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Hey Lesle, you have listed A River Runs Through It by Norman McLean as the winner in 1977. The book has never won the award, though.

Wikipedia:

"In 1977, the Pulitzer Prize committee for Fiction (a.k.a. "fiction jury") recommended A River Runs Through It be awarded the prize for that year. The Pulitzer Prize Board, which has final say for awarding the prize, chose to override their recommendation and decided not to award for fiction that year."

They did give a special Pulitzer Prize for Alex Haley's Roots that year, but not in the Fiction category.

Anne wrote: "Hey Lesle, you have listed A River Runs Through It by Norman McLean as the winner in 1977. The book has never won the award, though.
Wikipedia: "In 1977, the Pulitzer Prize committee for Ficti..."

Several times, the Pulitzer Board has failed to agree with the Fiction Jury's pick, even lately when the Jury gives them three picks to choose from. Then no book gets an award
To me, the worst was 1941 when the Board agreed with the Jury's pick of For Whom the Bell Tolls but the President of Columbia University, who chaired the Board, thought the novel offensive and refused to go along with the decision, so the Board reversed their acceptance of the Jury's pick. Otherwise, Hemingway would have joined Faulkner, Tarkington and Updike with two wins.

You are correct. Under the list I used was the Novels recommended for the award by the Jury. Occassionally they listed the Jury recommendation as well.
Thank you for pointing it out so it can be remedied.

Brian thank you for the explanation.

Recommended but No Award Given

The fiction jury had recommended the 1941 award go to Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. Although the Pulitzer Board initially agreed with that judgment, the president of Columbia University, Nicholas Murray Butler, persuaded the board to reverse its judgment because he deemed the novel offensive, and no award was given that year.

The fiction jury had recommended the 1957 award to Elizabeth Spencer's The Voice at the Back Door, but the Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding the prize, made no award.

The three novels the Pulitzer committee put forth for consideration in 1971 to the Pulitzer board were: Losing Battles by Eudora Welty; Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow; and The Wheel of Love by Joyce Carol Oates. The board rejected all three and opted for no award.

The fiction jury had unanimously recommended the 1974 award to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, but the Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding the prize, made no award.

The fiction jury had recommended the 1977 award to Norman MacLean's A River Runs Through It, but the Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding the prize, made no award. That same year, however, Alex Haley's iconic family saga Roots was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize.

2012: No award given. Recommended:
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
The Pale King by David Foster Wallace (posthumous nominee)

Of Interest

Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 � January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America.

Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an artistic institution."He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named poet laureate of Vermont.

This is a challenge that I am already working on, so glad to see it here!

