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1918

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His Family by Ernest Poole

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1919

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The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington

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1921

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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
* wrote realistic novels during Naturalistic and Symbolistic Period in American Lit
* well known author of novels of manners, satire, and short novel form

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1922

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Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington

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1923

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One of Ours by Willa Cather
* wrote realistic novels during Naturalistic and Symbolistic Period
* 20th century American regionalism
* short novel form

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1924

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The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson

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1925

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So Big by Edna Ferber
* Jewish-American

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1926

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Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
* declined award

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1927

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Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield
* among the expatriates living in Paris after WWI

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1928

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
* was published by little magazines

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1929

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Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin

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1930

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Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge

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1931

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Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes

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1932

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The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
* may be considered a Novel of the Soil

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1933

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The Store by T.S. Stribling

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1934

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Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller

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1935

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Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson

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1936

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Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis

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1937

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Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

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1938

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The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand
* realistic writer
* frequent use of flashback and Horation satire
* novels of manners
* title character is a Brahmin
* epistolary novel

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1939

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The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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1940

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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

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1942

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In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow

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1943

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Dragon’s Teeth by Upton Sinclair
* The Jungle is a muckraking novel and is considered the best example of a sociological novel

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1944
Journey in the Dark by **Martin Flavin**
26
1945
A Bell for Adano by **John Hersey** * known for essays
27
1947
All the King's Men by **Robert Penn Warren** * Major figure among Agrarians * one of the Vanderbilt contributors to The Fugitive * one of the editors of The Southern Review * one of the critics under New Criticism * most active during the Period of Modernism and Consolidation in American Lit * a Poet Laureate of the United States * wrote essay "Pure and Impure Poetry" * 20th century American regionalism * World Enough and Time is an example of the diversity among romance works
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1948
Tales of the South Pacific by **James A. Michener** * commericially successful author of popular lit * his work is often dismissed by serious critics
29
1949
Guard of Honor by **James Gould Cozzens**
30
1950
The Way West by **A.B. Guthrie, Jr.**
31
1951
The Town by **Conrad Richter**
32
1952
The Caine Mutiny by **Herman Wouk** * Jewish-American
33
1953
The Old Man and the Sea by **Ernest Hemingway** * novelist during Naturalistic and Symbolistic Period in American Lit * among the expatriates who went to Paris after WWI * published by little magazines * one of the writers to develop the short story into a dominant form in the 20th century * "Papa Hemingway" was his public persona * used naive narrator in most early work
34
1955
A Fable by **William Faulkner** * influenced by the Bible
35
1956
Andersonville by **Mackinlay Kantor** * Jewish father
36
1958
A Death in the Family by **James Agee**
37
1959
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by **Roberth Lewis Taylor**
38
1960
Advise and Consent by **Allen Drury** * writer of political novels
39
1961
To Kill a Mockingbird by **Harper Lee**
40
1962
The Edge of Sadness by **Edwin O'Connor**
41
1963
The Reivers by **William Faulkner**
42
1965
The Keepers of the House by **Shirley Ann Grau**
43
1966
Collected Short Stories by **Katherine Anne Porter**
44
1967
The Fixer by **Bernard Malamud** * Jewish-American * novelist of Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit * A New Life is a campus novel
45
1968
The Confessions of Nat Turner by **William Styron** * novelist of Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit * The Long March is a novelette
46
1969
House Made of Dawn by **N. Scott Momaday** * Native-American
47
1970
Collected Stories by **Jean Stafford**
48
1972
Angle of Repose by **Wallace Stegner**
49
1973
The Optimist's Daughter by **Eudora Welty** * sometimes uses grotesque comically
50
1975
The Killer Angels by **Michael Shaara**
51
1976
Humboldt's Gift by **Saul Bellow** * Jewish-American * novelist of Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit * Seize the Day is carpe diem themed
52
1978
Elbow Room by **James Alan McPherson** * African-American
53
1979
The Stories by **John Cheever**
54
1980
The Executioner's Song by **Norman Mailer** * Jewish-American * Period of Modernism and Consolidation in American Lit * Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit * carried documentary novel after WWII * essays, historical novels, new journalism, and nonfiction novel * An American Dream was a serial publication * The Naked and the Dead choruses are montages
55
1981
A Confederacy of Dunces by **John Kennedy Toole**
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1982
Rabbit is Rich by **John Updike** * light verse * Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit * Rabbit novels are a tetralogy
57
1983
The Color Purple by **Alice Walker** * African-American * this novel is an epistolary * essayist
58
1984
Ironweed by **William Kennedy** * historical novels
59
1985
Foreign Affairs by **Alison Lurie** * Jewish father
60
1986
Lonesome Dove by **Larry McMurtry** * modern frontier literature * 21st century Western fiction
61
1987
A Summons to Memphis by **Peter Taylor**
62
1988
Beloved by **Toni Morrison** * African-American * antirealistic novel
63
1989
Breathing Lessons by **Anne Tyler**
64
1990
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by **Oscar Hijuelos** * Hispanic-American
65
1991
Rabbit at Rest by **John Updike**
66
1992
A Thousand Acres by **Jane Smiley**
67
1993
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by **Robert Olen Butler**
68
1994
The Shipping News by **E. Annie Proulx**
69
1995
Stone Diaries by **Carol Shields**
70
1996
Independence Day by **Richard Ford**
71
1997
Martin Dressler by **Steven Millhauser** * Jewish-American
72
1998
American Pastoral by **Philip Roth** * Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit * Ending of Portnoy's Complaint is a punchline * Zuckerman tetralogy
73
1999
The Hours by **Micheal Cunningham**
74
2000
Interpreter of Maladies by **Jhumpa Lahiri** * Asian-American
75
2001
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by **Michael Chabon** * Jewish-American
76
2002
Empire Falls by **Richard Russo**
77
2003
Middlesex by **Jeffrey Eugenides**
78
2004
The Known World by **Edward P. Jones** * African-American
79
2005
Gilead by **Marilynne Robinson**
80
2006
March by **Geraldine Brooks** * Jewish convert
81
2007
The Road by **Cormac McCarthy**
82
2008
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by **Junot Diaz**
83
2009
Oliver Kitteridge by **Elizabeth Strout**
84
2010
Tinkers by **Paul Harding**
85
2011
A Visit from the Goon Squad by **Jennifer Egan**
86
2013
The Orphan Master's Son by **Adam Johnson**
87
2014
The Goldfinch by **Donna Tartt**
88
2015
All the Light We Cannot See by **Anthony Doerr**
89
2015
All the Light We Cannot See by **Anthony Doerr**
90
2016
The Sympathizer by **Viet Thanh Nguyen**
91
2017
The Underground Railroad by **Colson Whitehead**
92
2018
Less by **Andrew Sean Greer**

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