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Richard Powers
Richard Powers
Awards
Longlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2015
Longlisted — Booker Prize, 2014
Winner — Northern California Book Award, 2015
Winner — Pulitzer Prize, 2019
Shortlisted — Chautauqua Prize, 2019
Winner — William Dean Howells Medal, 2020
Runner-Up — Dayton Literary Peace Prize, 2019
Shortlisted — PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 2019
Shortlisted — ABA Indies Choice Book Award, 2019
Longlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2019
Commended — New York Times Notable Selection, 2018
Shortlisted — PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, 2019
Shortlisted — Booker Prize, 2018
Shortlisted — Booker Prize, 2021
Longlisted — National Book Award, 2021
Longlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2022
Longlisted — Aspen Words Literary Prize, 2022
Books by Richard Powers
Orfeo: A Novel
Hardback, 2014
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory, an emotionally charged novel inspired by the myth of Orpheus.
Orfeo: A Novel
Paperback, 2014
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory, an emotionally charged novel inspired by the myth of Orpheus.
"Bravo, Richard Powers, for hitting so many high notes with Orfeo and...
The Overstory: A Novel
Hardback, 2018
The Overstory: A Novel
Paperback, 2019
Bewilderment: A Novel
Hardback, 2021
Orfeo: A Novel
E Book, 2014
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory, an emotionally charged novel inspired by the myth of Orpheus.
"Bravo, Richard Powers, for hitting so many high notes with Orfeo and...
The Overstory: A Novel
E Book, 2018
Bewilderment: A Novel
E Book, 2021
Bewilderment: A Novel
Paperback, 2022
Playground: A Novel
Hardback, 2024
A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory and Bewilderment.