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Pick Some Dank Memes And I'll Recommend A Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Novel

Just like our hero Jack Burden, you can appreciate some political intrigue. Based on the life of Depression-era governor Huey Long, Warren's novel about cutthroat Louisiana politics is perfect if you're still feeling the loss of Game of Thrones.

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

You're an advocate who isn't afraid to speak up for what's right. Walker's 1983 winner is by no means an easy read, but it's a powerful one. Follow Celie's story as she navigates life as a queer black woman in the Jim Crow south.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

You're an artist who values attention to detail and craft. Whitehead imagines a world in which the Underground Railroad is a real railway, complete with subterranean tracks and stations. When Cora decides to leave the Georgia plantation where she is enslaved, her perilous journey towards freedom takes her through the depths of the Earth.

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

In your friend group, you're the weird one. Though not technically a prize-winner (no winner was chosen that year), _Swamplandia_ is a must-read for readers who have a taste for the absurd. The novel tells the story of the Bigtree family, once-great in the world of alligator wrestling. When her older sister Osceola Bigtree disappears, Ava must leave her family's decaying amusement park and venture into the witchy world of Florida's Ten Thousand Islands.

Swamplandia! by Karen Russell

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Pick Some Dank Memes And I'll Recommend A Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Novel

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