Ranking the Fiction Pultizer Prize Winners of the Century So Far.

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🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Jeff and Rebecca look at the Pulitzer-prize winning books of the century so far and rank them. Some surprises at the top. Discussed in this episode: Klara and the Sun release date Latest Pew research on Americans’ reading habits Spotify launches option to purchase physical books Tayari Jones, Freida McFadden, and Yiyun Li named to TIME 100 Character.ai Use code THEBOOKS for 20% off at Cozy Earth. Go to quince.com/bookriot for free shipping and 365-day returns. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.4	This is the Bookeride podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neill. And I'm Rebecca Shinsky. Today on the show,
1:09.1	we are ranking the top Pulitzer Prize winning novels.
1:13.4	Well, fiction.
1:14.0	It doesn't have to be novels.
1:14.8	It could be short stories of the century so far.
1:18.9	Rebecca, I ranked 23.
1:26.1	Because I did not give you specific homework.
1:29.1	No, you didn't.
1:30.2	I ranked the top ten.
1:32.2	Yeah, I power ranked the top ten.
1:34.7	And I did not rank, though, a couple because I had not read them.
1:38.7	I ranked everything I had read going back to 2000.
1:40.9	That's what I did.
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