Pulitzer Prize Predictions for Fiction 2021

Guessing what will win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction isn't easy. There are no finalists, no guidelines, and what rules exist are usually open to interpretation. Maybe that's why it's so fun to try to predict what will happen. Or maybe I'm just crazy. Either way--here are my guesses for what novel or short story collections might be crowned this year's Pulitzer Prize winner.

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NOTE: As if in a perfect April Fool's Day joke, the day I published this video the Pulitzer Board announced that they are delaying the announcement of the winners for this year until June 11 in order to allow for the Board to meet and discuss nominees in person. The predictions still stand.

ALA Notable titles: http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2...
Pulitzer Prediction site: http://www.pprize.com/Discussions.php...
Last year’s prediction video:    • Pulitzer Prize 2020 Predictions  
Last year’s winner reaction video:    • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2020 React...  

Titles mentioned:
Deacon King Kong, by James McBride
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi
Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart
Homeland Elegies, by Ayad Akhtar
Leave the World Behind, by Rumaan Alam
The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans
A Children’s Bible, by Lydia Millet
The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich
Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars, by Joyce Carol Oates
Interior Chinatown, by Charles Yu
If I Had Two Wings, by Randall Kenan
Redhead by the Side of the Road, by Anne Tyler
Memorial, by Bryan Washington
Run Me to Earth, by Paul Yoon
Luster, by Raven Leilani
Real Life, by Brandon Taylor
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw
American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins

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