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Ranker: The Best Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels

"Next on your reading list: something from this list of the best Pulitzer Prize-winning novels. These are essentially the greatest books of fiction in the history of literature. Are you looking to buy a collection of the best novels of all time? According to the most prestigious prize out there, this list contains every single book deserving of such a title. Men and women can read these Pulitzer Prize winners to bed every night. Some of them are even appropriate for young adults or even younger, such as Harper Lee's famed To Kill A Mockingbird."
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
2
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
3
Ernest Hemingway
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
4
Alice Walker
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
5
Larry McMurtry
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
6
Cormac McCarthy
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
7
Toni Morrison
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny
8
Herman Wouk
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
9
Michael Shaara
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
10
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Shipping News (E.Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
11
E.Annie Proulx
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
12
John Kennedy Toole
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
13
Michael Chabon
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
14
Anthony Doerr
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
15
Margaret Mitchell
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
16
Richard Russo
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
17
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
18
Michael Cunningham
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
19
Wallace Stegner
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
20
Edith Wharton
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
21
Donna Tartt
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
22
Philip Roth
All the Kings Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the Kings Men
23
Robert Penn Warren
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
24
Elizabeth Strout
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
25
Norman Mailer
Tales of the South Pacific (James A. Michener)
Tales of the South Pacific
26
James A. Michener
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
27
Jane Smiley
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
28
William Styron
The Reivers (William Faulkner)
The Reivers
29
William Faulkner
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
30
Junot Díaz
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
31
Jennifer Egan
The Yearling (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
The Yearling
32
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
33
Colson Whitehead
Ironweed (William Kennedy)
Ironweed
34
William Kennedy
Advise and Consent (Allen Drury)
Advise and Consent
35
Allen Drury
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
36
James Agee
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
37
John Updike
Andersonville (MacKinlay Kantor)
Andersonville
38
MacKinlay Kantor
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
39
Marilynne Robinson
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
40
Anne Tyler
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