Josephine Winslow Johnson

    Now in November

    Josephine Winslow Johnson

85. 1934
    Lamb in His Bosom Caroline Miller

    Lamb in His Bosom

    Caroline Miller

86. 1933
    The Store T. S. Stribling

    The Store

    T. S. Stribling

87. 1932
    The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck

    The Good Earth

    Pearl S. Buck

88. 1931
    Years of Grace Margaret Ayer Barnes

    Years of Grace

    Margaret Ayer Barnes

89. 1930
    Laughing Boy Oliver La Farge

    Laughing Boy

    Oliver La Farge

90. 1929
    Scarlet Sister Mary Julia Peterkin

    Scarlet Sister Mary

    Julia Peterkin

91. 1928
    The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    Thornton Wilder

92. 1927
    Early Autumn Louis Bromfield

    Early Autumn

    Louis Bromfield

93. 1926
    Arrowsmith Sinclair Lewis

    Arrowsmith

    Sinclair Lewis

94. 1925
    So Big Edna Ferber

    So Big

    Edna Ferber

95. 1924
    The Able McLaughlins Margaret Wilson

    The Able McLaughlins

    Margaret Wilson

96. 1923
    One of Ours Willa Cather

    One of Ours

    Willa Cather

97. 1922
    Alice Adams Booth Tarkington

    Alice Adams

    Booth Tarkington

98. 1921
    The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton

    The Age of Innocence

    Edith Wharton

99. 1919
    The Magnificent Ambersons Booth Tarkington

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    Booth Tarkington

100. 1918
     His Family Ernest Poole

     His Family

     Ernest Poole

Earlier years list the winner only.