My Pulitzers: 58/93 as of 6 Jan 2021

1918 His Family by Ernest Poole April 2018
1919 The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington May 2018
1921 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Dec 2017
1922 Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington 23 Oct 2019
1923 One of Ours by Willa Cather 11 Nov 2019
1924 The Able McLaughlins by Margaret WilsonM/b> 12 Oct 2020
1925 So Big by Edna Ferber 31 Mar
1926 Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis Jan 2018
1927 Early Autumn by Bromfeld
1928 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder Dec 2018
1929 Scarlet Sister Mary by Peterkin
1930 Laughing Boy by LaFarger
1931 Years of Grace by Barnes
1932 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck April 2017
1933 The Store by Stribling
1934 Lamb in his Bosom by Miller
1935 Now in November by Johnson
1936 Honey in the Horn by Davis
1937 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 2009
1938 The Late George Apley by Marquand
1939 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 2 Nov 2019
1940 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck May 2017
1942 In this Our Life by Glasgow
1943 Dragon's Teeth by Sinclair
1944 Journey in the Dark by Flavin
1945 A Bell for Adano by John Hersey Jan 2018
1947 All the King's Men by Warren
1948 Tales of the South Pacific by Michener
1949 Guard of Honor by Cozzens
1950 The Way West by Guthrie
1951 The Town by Richter
1952 The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk July 2018
1953 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 2 May 2019
1955 A Fable by William Faulkner 6 May 2020
1956 Andersonville by Kantor
1958 A Death in the Family by James Agee 18 Apr 2020
1959 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Taylor
1960 Advise and Consent by Drury
1961 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee April 2017
1962 The Edge of Sadness by O'Connor
1963 The Reivers by Faulkner
1965 The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau 7 Jan 20
1966 The Collected Stories by Porter
1967 The Fixer by Bernard Malamud 30 Aug 2020
1968 The Confessions of Nat Turner by Styron
1969 House Made of Dawn by Momaday
1970 The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford 16 May 2020
1972 Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner 23 Jan 20
1973 The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty Jan 2018
1975 The Killer Angels by Shaara
1976 Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow Nov 2017
1978 Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson Mar 2018
1979 The Stories of by Cheever
1980 The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer Feb 2019
1981 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 10 Feb 2020
1982 Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike Dec 2017
1983 The Color Purple by Alice Walker Aug 2017
1984 Ironweed by Kennedy
1985 Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie 22 Jul 2020
1986 Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Apr 2018
1987 A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor Feb 2018
1988 Beloved 16 May 2020
1989 Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler May 2018
1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Hijuelos
1991 Rabbit at Rest by Updike
1992 A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley Jan 2017
1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler 23 Apr 2020
1994 The Shipping News by Annie Proulx Dec 2018
1995 The Stone Diaries by Shields
1996 Independence Day by Ford
1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser Feb 2018
1998 American Pastoral by Philip Roth Dec 2019
1999 The Hours by Michael Cunningham Jan 2018
2000 Interpreter of Maladies by Lahiri
2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon Apr 2018
2002 Empire Falls by Richard Russo Jan 2018
2003 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Nov 2017
2004 The Known World by Edward P. Jones Jan 2019
2005 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Apr 2019
2006 March by Geraldine Brooks
2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy 23 Oct
2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DΓ­az Jan 2018
2009 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 2016
2010 Tinkers by Paul Harding 4 Sep 2019
2011 A Visit from the Goon Squad by Egan
2013 The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson 26 Jul 2020
2014 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Apr 2017
2015 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr March 2018
2016 The Sympathizer by Nguyen
2017 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Mar 2018
2018 Less by Andrew Sean Greer Apr 2018
2019 The Overstory by Richard Powers 10 Nov 2019
2020 The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Nov 2019

That is a great list, Kelly.

Rosemarie wrote: "That is a great list, Kelly."

Thanks. I still have some to add. And I am going to keep my full list here even though many are not classics. I hope that is okay.

Impressive list Kelly!

Your reads including both Classics and Modern are fine. They are part of the Pultizer's.

Lesle wrote: "Impressive list Kelly!

Your reads including both Classics and Modern are fine. They are part of the Pultizer's."

It will probably be about 2 or 3 more years before I finish ... and that is only if I can locate copies of some of them.

Excellent idea, I can list my Pulitzer reading.

1932 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
1953 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
1961 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
1983 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2015 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

a lot of readings still to do!

Stefania I would say that is a great start!

Kelly wrote: "My Pulitzers: 42 done as of 11 Nov 2019"

My result is similar to Kelly's as I have read 43 Pulitzer winners as of the end of 2019. I thought it interesting that, not only are our totals similar, our numbers read of each decade's winners are also very similar:

By - Me/Kelly
1910s - 1 / 2
1920s - 6 / 5
1930s - 2 / 3
1940s - 2 / 2
1950s - 1 / 2
1960s - 2 / 1
1970s - 2 / 3
1980s - 6 / 5
1990s - 7 / 5
2000s - 8 / 9
2010s - 6 / 5

I was surprised I read so few from the 1960s and 1970s. Definitely need to work on the decades from 1930 to 1970. But I doubt if I read very many more of them since, when you look at the list, there are so many you just never hear about.

I have 32 books on my list of Pulitzers read, but some are non-fiction or drama, not just fiction.

Rosemarie wrote: "I have 32 books on my list of Pulitzers read, but some are non-fiction or drama, not just fiction."

Yes, but I can't say I've read that many Canadian prize winners, except The Stone Diaries. Heck, I don't even know the name of any of the prestigious Canadian awards.

This may sound heretical, but overall I am not a big fan of award winning books. I have read a number and thought, "What were they thinking?"
Here are some awards-The Giller Prize (also known as the Scotiabank Giller Prize) and the Governor-General's Award.

I read Stone Diaries and thought it was okay, but prefer her book Unless, overall, even though there are some parts that get on my nerves.
I prefer the classics of Canadian literature.

