Prizes & lists
Books chosen by The Pulitzer Prizes
American prizes for books, drama, music and journalism
Awarded each year by the Pulitzer Prize Board at Columbia University; the book categories include fiction, history, biography and memoir.
These are prize and best-of-list selections made by a jury or editors, not one person's recommendation. Only the years and titles we have checked against a source are listed. How we handle prizes and lists.
Recommendations
Books chosen by The Pulitzer Prizes
7 books from 2 sources. Each one links to a report of the announcement.
Winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes Are Revealed
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Night Watch
Prize or best-of listWinner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as reported by Kirkus Reviews.
Winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes Are Revealed News reportkirkusreviews.com
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King
Prize or best-of listOne of two winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, as reported by Kirkus Reviews.
Listed in the source as “King: A Life”.
Winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes Are Revealed News reportkirkusreviews.com
Winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Revealed
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James
Prize or best-of listWinner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as reported by Kirkus Reviews.
Winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Revealed News reportkirkusreviews.com
+3 other recommenders: Barack Obama, Ryan Holiday, The Booker Prize
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Native Nations
Prize or best-of listOne of two winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for History, as reported by Kirkus Reviews.
Winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Revealed News reportkirkusreviews.com
+1 other recommender: Tyler Cowen
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Combee
Prize or best-of listOne of two winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for History, as reported by Kirkus Reviews.
Winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Revealed News reportkirkusreviews.com
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Feeding Ghosts
Prize or best-of listWinner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography, as reported by Kirkus Reviews.
Winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Revealed News reportkirkusreviews.com
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Every Living Thing
Prize or best-of listWinner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, as reported by Kirkus Reviews.
Winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Revealed News reportkirkusreviews.com
Cross-recommendations
Picks others agree on
2 books The Pulitzer Prizes recommends that at least one other person in the directory also recommends, each from their own source.
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4recommendersJames 4 recommendersBarack Obama, Ryan Holiday, The Booker Prize, The Pulitzer Prizes
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2recommendersNative Nations 2 recommendersTyler Cowen, The Pulitzer Prizes
Cross-recommendations
Who agrees with The Pulitzer Prizes
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