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Best Pulitzer Prize Winners + Runners-Up

A subjective list of the top 100: Winners, runners-up, and a few other notable ones that should have perhaps made the list. Also items 6 ( a winner) along with 7 and 8 comprise a trilogy. The orders are in no particular order save the first either- just a top 100 as aforementioned.
Entries 1-6; 9-73 are as stated above. The remainder of the list (74-100) is comprised of books I believe are Pulitzer worthy.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
2
Eudora Welty
Ironweed (William Kennedy)
Ironweed
3
William Kennedy
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Anne Tyler)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
4
Anne Tyler
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
5
Alice Walker
The Town
The Town
6
The Trees (Conrad Richter)
The Trees
7
Conrad Richter
The Fields (Conrad Richter)
The Fields
8
Conrad Richter
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
9
Ernest Hemingway
A Fable
A Fable
10
The Reivers (William Faulkner)
The Reivers
11
William Faulkner
The Keepers of the House (Shirley Ann Grau)
The Keepers of the House
12
Shirley Ann Grau
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
13
Wallace Stegner
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
14
Larry McMurtry
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
15
Anne Tyler
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
16
Anne Tyler
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
17
Jane Smiley
A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain
A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain
18
At Weddings and Wakes
At Weddings and Wakes
19
Black Water (Joyce Carol Oates)
Black Water
20
Joyce Carol Oates
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
21
Carol Shields
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day
22
Richard Ford
Martin Dressler (Steven Millhauser)
Martin Dressler
23
Steven Millhauser
The Manikin
The Manikin
24
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
25
Philip Roth
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
26
Richard Russo
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
27
Junot Díaz
Shakespeare's Kitchen
Shakespeare's Kitchen
28
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
29
Donna Tartt
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
30
Anthony Doerr
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
31
Colson Whitehead
Maud's Line (Margaret Verble)
Maud's Line
32
Margaret Verble
Imagine Me Gone (Adam Haslett)
Imagine Me Gone
33
Adam Haslett
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
34
Richard Powers
The Topeka School (Ben Lerner)
The Topeka School
35
Ben Lerner
The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
The Dutch House
36
Ann Patchett
His Family (Ernest Poole)
His Family
37
Ernest Poole
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
38
Booth Tarkington
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
39
Edith Wharton
Alice Adams (Booth Tarkington)
Alice Adams
40
Booth Tarkington
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