Message 12
I have updated my list with the Novels I own that I have not read. I do have over 100 books still to log at one point, probably over summer, that were Moms that I think I did not own. So I might find a few more.

I now stand at 51 of 93 read. What do you all think of the 2020 choice?

Brian wrote: "Kelly wrote: "My Pulitzers: 42 done as of 11 Nov 2019"

My result is similar to Kelly's as I have read 43 Pulitzer winners as of the end of 2019. I thought it interesting that, not only are our tot..."

Have you read any more Brian?

Kelly_Hunsaker_reads wrote: ".Have you read any more Brian?."

No, I haven't. When you asked I checked and of 23 books I've read this year, only 6 have been American and none were Pulitzer winners, although Stoner might win for its year if a recount were held now. So still at 43.
But you've been busy and now have 51 Pulitzer winners. I've been lapped!

Kelly_Hunsaker_reads wrote: "What do you all think of the 2020 choice?"

I haven't read either Whitehead winner. When my wife read The Underground Railroad in her book group some years ago, it didn't sound like something I'd like that much. i think I'll be more open to it now. I'll read one of the two, probably both if I like the first, sometime in the near future.

I see Members are updating!

I added a few more books to my list to read. Have not read any so far this year :(

How are we doing with our On Going Challenges?

I have read just a few of these this year. I don't suppose I will read the lot.

My status on Pulitzer Reads with my GR Star rating - so I can track it as I read more
(# means read)

#1918 - His Family by Ernest Poole - 4
#1919 - The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington - 4
#1921 - The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - 5
#1922 - Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington - 3
#1923 - One of Ours by Willa Cather - 4
#1924 - The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson - 3
#1925 - So Big by Edna Ferber - 4
#1926 - Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis - 4
1927 - Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady by Lewis Bromfield
#1928 - The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder - 3
1929 - Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
#1930 - Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story by Oliver La Farge - 3
1931 - Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
#1932 - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck - 3
1933 - The Store by Thomas S. Stribling
1934 - Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
#1935 - Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson - 3
1936 - Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis
1937 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
#1938 - The Late George Apley by John P. Marquand - 3
#1939 - The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - 4
#1940 - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - 4
1942 - In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow
1943 - Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair
1944 - Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin
#1945 - A Bell for Adano by John Hersey - 4
#1947 - All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren - 3
1948 - Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
1949 - Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens
1950 - The Way West by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
#1951 - The Town by Conrad Richter - 5
#1952 - The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk - 4
#1953 - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - 3
1955 - A Fable by William Faulkner
1956 - Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
#1958 - A Death in the Family by James Agee - 4
1959 - The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor
1960 - Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
#1961 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 4
1962 - The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
1963 - The Reivers by William Faulkner
#1965 - The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau - 4
1966 - The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter
1967 - The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
#1968 - The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron - 3
1969 - House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
1970 - The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by Jean Stafford
#1972 - Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner - 5
#1973 -The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty - 4
1975 - The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
1976 - Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
1978 - Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson
1979 - The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
1980 - The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
1981 -A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
#1982 - Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike - 4
#1983 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker - 3
#1984 - Ironweed by William Kennedy - 3
1985 - Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
#1986 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry - 4
#1987 - A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor - 3
#1988 - Beloved by Toni Morrison - 3
1989 - Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
1990 - The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
#1991 - Rabbit at Rest by John Updike - 4
1992 - A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
1993 - A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories by Robert Olen Butler
#1994 - The Shipping News by E. Annie Prolux - 3
#1995 - The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields - 4
#1996 - Independence Day by Richard Ford - 4
#1997 - Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser - 5
#1998 - American Pastoral by Philip Roth - 3
#1999 - The Hours by Michael Cunningham - 3
#2000 - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri - 4
#2001 -The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon - 4
#2002 - Empire Falls by Richard Russo - 4
#2003 - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - 5
2004 - The Known World by Edward P. Jones
#2005 - Gilead by Marilynne Robinson - 3
#2006 - March by Geraldine Brooks - 4
2007 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy
#2008 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz - 4
#2009 - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout - 4
2010 - Tinkers by Paul Harding
#2011 - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan - 3
#2013 - The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson - 4
#2014 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt - 3
#2015 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - 4
#2016 - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen - 3
2017 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
#2018 - Less by Andrew Sean Greer - 3
#2019 - The Overstory by Richard Powers - 4
2020 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
2021 - The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
2022 - The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

1/28/21 - 47 read (added A Death in the Family)
4/01/21 - 48 read (added His Family)
6/21/21 - 49 read (added The Sympathizer)
7/24/21 - 50 read (added Now in November)
12/28/21 -51 read (added A Bell for Adano)
6/11/22 - 52 read (added The Caine Mutiny)
6/24/22 - 53 read (added The Late George Apley)
9/23/22 - 54 read (added The Town)

That is an impressive list, Brian.

