Jax Stacks Reading Challenge 2024 - hosted by jaxlibrary

A Pulitzer Prize-winning book
With categories including fiction, drama, history, biography, memoir, poetry, and nonfiction, you’re sure to find a book you’ll love somewhere in the 107 years' worth of prizes that have been awarded. 
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Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

12 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman

Louise Erdrich

464 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Goon Squad #1

Jennifer Egan

273 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Toluse Olorunnipa, Robert Samuels

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

Toluse Olorunnipa, Robert Samuels

428 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

548 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

306 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
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