Booklist Queen's 2022 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

Pulitzer Prize Winner
The Pulitzer Prize was created to award distinction in the arts. Although awarded in over twenty categories, for this prompt, I would suggest focusing on the six categories about letters & drama: fiction, drama, history, biography, poetry and nonfiction. 
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

16 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

323 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Beyond the Horizon: A Play in Three Acts by Eugene O'Neill

Beyond the Horizon: A Play in Three Acts

Eugene O'Neill

176 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

William Finnegan

447 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman

Louise Erdrich

451 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty

The Optimist's Daughter

Eudora Welty

180 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert, Erin I. Kelly

Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South

Winfred Rembert, Erin I. Kelly

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art autobiography history memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

The Netanyahus

Joshua Cohen

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary funny informative reflective medium-paced
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

All the King's Men

Robert Penn Warren

661 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced