Pulitzerova nagrada za književno djelo
Pulitzerova nagrada za književno djelo se dodjeljuje od 1948. za istaknuta djela američkih autora, poželjno s američkom tematikom. Ova nagrada zamijenila je Pulitzerovu nagradu za roman.
- 1948: Tales of the South Pacific napisao James A. Michener
- 1949: Guard of Honor napisao James Gould Cozzens
- 1950: The Way West napisao A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
- 1951: The Town napisao Conrad Richter
- 1952: The Caine Mutiny napisao Herman Wouk
- 1953: Starac i more napisao Ernest Hemingway
- 1954: nije dodijeljena
- 1955: A Fable napisao William Faulkner
- 1956: Andersonville napisao MacKinlay Kantor
- 1957: nije dodijeljena
- 1958: A Death in the Family napisao James Agee
- 1959: The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters napisao Robert Lewis Taylor
- 1960: Advise and Consent napisao Allen Drury
- 1961: Ubiti pticu rugalicu napisala Harper Lee
- 1962: The Edge of Sadness napisaoEdwin O'Connor
- 1963: The Reivers napisao William Faulkner
- 1964: nije dodijeljena
- 1965: The Keepers of the House napisala Shirley Ann Grau
- 1966: Collected Stories napisla Katherine Anne Porter
- 1967: Popravljač napisao Bernard Malamud
- 1968: The Confessions of Nat Turner napisao William Styron
- 1969: House Made of Dawn napisao N. Scott Momaday
- 1970: Collected Stories napisla Jean Stafford
- 1971: nije dodijeljena
- 1972: Angle of Repose napisao Wallace Stegner
- 1973: The Optimist's Daughter napisala Eudora Welty
- 1974: nije dodijeljena 1
- 1975: The Killer Angels napisao Michael Shaara
- 1976: Humboldt's Gift napisao Saul Bellow
- 1977: nije dodijeljena
- 1978: Elbow Room napisao James Alan McPherson
- 1979: The Stories of John Cheever napisao John Cheever
- 1980: Krvnikova pjesma napisao Norman Mailer
- 1981: A Confederacy of Dunces napisao John Kennedy Toole
- 1982: Rabbit Is Rich napisao John Updike
- 1983: Boja purpura napisala Alice Walker
- 1984: Ironweed napisao William Kennedy
- 1985: Foreign Affairs napisla Alison Lurie
- 1986: Lonesome Dove napisao Larry McMurtry
- 1987: A Summons to Memphis napisao Peter Taylor
- 1988: Beloved napisala Toni Morrison
- 1989: Breathing Lessons napisala Anne Tyler
- 1990: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love napisao Oscar Hijuelos
- 1991: Rabbit At Rest napisao John Updike
- 1992: A Thousand Acres napisala Jane Smiley
- 1993: A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain napisao Robert Olen Butler
- 1994: The Shipping News napisala E. Annie Proulx
- 1995: The Stone Diaries napisala Carol Shields
- 1996: Independence Day napisao Richard Ford
- 1997: Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer napisao Steven Millhauser
- 1998: Američka pastorala napisao Philip Roth
- 1999: Sati napisao Michael Cunningham
- 2000: Interpreter of Maladies napisao Jhumpa Lahiri
- 2001: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay napisao Michael Chabon
- 2002: Empire Falls napisao Richard Russo
- 2003: Middlesex napisao Jeffrey Eugenides
- 2004: The Known World (ISBN 0060557540) napisao Edward P. Jones
- 2005: Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
- 2006: March - Geraldine Brooks
- 2007: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
- 2008: Kratak, čudnovat život Oscara Waoa - Junot Díaz
- 2009: Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
- 2010: Tinkers - Paul Harding
- 2011: A Visit From the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan
- 2012: nije dodijeljena
- 2013: The Orphan Master's Son - Adam Johnson
- 2014: The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
- 2015: Svjetlo koje ne vidimo - Anthony Doerr
- 2016: The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen
- 2017: The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
1 Književni žiri je jednoglasno dodijelio nagradu 1974. godine djelu Thomasa Pynchona "Gravity's Rainbow", no ostatak žirika je uložio veto, tako da nagrada nije dodijeljena.