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Pulitzer Prize Winners of Past Decades

This list contains the Pulitzer prize winning novels of the last 5 decades, from 1970 until 2020.
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The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
1
Colson Whitehead
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
2
Richard Powers
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
3
Andrew Sean Greer
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
4
Colson Whitehead
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
5
Viet Thanh Nguyen
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
6
Anthony Doerr
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
7
Donna Tartt
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
8
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
9
Jennifer Egan
Tinkers (Paul Harding)
Tinkers
10
Paul Harding
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
11
Elizabeth Strout
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
12
Junot Díaz
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
13
Cormac McCarthy
March (Geraldine Brooks)
March
14
Geraldine Brooks
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
15
Marilynne Robinson
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
16
Edward P. Jones
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
17
Jeffrey Eugenides
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
18
Richard Russo
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
19
Michael Chabon
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
20
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
21
Michael Cunningham
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
22
Philip Roth
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
23
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day
24
Richard Ford
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
25
Carol Shields
The Shipping News (E.Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
26
E.Annie Proulx
A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain (Robert Olen Butler)
A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain
27
Robert Olen Butler
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
28
Jane Smiley
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
29
John Updike
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
30
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
31
Anne Tyler
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
32
Toni Morrison
A Summons to Memphis
A Summons to Memphis
33
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
34
Larry McMurtry
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
35
Ironweed (William Kennedy)
Ironweed
36
William Kennedy
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
37
Alice Walker
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
38
John Updike
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
39
John Kennedy Toole
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
40
Norman Mailer
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