# No Pulitzer for Fiction this year

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pulitzer-for-fiction-this-year/618994>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 16, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pulitzer-for-fiction-this-year/618994 "2012-04-16T20:21:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pulitzer-for-fiction-this-year/618994/1 "2012-04-16T20:21:03Z")

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Don’t know if the committee gave a reason. If they do, please link. Bookstores will be bummed they won’t have a winner to sell. Was there any good American fiction book that you guys read from last year that you would have given the prize to? Surely some piece of American fiction was prize-worthy.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pulitzer-for-fiction-this-year/618994/2 "2012-04-16T20:40:11Z")

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Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson? Only American book that rose to my attention this year.

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pulitzer-for-fiction-this-year/618994/3 "2012-04-16T20:50:27Z")

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And my NaNoWriMo submission is shut out once again.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pulitzer-for-fiction-this-year/618994/4 "2012-04-17T13:47:28Z")

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The committee is simply echoing the immortal words of Will Smith from _Hancock_:

“All y’all suck.”

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pulitzer-for-fiction-this-year/618994/5 "2012-04-21T23:59:19Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson? Only American book that rose to my attention this year.

I’m downloading the audiobook as we speak. Loved the Mistborn books.

I accidentally discovered Mistborn via an audiobook as one of my freebies for an [Audible.com](http://Audible.com) trial. I love to read, and would have rather read this universe than listen to it, ideally. So I’m a little disappointed that I’ve ruined a great reading experience by losing it to audiobooks, but I do like to listen to them while doing the dishes or driving.