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

Birdy

1979


 

Birdy
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Boards are blue with gilt  (more...)

Last: Wharton
First: William

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 310

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. Boards are white with  (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

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders

2009


 

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Copyright page has full number line "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0" on the bottom, and  (more...)

Last: Mueenuddin
First: Daniyal

 

Norton & Company
Original Price: $23.95
Pages: 247

The Pale King

2011


 

The Pale King
First Edition: April 2011 is stated on the copyright page near the top with  (more...)

Last: Wallace
First: David Foster

 

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $27.99
Pages: 548

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

2012


 

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
First Edition is stated at the bottom of the copyright page. Boards are gray  (more...)

Last: Englander
First: Nathan

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 207


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