Great job reading the Pulitzers, Brian. This reminds me to update my list.

As I had just finished 1924 winner The Able McLaughlins I was reminded of this thread. This story was about Scottish-American immigrants farming in Civil War era Iowa.

Brian
I have not read as many. Awesome list of reads!
Hopefully retirement time will allow.

Updated message 12 for me!

updated. I am now at 58/93

Nice job, Kelly!

Brian wrote: "My status on Pulitzer Reads with my GR Star rating - so I can track it as I read more (# means read) ..."

Brian which ones did you update? I cannot tell.

Kelly_Hunsaker_reads wrote: "updated. I am now at 58/93"

Wonderful progress Kelly!

Lesle wrote: "Brian wrote: "My status on Pulitzer Reads with my GR Star rating - so I can track it as I read more (# means read) ..."
Brian which ones did you update? I cannot tell."

Neither can I! At least from my list. The Pulitzers I read during 2020 were:
#1924 - The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson - 3
#1930 - Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story by Oliver La Farge - 3
#1965 - The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau - 4

The Keepers of the House is the clear "keeper" of the three I read. A very good and underread book.

That's good to know, Brian. I own a copy of that book that I didn't get around to reading last year.

That sounds like one to look into Brian!
Thank you!

Added to my wish list :)

I couldn't agree more. I loved the Keepers of the House. I read 13 in 2020. Its my goal to read at least 12 this year.

Thank you Brian! Now it is in my TBR list.

Updated msg 12.

Are you keeping your list updated?

I’m starting to record my books from this list, including the date when I finish reading a book. I’m only just starting & am in awe of members who have read so many from this list!

πŸ“Œ 1918 His Family - Ernest Poole 4/12/21
1919 The Magnificent Ambersons - Booth Tarkington
πŸ“Œ 1921 The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton 5/9/21
πŸ“Œ 1922 Alice Adams - Booth Tarkington 10/31/22
πŸ“Œ 1923 One of Ours - Willa Cather 9/20/18
πŸ“Œ1924 The Able McLaughlins - Margaret Wilson
πŸ“Œ 1925 So Big - Edna Ferber
1926 Arrowsmith - Sinclair Lewis
1927 Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady - Lewis Bromfield
πŸ“Œ 1928 The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder 2/28/21
1929 Scarlet Sister Mary - Julia Peterkin
1930 Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story - Oliver La Farge
1931 Years of Grace - Margaret Ayer Barnes
πŸ“Œ 1932 The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck 2/20/21
1933 The Store - Thomas S. Stribling
1934 Lamb in His Bosom - Caroline Miller
πŸ“Œ 1935 Now in November - Josephine Winslow Johnson 4/20/21
1936 Honey in the Horn - Harold L. Davis
πŸ“Œ 1937 Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell 2/17/21
1938 The Late George Apley - John P. Marquand
1939 The Yearling - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
πŸ“Œ 1940 The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 1/7/20
1942 In This Our Life - Ellen Glasgow
1943 Dragon's Teeth - Upton Sinclair
1944 Journey in the Dark - Martin Flavin
1945 A Bell for Adano - John Hersey
1947 All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren
1948 Tales of the South Pacific - James A. Michener
1949 Guard of Honor - James Gould Cozzens
1950 The Way West - A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
1951 The Town - Conrad Richter
1952 The Caine Mutiny - Herman Wouk
πŸ“Œ 1953 The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway 12/14/18 & 11/4/20
1955 A Fable - William Faulkner
1956 Andersonville - MacKinlay Kantor
1958 A Death in the Family - James Agee
1959 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters - Robert Lewis Taylor
1960 Advise and Consent - Allen Drury
πŸ“Œ 1961 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
1962 The Edge of Sadness - Edwin O'Connor
1963 The Reivers - William Faulkner
πŸ“Œ1965 The Keepers of the House - Shirley Ann Grau
1966 The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter - Katherine Anne Porter
1967 The Fixer - Bernard Malamud
1968 The Confessions of Nat Turner - William Styron
1969 House Made of Dawn - N. Scott Momaday
1970 The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford - Jean Stafford
πŸ“Œ 1972 Angle of Repose - Wallace Stegner
1973 The Optimist's Daughter - Eudora Welty
1975 The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara
1976 Humboldt's Gift - Saul Bellow
1978 Elbow Room - James Alan McPherson
1979 The Stories of John Cheever - John Cheever
1980 The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer
1981 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
1982 Rabbit Is Rich - John Updike
πŸ“Œ 1983 The Color Purple - Alice Walker 1/25/19
1984 Ironweed - William Kennedy
1985 Foreign Affairs - Alison Lurie
1986 Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
1987 A Summons to Memphis - Peter Taylor
1988 Beloved - Toni Morrison
1989 Breathing Lessons - Anne Tyler
1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love - Oscar Hijuelos
1991 Rabbit at Rest - John Updike
1992 A Thousand Acres - Jane Smiley
1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories - Robert Olen Butler
1994 The Shipping News - E. Annie Prolux
1995 The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields
1996 Independence Day - Richard Ford
1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer - Steven Millhauser
1998 American Pastoral - Philip Roth
1999 The Hours - Michael Cunningham
2000 Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
2001The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon
2002 Empire Falls - Richard Russo
2003 Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
2004 The Known World - Edward P. Jones
2005 Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
2006 March - Geraldine Brooks
πŸ“Œ 2007 The Road - Cormac McCarthy 5/6/21
2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
2009 Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
2010 Tinkers - Paul Harding
2011 A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan
2013 The Orphan Master's Son - Adam Johnson
2014 The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
πŸ“Œ 2015 All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr 9/4/18
2016 The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen
πŸ“Œ 2017 The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead 6/2/21
2018 Less - Andrew Sean Greer
2019 The Overstory - Richard Powers
2020 The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Total so far: 19

