{"id":1851,"date":"2023-06-26T16:03:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T16:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2024-01-08T09:13:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T09:13:35","slug":"nobel-prize-winning-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/nobel-prize-winning-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize Winning Books [Every Winner Through The Years]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Nobel Prize for Literature is a prestigious award that is given to those who have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind in the field of literature in the prestigious year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nobel-Prize-Winning-Books-Every-Winner-Through-The-Years.jpg\" alt=\"Nobel Prize Winning Books [Every Winner Through The Years]\" class=\"wp-image-1852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nobel-Prize-Winning-Books-Every-Winner-Through-The-Years.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nobel-Prize-Winning-Books-Every-Winner-Through-The-Years-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nobel-Prize-Winning-Books-Every-Winner-Through-The-Years-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nobel-Prize-Winning-Books-Every-Winner-Through-The-Years-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1901, the Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to writers around the world, including songwriters, poets, and dramatists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we\u2019ll be taking a closer look at the books which have won the Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners Of The Nobel Prize For Literature<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll be taking a look at the winners by decade and identifying some notable books from each era. You might also be interested in a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/books-by-genre\/\">books by genres<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/books-of-the-decade-2000-2009\/\">best books of the decade 2000-2009<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 1900s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1901- Sully Prudhomme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1902 -Theodor Mommsen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1903 &#8211; Bjornstjerne Martinius Bjornson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1904 &#8211; Jose Exhgaray y Eizaguirre&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1904 &#8211; Frederic Mistral&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1905 &#8211; Henryk Sienkiewicz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1906 &#8211; Giosue Carducci<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1907 &#8211; Rudyard Kipling&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1908 &#8211; Rudolf Christoph Eucken<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1909 &#8211; Selma Lagerl\u00f6f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 1910s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1910 &#8211;&nbsp; Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1911 &#8211; Maurice Maeterlinck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1912 &#8211; Gerhart Hauptmann&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1913 &#8211; Rabindranath Tagore&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1915 &#8211; Romain Rolland&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1916 &#8211; Verner von Heidenstam&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1917 &#8211; Karl Gjellerup&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1917 &#8211; Henrik Pontoppidan&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1918 &#8211; Erik Axel Karlfeldt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1919 &#8211; Carl Spitteler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 1920s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1920 &#8211; Knut Hamsun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1921 &#8211; Anatole France<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1922 &#8211; Jacinto Benavente y Martinez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1923 &#8211; William Butler Yeats&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1924 &#8211; W\u0142adys\u0142aw Stanis\u0142aw Reymont<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1925 &#8211; George Bernard Shaw&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1926 &#8211; Grazia Deledda&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1927 &#8211; Henri Bergson&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1928 &#8211; Sigrid Undset&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1929 &#8211; Thomas Mann (If you like his works, definitely check out <a href=\"https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/the-magic-mountain-book-review\/\">The Magic Mountain<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 1930s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1930 &#8211; Sinclair Lewis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1931 &#8211; Erik Axel Karlfeldt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1932 &#8211; John Galsworthy&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1933 &#8211; Ivan Alexseyevich Bunin&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1934 &#8211; Luigi Pirandello&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1936 &#8211; Eugene O\u2019Neill&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1937 &#8211; Roger Martin du Gard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1938 &#8211; Pearl Buck&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1939 &#8211; Frans Eemil Sillanpaa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 1940s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1944 &#8211; Johannes V. Jensen&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1945 &#8211; Gabriela Mistral<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1946 &#8211; Hermann Hesse&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1947 &#8211; Andre Gide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1948 &#8211; T.S. Eliot&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1949 &#8211; William Faulkner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 1950s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1950 &#8211; Bertrand Russell&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1951 &#8211; Par Lagerkvist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1952 &#8211; Francois Mauriac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1953 &#8211; Sir Winston Churchill&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1954 &#8211; Ernest Hemingway&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1955 &#8211; Halldor Laxness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1956 &#8211; Juan Ramon Jimenez&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1957 &#8211; Albert Camus&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1958 &#8211; Boris Leonidovich Pasternak&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1959 &#8211; Salvatore Quasimodo&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 1960s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1960 &#8211; Saint-John Perse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1961 &#8211; Ivo Andric<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1962 &#8211; John Steinbeck&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1963 &#8211; George Seferis&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1964 &#8211; Jean-Paul Sartre&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1965 &#8211; Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1966 &#8211; S.Y. Agnon&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1966 &#8211; Nelly Sachs&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1967 &#8211; Miguel \u00c1ngel Asturias&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1968 &#8211; Kawabata Yasunari<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1969 &#8211; Samuel Beckett&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 1970s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1970 &#8211; Aleksandr Iseyevich Solzhenitsyn&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1971 &#8211; Pablo Neruda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1972 &#8211; Heinrich Boll&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1973 &#8211; Patrick White&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1974 &#8211; Eyvind Johnson&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1974 &#8211; Harry Martinson&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1975 &#8211; Eugenio Montale&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1976 &#8211; Saul Bellow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1977 &#8211; Vicente Aleixandre&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1978 &#8211; Isaac Bashevis Singer&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1979 &#8211; Odysseus Elytis&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 1980s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1980 &#8211; Czes\u0142aw Mi\u0142osz&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1981 &#8211; Elias Canetti&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1982 &#8211; Gabriel Garcia Marquez&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1983 &#8211; Sir William Golding &#8211; 198<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1984 &#8211; Jaroslav Seifert&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1985 &#8211; Claude Simon&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1986 &#8211; Wole Soyinka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1987 &#8211; Joseph Brodsky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1988 &#8211; Naguib Mahfouz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1989 &#8211; Camilo Jose Cela&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 1990s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1990 &#8211; Octavio Paz&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1991 &#8211; Nadine Gordimer&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1992 &#8211; Derek Walcott&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1993 &#8211; Toni Morrison&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1994 &#8211; Oe Kenzaburo&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1995 &#8211; Seamus Heaney&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1996 &#8211; Wislawa Szymborska<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1997 &#8211; Dario Fo&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1998 &#8211; Jose Saramago<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1999 &#8211; Gunter Grass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 2000s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>2000 &#8211; Gao Xingjian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2001 &#8211; Sir V.S. Naipaul&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2002 &#8211; Imre Kertesz&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2003 &#8211; J.M. Coetzee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2004 &#8211; Elfriede Jelinek&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2005 &#8211; Harold Pinter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006 &#8211; Orhan Pamuk&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2007 &#8211; Doris Lessing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008 &#8211; Jean-Marie Gustave Le Cl\u00e9zio&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009 &#8211; Herta Muller&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 2010s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>2010 &#8211; Mario Vargas Llosa&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2011 &#8211; Tomas Transtromer&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012 &#8211; Mo Yan&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013 &#8211; Alice Munro&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014 &#8211; Patrick Modiano<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 &#8211; Svetlana Alexievich<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016 &#8211; Bob Dylan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017 &#8211; Kazuo Ishiguro&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018 &#8211; Olga Tokarczuk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019 &#8211; Peter Handke&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners In The 2020s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>2020 &#8211; Louise Gluck&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021 &#8211; Abdulrazak Gurnah&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022 &#8211; Annie Ernaux&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nobel Prize Winning Books<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, many different Nobel Prize winners have won awards for their work. However, as they\u2019re praised for their career, narrowing down their must-read books can be hard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why we\u2019ve found a collection of some of the most recent winners and a number of classics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1609809483?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Happening By Annie Ernaux<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1609809483?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1609809483&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1609809483\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Happening <\/em>is a memoir from Annie Ernaux that tells the story of her illegal abortion in 1960s France. She writes this forty years after her abortion, where she recounts her traumatic experiences with clarity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1565841638?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Paradise By Abdulrazak Gurnah<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1565841638?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1565841638&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1565841638\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuf is a twelve-year-old who was sold by his father to repay a debt. Abdulrazak Gurnah writes a combination of coming-of-age, tragic love, and the corruption of African tradition through European colonialism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Yusuf\u2019s story progresses, we see communities at war and trading safaris that don\u2019t go according to plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0374531064?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Goalie\u2019s Anxiety At The Penalty Kick By Peter Handke<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0374531064?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0374531064&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0374531064\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>The Goalie\u2019s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, <\/em>a former soccer goalie turns to construction work as he wanders around an Austrian border town. After the Goalie murders a woman, he walks aimlessly, passively awaiting his fate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0C2JGKLQ2?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Primeval And Other Times By Olga Tokarczuk<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0C2JGKLQ2?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B0C2JGKLQ2&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0C2JGKLQ2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in the mythical village of Primeval is about the life of the eccentric villagers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Told as a fable, it explores the clash between modern and nature. With elements of magical realism, you can see the story of Primeval and the people who live there for many decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08BCPV1G7?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Klara And The Sun By Kazuo Ishiguro<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08BCPV1G7?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B08BCPV1G7&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B08BCPV1G7\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klara is an AI who watches those around her and hopes she will one day be chosen to become an Artificial Friend. As she watches those around her, we explore what it means to love through the eyes of an AI narrator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/030026593X?