#Pulitzer

Fiction & Literature History

Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver

The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt

The Sixth Extinction

by Elizabeth Kolbert

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

Fiction & Literature History

Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, and Werner, a German orphan boy, navigate the horrors of World War II in occupied France. Their paths eventually cross in the besieged city of Saint-Malo, where their fates become intertwined. A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the power of human connection amid devastation.

Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is a modern retelling of David Copperfield. Born to a teenage single mother in a single-wide trailer, Demon navigates foster care, poverty, and the opioid crisis with fierce wit and resilience. A Pulitzer Prize winner that illuminates forgotten America.

The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee crafts a sweeping "biography" of cancer, tracing the disease from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago to the cutting-edge research of today. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, it's a masterful blend of science, history, and human stories.

The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt

Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives a terrorist bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the aftermath, he clings to a small, priceless painting — Carel Fabritius's "The Goldfinch." As he grows up, the painting becomes both his burden and his salvation, pulling him into the criminal underworld of art.

The Sixth Extinction

by Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the current mass extinction event caused by human activity, traveling to rainforests, coral reefs, and research stations around the world. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, it's a gripping and sobering look at the species we're losing and why.