The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is an annual award for the best American work of fiction. Three judges are picked by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to select the winner each year. PEN/Faulkner books have started to become collectible.

Here are the books in the Classics category. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher



The Barracks Thief

1984


 

The Barracks Thief
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Wolff
First: Tobias

 

Ecco Press
Original Price: $12.50
Pages: 101

World's End

1987


 

World's End
"First published in 1987 by Viking Penguin Inc." is stated on the coyright  (more...)

Last: Boyle
First: T. Coraghessan

 

Viking
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 456

Mao II

1991


 

Mao II
"First published in 1991 by Viking Penguin Inc." is stated on the copyright  (more...)

Last: DeLillo
First: Don

 

Viking Penguin
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 241

Postcards

1992


 

Postcards
Copyright page has full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".  (more...)

Last: Proulx
First: Annie

 

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $22.95
Pages: 308

Snow Falling On Cedars

1994


 

Snow Falling On Cedars
First edition followed by A B C D E is stated on the copyright page. Boards  (more...)

Last: Guterson
First: David

 

Harcourt Brace and Company
Original Price: $21.95
Pages: 345

Independence Day

1995


 

Independence Day
The first edition has "First Edition" stated on copyright page and 1995 on  (more...)

Last: Ford
First: Richard

Pulitzer Prize

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $24.00
Pages: 451

The Bear Comes Home

1997


 

The Bear Comes Home
The copyright page has full number line "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0". The boards  (more...)

Last: Zabor
First: Rafi

 

Norton & Company
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 480

The Hours

1998


 

The Hours
"First Edition" is stated with no references to other printings. Boards are  (more...)

Last: Cunningham
First: Michael

Pulitzer Prize

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $22.00
Pages: 229

Waiting

1999


 

Waiting
First Edition is stated on the copyright page above number line "2 4 6 8 9 7  (more...)

Last: Jin
First: Ha

National Book Award

Pantheon
Original Price: $24.00
Pages: 308

Bel Canto

2001


 

Bel Canto
Copyright pages has full number line "01 02 03 04 05 RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2  (more...)

Last: Patchett
First: Ann

 

Harper Collins
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 318

The Early Stories: 1953-1975

2003


 

The Early Stories: 1953-1975
First Edition is stated on the copyright page, and 2003 is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Updike
First: John

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $35.00
Pages: 838

War Trash

2004


 

War Trash
First Edition is stated on copyright page above number line "2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3  (more...)

Last: Jin
First: Ha

 

Pantheon
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 352

The March

2005


 

The March
FIRST EDITION is stated below the number line 246897531 on the copyright  (more...)

Last: Doctorow
First: E.L.

 

Random House
Original Price: $25.95
Pages: 363

The Buddha in the Attic

2011


 

The Buddha in the Attic
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are red cloth with  (more...)

Last: Otsuka
First: Julie

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $22.00
Pages: 129


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