Best wishes Trisha! I hope you find some really interesting reads :)

I have marked the ones I know for sure I have read. Given that a few years ago I thought I was reading The Good Earth for the first time only to realize that I read it as a teen, plus the fact that my parents had quite a number of them on their shelves, it is entirely possible I have read more. In fact, at least two of them are books I think I have read but can't be sure.

I am never planning to read all of these, and have marked the two I started, disliked and discarded as dnf. There are a number of them that I have no desire to read, but there are also some here I'd like to and one that my mother gave me (her copy) the last time I was home that I haven't got to yet.

1918 His Family by Ernest Poole
1919 The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
1921 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
1922 Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
1923 One of Ours by Willa Cather
1924 The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson
1925 So Big by Edna Ferber 31 Mar
1926 Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
1927 Early Autumn by Bromfeld
1928 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
1929 Scarlet Sister Mary by Peterkin
1930 Laughing Boy by LaFarger
1931 Years of Grace by Barnes
πŸ“Œ 1932 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
1933 The Store by Stribling
1934 Lamb in his Bosom by Miller
1935 Now in November by Johnson
1936 Honey in the Horn by Davis
πŸ“Œ1937 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1938 The Late George Apley by Marquand
πŸ“Œ1939 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
πŸ“Œ1940 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
1942 In this Our Life by Glasgow
1943 Dragon's Teeth by Sinclair
1944 Journey in the Dark by Flavin
1945 A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
1947 All the King's Men by Warren
1948 Tales of the South Pacific by Michener
1949 Guard of Honor by Cozzens
1950 The Way West by Guthrie
1951 The Town by Richter
1952 The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
πŸ“Œ1953 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
1955 A Fable by William Faulkner
1956 Andersonville by Kantor
1958 A Death in the Family by James Agee
1959 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Taylor
1960 Advise and Consent by Drury
πŸ“Œ1961 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
1962 The Edge of Sadness by O'Connor
1963 The Reivers by Faulkner
1965 The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
1966 The Collected Stories by Porter
πŸ“Œ1967 The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
1968 The Confessions of Nat Turner by Styron
1969 House Made of Dawn by Momaday
1970 The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
πŸ“Œ1972 Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
1973 The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty Jan 2018
1975 The Killer Angels by Shaara
1976 Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
1978 Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson Mar 2018
1979 The Stories of by Cheever
1980 The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer Feb 2019
1981 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 10 Feb 2020
1982 Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike Dec 2017
πŸ“Œ1983 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
1984 Ironweed by Kennedy
1985 Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
1986 Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
1987 A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor
1988 Beloved
1989 Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Hijuelos
1991 Rabbit at Rest by Updike
1992 A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler 23 Apr 2020
πŸ“Œ1994 The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
