And the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction goes to...

..No one. The last year this happened was 1977, when the judges also failed to decide on a clear winner. The nominees this year were The Pale King by David Foster Wallace, Swamplandia! by Karen Russell, and Train Dreams by Denis Johnson.

(Note: All books in this entry link to Amazon so you can browse reader reviews and decide what to check out). 

Hopefully this will encourage you to read all three nominees, but if you'd like to read up on the history of the Pulitzer, we encourage you to utilize ebrary and check out Pulitzer's Gold by Roy J. Harris or the Chronicle of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry by K. G. Saur.

Read them online or download them to your e-reader or mobile device!
If you prefer print books to e-books, SWFC campus libraries have books written by former Pulitzer winners. 


In Tampa, check out Plot Against America by Philip Roth (F ROT 2004) or Beloved by Toni Morrison (F MOR), which won the Pulitzer in 1988. At Port Charlotte's library, pick up Blessings by Anna Quindlen (PB Fiction QUINDLEN). Or, go over to Fort Myers to read stories by John Updike and other talented authors in Prize Stories 1975 (PS3553.A825 Z7 P744 1975).