Books by Richard Powers

Richard Powers is an American novelist. His book Overstory won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; The Echo Maker was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Interviews where books by Richard Powers were recommended

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novels

Every year, the Pulitzer Prize jury awards $15,000 to a work of “distinguished fiction published during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life.” We’ve compiled a guide to the books that have won this prize since the turn of the millennium.

The Best Fiction of 2021: The Booker Prize Shortlist, recommended by Maya Jasanoff

This year the Booker Prize finalists include new work from previous shortlistees Richard Powers and Damon Galgut, a sweeping historical novel by Maggie Shipstead, and a fragmentary account of a life lived ‘extremely online.’ Maya Jasanoff, Harvard historian and chair of the 2021 judging panel, talks us through the best fiction of the past year. See the Booker Prize shortlist 2024.

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