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Faulkner Award for Fiction
44 years tracked (1981–2026), 65 entries total.
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2026
Small Scale Sinners
Mahreen Sohail
Winner
Dominion
Addie E. Citchens
Nominee
The Sisters
Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Nominee
The White Hot
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Nominee
2025
Small Rain
Garth Greenwell
Winner
Colored Television
Danzy Senna
Nominee
Ghostroots
Pemi Aguda
Nominee
James
Percival Everett
Nominee
2024
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
Claire Jiménez
Winner
Absolution
Alice McDermott
Nominee
Open Throat
Henry Hoke
Nominee
Witness
Jamel Brinkley
Nominee
2023
The Book of Goose
Yiyun Li
Winner
If I Survive You
Jonathan Escoffery
Nominee
Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Laura Warrell
Nominee
The Islands
Dionne Irving
Nominee
2022
The Wrong End of the Telescope
Rabih Alameddine
Winner
Dear Miss Metropolitan
Carolyn Ferrell
Nominee
How Beautiful We Were
Imbolo Mbue
Nominee
Radiant Fugitives
Nawaaz Ahmed
Nominee
2021
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
Deesha Philyaw
Winner
Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear
Matthew Salesses
Nominee
Mother Daughter Widow Wife
Robin Wasserman
Nominee
The Knockout Queen
Rufi Thorpe
Nominee
2020
Sea Monsters
Chloe Aridjis
Winner
The Night Swimmers
Peter Rock
Nominee
We Cast a Shadow
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Nominee
Where Reasons End
Yiyun Li
Nominee
2019
Call Me Zebra
Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi
Winner
2018
Improvement
Joan Silber
Winner
2017
Behold the Dreamers
Imbolo Mbue
Winner
2016
Delicious Foods
James Hannaham
Winner
2015
Preparation For The Next Life
Atticus Lish
Winner
2014
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler
Winner
2013
Everything Begins & Ends At The Kentucky Club
Benjamine Alire Saenz
Winner
2012
The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka
Winner
2011
The Collected Stories Of Deborah Eisenberg
Deborah Eisenberg
Winner
2010
War Dances
Sherman Alexie
Winner
2009
Netherland
Joseph O'Neill
Winner
2008
The Great Man
Kate Christensen
Winner
2007
Everyman
Philip Roth
Winner
2006
The March
E. L. Doctorow
Winner
2005
War Trash
Ha Jin
Winner
2003
The Caprices
Sabina Murray
Winner
2002
Bel Canto
Ann Patchett
Winner
2001
The Human Stain
Philip Roth
Winner
2000
Waiting
Ha Jin
Winner
1999
The Hours
Michael Cunningham
Winner
1998
The Bear Comes Home
Rafi Zabor
Winner
1997
Women In Their Beds
Gina Berriault
Winner
1996
Independence Day
Richard Ford
Winner
1995
Snow Falling on Cedars
David Guterson
Winner
1994
Operation Shylock
Philip Roth
Winner
1993
Postcards
Annie Proulx
Winner
1992
Mao II
Don DeLillo
Winner
1991
Philadelphia Fire
John Edgar Wideman
Winner
1990
Billy Bathgate
E. L. Doctorow
Winner
1989
Dusk
James Salter
Winner
1988
World's End
T. Coraghessan Boyle
Winner
1987
Soldiers In Hiding
Richard Wiley
Winner
1986
The Old Forest And Other Stories
Peter Taylor
Winner
1985
The Barracks Thief
Tobias Wolff
Winner
1984
Sent for You Yesterday
John Edgar Wideman
Winner
1982
Seaview
David Bradley
Winner
1981
How German Is It?
Walter Abish
Winner
