Beach Books For 2017: Put A Pulitzer In Your Beach Bag

SEAL BEACH, CA — Why just grab any book for your beach bag this spring break? If you are looking for a read that has international critical acclaim, look no further than these top four Random House Pulitzer Prize Winners.

In categories that range from biography to history, fiction to non-fiction, not only will you look amazing lounging on the sand this spring break, you'll look intelligent, too.

Happy reading, from Patch.

Fiction

Pulitzer citation: “For a smart melding of realism and allegory that combines the violence of slavery and the drama of escape in a myth that speaks to contemporary America.” Buy it on Amazon

Biography

Pulitzer citation: “For a first-person elegy for home and father that examines with controlled emotion the past and present of an embattled region.” Buy it on Amazon

History

Pulitzer citation: “For a narrative history that sets high standards for scholarly judgment and tenacity of inquiry in seeking the truth about the 1971 Attica prison riots.” Buy it on Amazon

Nonfiction

Pulitzer citation: “For a deeply researched exposé that showed how mass evictions after the 2008 economic crash were less a consequence than a cause of poverty.” Buy it on Amazon

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