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

Year

Title

Author

Publisher



Babbitt

1922


 

Babbitt
Copyright page states "Copyright, 1922, by Harcourt, Brace, and Company,  (more...)

Last: Lewis
First: Sinclair

 

Harcourt, Brace and Company
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 401

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1940


 

For Whom the Bell Tolls
The first edition has an "A" on the copyright page. However, there is some  (more...)

Last: Hemingway
First: Ernest

 

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $2.75
Pages: 471

The Naked and the Dead

1948


 

The Naked and the Dead
Copyright page has the Rinehart logo (a circle with a script R in the  (more...)

Last: Mailer
First: Norman

 

Rinehart and Company
Original Price: $4.00
Pages: 721

Ship of Fools

1962


 

Ship of Fools
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are yellow cloth. (more...)

Last: Porter
First: Katherine Anne

 

Little Brown
Original Price: $6.50
Pages: 497

Them

1969


 

Them
First Edition or First Printing is NOT stated on the copyright page, but  (more...)

Last: Oates
First: Joyce Carol

National Book Award

Vanguard Press
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 508

Mr. Sammler's Planet

1970


 

Mr. Sammler's Planet
First published in 1970 by The Viking Press, Inc. is stated on the copyright  (more...)

Last: Bellow
First: Saul

National Book Award

Viking
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 313

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1971


 

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the bottom of the copyright page. Boards are  (more...)

Last: Gaines
First: Ernest J.

 

Dial Press
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 245

Gravity's Rainbow

1973


 

Gravity's Rainbow
Copyright page states "First published in 1973 in a hardbound and paperbound  (more...)

Last: Pynchon
First: Thomas

National Book Award

Viking
Original Price: $15.00
Pages: 760

Housekeeping

1980


 

Housekeeping
First edition, 1980 is stated on the copyright page with no reference to  (more...)

Last: Robinson
First: Marilynne

 

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $10.95
Pages: 219

A Flag for Sunrise

1981


 

A Flag for Sunrise
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Stone
First: Robert

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 439

The Accidental Tourist

1985


 

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

Last: Tyler
First: Anne

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 355

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

At Weddings and Wakes

1992


 

At Weddings and Wakes
First edition, 1992 is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: McDermott
First: Alice

 

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $19.00
Pages: 213

Sabbath's Theatre

1995


 

Sabbath's Theatre
Copyright page has number line "MP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Dust jacket has  (more...)

Last: Roth
First: Philip

National Book Award

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 451

Underworld

1997


 

Underworld
There was a special signed "not for sale" hardcover copy that was signed by  (more...)

Last: DeLillo
First: Don

 

Scribners
Original Price: $27.50
Pages: 827

The Poisonwood Bible

1998


 

The Poisonwood Bible
FIRST EDITION is stated in the middle of the copyright page. Full number  (more...)

Last: Kingsolver
First: Barbara

 

Harper Flamingo
Original Price: $26.00
Pages: 546

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

Close Range Wyoming Stories

1999


 

Close Range Wyoming Stories
There was a numbered first edition, limited to 150 copies, and signed by the  (more...)

Last: Proulx
First: Annie

 

Scribner
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 283

The Corrections

2001


 

The Corrections
First Edition, 2001 is stated on the copyright page. Erratum slip to reverse  (more...)

Last: Franzen
First: Jonathan

National Book Award

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $26.00
Pages: 568

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 Echo Maker

2006


 

The Echo Maker
First edition, 2006 is stated in the middle of the copyright page. Full  (more...)

Last: Powers
First: Richard

National Book Award

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 451

Tree of Smoke

2007


 

Tree of Smoke
"First edition, 2007" is stated at the top of the copyright page, and full  (more...)

Last: Johnson
First: Denis

National Book Award

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $27.00
Pages: 614

The Plague of Doves

2008


 

The Plague of Doves
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with number line "08 09 10 11 12"  (more...)

Last: Erdrich
First: Louise

 

Harper Collins
Original Price: $25.95
Pages: 314


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