πŸ“Œ1995 The Stone Diaries by Shields
1996 Independence Day by Ford
1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
1998 American Pastoral by Philip Roth
1999 The Hours by Michael Cunningham
2000 Interpreter of Maladies by Lahiri
discarded dnf2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
2002 Empire Falls by Richard Russo Jan 2018
πŸ“Œ2003 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
2004 The Known World by Edward P. Jones
πŸ“Œ2005 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
2006 March by Geraldine Brooks
πŸ“Œ2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DΓ­az
2009 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
2010 Tinkers by Paul Harding
2011 A Visit from the Goon Squad by Egan
2013 The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
discarded dnf 2014 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
πŸ“Œ2015 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2016 The Sympathizer by Nguyen
2017 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
2018 Less by Andrew Sean Greer
2019 The Overstory by Richard Powers
πŸ“Œ2020 The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Karen, it was interesting to see which two you DNF: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and The Goldfinch As a comic book fan I very much enjoyed Kavalier and Clay, but I realize the subject might not be of interest to others. I thought the Goldfinch was decent but not great.
However I do remember thinking that both were Husky-sized (600+pages) books that had a section that, to me, was overlong and really dragged. With Kavalier and Clay it was the section in Antarctica: with the Goldfinch it was the Las Vegas section.

I hope to read more Pulitzers in 2021 and into the next few years. I met my goals from 2018-2020 listed in Message 23.

Edit: 2/20/23
I read only The Magnificent Ambersons out of this group! Will do a different list for 2023.

2021-2023
�The Magnificent Ambersons - Booth Tarkington (1919)
Scarlet Sister Mary - Julia Peterkin (1929)
Years of Grace - Margaret Ayer Barnes (1931)
Now in November - Josephine Winslow Johnson (1935)
In This Our Life - Ellen Glasgow 1942
A Thousand Acres - Jane Smiley (1992)
The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields 1995

Quite the interesting group, Kathy. I intend to read more old ones but wasn't sure i was going to bother with Scarlet Sister Mary due to the criticism; but the criticism also makes me a bit curious.. What did you think of it? What were your favorites of the Pulitzers you read this year.

Brian wrote: "Quite the interesting group, Kathy. I intend to read more old ones but wasn't sure i was going to bother with Scarlet Sister Mary due to the criticism; but the criticism also makes me a bit curious..."

This list is what I plan to read in the next few years. So I haven't read them yet.

In 2019-2020 I read:
�One of Ours - Willa Cather (1923)
�The Keepers of the House - Shirley Ann Grau (1965)
�The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt (2014)
�Less - Andrew Sean Greer (2018)
� The Overstory - Richard Powers (2019)

I loved One of Ours, The Keepers of the House and The Overstory.

I haven't read the criticism of Scarlet Sister Mary. It'll be interesting to read.

Kathy, I apologize that I misunderstood your post. I need to be a more aware reader.
It seems I'm fairly close to your ratings of the Pulitzer winners you actually did read last year, though slightly less enthusiastic about the really good ones. I rated the ones you gave 5 stars to as 4 star books and, like you, rated both The Goldfinch and Less at 3 stars.
I have a tendency to overuse the 3 and 4 star levels, which total about 90% of my ratings.

I'm game, so far 22/93. Most of these were read many years ago, but given my recollections of the pleasure of reading these books, I think I'm going to have to focus on more of these in the future.

