Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Yes, it’s irresponsibly early to try to make a prediction about what will win the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but isn’t that what makes it fun? Expand for more information. 👇

Further Viewing 🎥
My Deep Dive Into James’ Pulitzer Win: youtu.be/mvBPjbQHelc
National Book Award Fiction Finalists: youtu.be/2rrg1n8K5VI
The 2012 Pulitzer Controversy: youtu.be/ydylVjwjCPo
My Review of Audition: youtu.be/MppyNE-AHmY

Titles Mentioned (Alphabetically by Author) 📚
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother), Rabih Alameddine: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802166470
Flashlight, Susan Choi: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374616373
The Wilderness, Angela Flournoy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063318779
Isola, Allegra Goodman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593730089
Amity, Nathan Harris: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316456241
Black Woods, Blue Sky, Eowyn Ivey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593231029
The Wayfinder, Adam Johnson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374619572
The Sisters, Jonas Hassen Khemiri: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374618896
Heart the Lover, Lily King: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802165176
Audition, Katie Kitamura: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593852323
The Names, Florence Knapp: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593833902
The Dream Hotel, Laila Lalami: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593317600
A Guardian and a Thief, Megha Majumdar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593804872
A Wooded Shore, Thomas McGuane: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385350235
Only Son, Kevin Moffett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781963270303
People Like Us, Jason Mott: bookshop.org/a/99775/9798217047116
The Girls Who Grew Big, Leila Mottley: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593801123
Wreck, Catherine Newman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063453913
The Imagined Life, Andrew Porter: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593538050
Dream State, Eric Puchner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550666
Shadow Ticket, Thomas Pynchon: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781594206108
The Antidote, Karen Russell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593802250
North Sun: Or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther, Ethan Rutherford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781646053582
Buckeye, Patrick Ryan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593595039
The Slip, Lucas Schaefer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668030707
Sacrament, Susan Straight: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781640097131
Minor Black Figures, Brandon Taylor: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593332368
Three Days in June, Anne Tyler: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593803486
The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593831878
Palaver, Bryan Washington: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374609078
The Pelican Child, Joy Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525657583

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