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Scene Of The Crime By Patrick Modiano<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/030026593X?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=030026593X&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=030026593X\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Scene of the Crime <\/em>is a semi-autobiographical novella as Modiano recounts a dramatic season from his childhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this novel, Jean Bosmans becomes aware of a series of disturbing coincidences that took place at his childhood home and those who seem disturbingly interested in his past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explores his memories, and the past and present collide in this detective novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1400077915?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Runaway By Alice Munro<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1400077915?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1400077915&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1400077915\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Runaway <\/em>is a collection of short stories about love, betrayal, and surprises. In one story, a woman is incapable of leaving her husband. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, three more stories are about a woman named Juliet and the emotions that complicate her intimate relationships. Munro writes about women of all ages as she writes about these unforgettable characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0140168540?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Red Sorghum: A Novel Of China By Mo Yan<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0140168540?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0140168540&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0140168540\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Red Sorghum, <\/em>Mo Yan tells a tale that spans three generations. This novel focuses on a combination of family and myths, as a series of flashbacks depict the horror of the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>9. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0312420277?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Feast Of The Goat By Mario Vargas Llosa<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0312420277?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0312420277&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0312420277\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seen as one of the finest political novels ever written, <em>The Feast of the Goat <\/em>focuses on Urania Cabral, who has returned to her native Dominican Republic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Trujillo City, one man terrorizes the nation, but his grasp is slipping, and a conspiracy to overthrow him is afoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>10. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0071W50Y6?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hunger Angel By Herta Muller<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0071W50Y6?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B0071W50Y6&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0071W50Y6\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 1945, Leo Auberg was deported to a Soviet Union camp, and it\u2019s here that this story takes place. As the people in the camp are haunted by hunger, we see one man&#8217;s struggle as he spends five years in a coke processing plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Famous Nobel Prize Winning Novels<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While we mention some of the most recent books that we enjoyed, there are a number of novels that are more famous than others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0399501487?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Lord Of The Flies By William Golding<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0399501487?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0399501487&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0399501487\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of schoolboys are stranded on an uncharted island without any adult supervision. At first, they celebrate their freedom, but as the order around them collapses, they lose hope of adventure and rescue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0055WXT56?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Grapes Of Wrath By John Steinbeck<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0055WXT56?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B0055WXT56&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0055WXT56\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the Great Depression, Tom Joad and his family travel west in search of the promised land. Set against the background of the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma, this is a novel about false hopes and broken dreams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07YM45NMG?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Remains Of The Day By Kazuo Ishiguro<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07YM45NMG?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B07YM45NMG&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B07YM45NMG\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stevens is a perfect butler, but after decades of serving at Darlington Hall, he embarks on a road trip to understand if the choices he made were the right ones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1400033411?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Beloved By Toni Morrison<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1400033411?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1400033411&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1400033411\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toni Morrison writes about Sethe, who was born a slave and escaped to Ohio. She is haunted by Sweet Home, a farm that is haunted by the many horrific things that happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of all, Sethe is haunted by her lost baby, who died without a name, save for a tombstone engraved with Beloved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00C4TK33Y?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Golden Notebook By Doris Lessing<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00C4TK33Y?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B00C4TK33Y&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00C4TK33Y\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Golden Notebook <\/em>is about Anna, an author of a successful novel who keeps four notebooks. She swears to bring the threads of all these notebooks together to create a golden notebook.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1564784010?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Voices From Chernobyl By Svetlana Alexievich<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1564784010?tag=dialoguebooks-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1564784010&amp;Format=_SL500_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=dialoguebooks-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1564784010\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Svetlana Alexeivich is a journalist who presents the personal accounts of the people of Belarus after the events of the Chernobyl Disaster in 1986.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been many Nobel Prize for Literature winners, but we hope that with this list of winners you have a place to start in your search for their books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These writers have all been awarded for their work and their dedication to helping humanity through the power of their work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to know anything else about other famous novels and what we think of them, consider looking at our site or go through our post on <a href=\"https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/greatest-novels-ever-written\/\">100 greatest novels ever written<\/a>. 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