Percival Everett’s James wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Percival Everett has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel, James.
Percival Everett has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel, James.
The finalists in fiction were Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel, Mice 1961 by Stacey Levine and The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones.
Picador Publisher Mary Mount said: 'James is one of the most thrilling, and vital, novels of this century and it is terrific to see it honoured by the Pulitzer. We are all so very proud to be Percival's UK publisher'
Through his US publisher Doubleday, Everett said, ‘I am shocked and pleased, but mostly shocked. This is a wonderful honor. I am especially flattered to have been considered along with the other finalists.’
Published in April 2024 in hardback (Mantle) and February in paperback (Picador) to wide critical acclaim, the Sunday Times bestseller was a 'Book of the Year' in The Observer, The Times & Sunday Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Spectator, New Statesman, Independent, TLS, The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, i newspaper, The Economist, The Irish Times, The New York Times, TIME and The New Yorker
It was a finalist for the 2024 Booker Prize and the 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction, and also won the 2024 National Book Award for fiction.