1918 His Family - Ernest Poole
1919 The Magnificent Ambersons - Booth Tarkington
1921 The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
1922 Alice Adams - Booth Tarkington
1923 One of Ours - Willa Cather
1924 The Able McLaughlins - Margaret Wilson
1925 So Big - Edna Ferber
1926 Arrowsmith - Sinclair Lewis
1927 Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady - Lewis Bromfield
1928 The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder
1929 Scarlet Sister Mary - Julia Peterkin
1930 Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story - Oliver La Farge
1931 Years of Grace - Margaret Ayer Barnes
πŸ“Œ 1932 The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck
1933 The Store - Thomas S. Stribling
1934 Lamb in His Bosom - Caroline Miller
1935 Now in November - Josephine Winslow Johnson
1936 Honey in the Horn - Harold L. Davis
πŸ“Œ 1937 Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
1938 The Late George Apley - John P. Marquand
πŸ“Œ The Yearling - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
πŸ“Œ 1940 The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
1942 In This Our Life - Ellen Glasgow
1943 Dragon's Teeth - Upton Sinclair
1944 Journey in the Dark - Martin Flavin
1945 A Bell for Adano - John Hersey
1947 All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren
1948 Tales of the South Pacific - James A. Michener
1949 Guard of Honor - James Gould Cozzens
1950 The Way West - A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
1951 The Town - Conrad Richter
1952 The Caine Mutiny - Herman Wouk
πŸ“Œ 1953 The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
1955 A Fable - William Faulkner
1956 Andersonville - MacKinlay Kantor
1958 A Death in the Family - James Agee
1959 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters - Robert Lewis Taylor
1960 Advise and Consent - Allen Drury
πŸ“Œ To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
1962 The Edge of Sadness - Edwin O'Connor
1963 The Reivers - William Faulkner
1965 The Keepers of the House - Shirley Ann Grau
1966 The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter - Katherine Anne Porter
1967 The Fixer - Bernard Malamud
1968 The Confessions of Nat Turner - William Styron
1969 House Made of Dawn - N. Scott Momaday
1970 The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford - Jean Stafford
1972 Angle of Repose - Wallace Stegner
1973 The Optimist's Daughter - Eudora Welty
πŸ“Œ The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara
1976 Humboldt's Gift - Saul Bellow
1978 Elbow Room - James Alan McPherson
1979 The Stories of John Cheever - John Cheever
1980 The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer
1981 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
1982 Rabbit Is Rich - John Updike
πŸ“Œ 1983 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
1984 Ironweed - William Kennedy
1985 Foreign Affairs - Alison Lurie
πŸ“Œ Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry - 10/29/2020
1987 A Summons to Memphis - Peter Taylor
πŸ“Œ Beloved - Toni Morrison
1989 Breathing Lessons - Anne Tyler
1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love - Oscar Hijuelos
1991 Rabbit at Rest - John Updike
πŸ“Œ A Thousand Acres - Jane Smiley
1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories - Robert Olen Butler
πŸ“Œ The Shipping News - E. Annie Prolux
1995 The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields
1996 Independence Day - Richard Ford
1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer - Steven Millhauser
1998 American Pastoral - Philip Roth
πŸ“Œ The Hours - Michael Cunningham
2000 Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
2001The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon
πŸ“Œ Empire Falls - Richard Russo
πŸ“Œ Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
2004 The Known World - Edward P. Jones
2005 Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
2006 March - Geraldine Brooks
πŸ“Œ The Road - Cormac McCarthy
πŸ“Œ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
πŸ“Œ Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
2010 Tinkers - Paul Harding
πŸ“Œ A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan
2013 The Orphan Master's Son - Adam Johnson
πŸ“Œ The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
πŸ“Œ 2015 All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
2016 The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen
πŸ“Œ The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
2018 Less - Andrew Sean Greer
2019 The Overstory - Richard Powers
2020 The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Liane great books that you have read!

The Pulitzer winners I read in 2021 are:

1/28/21 - 47 read (added A Death in the Family)
4/01/21 - 48 read (added His Family)
6/21/21 - 49 read (added The Sympathizer)
7/24/21 - 50 read (added Now in November)
12/28/21 -51 read (added A Bell for Adano)

Kathy wrote: "I hope to read more Pulitzers in 2021 and into the next few years. I met my goals from 2018-2020 listed in Message 23.

2021-2023
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Well, I didn't read any Pulitzer winners in 2021! I'll try for these two in 2022:
1918[book:His Family - Ernest Poole
1919 The Magnificent Ambersons - Booth Tarkington

Edit: 2/20/23
I read only The Magnificent Ambersons in 2022.

I only accomplished one Pulitzer this year :(
So Big by Edna Ferber