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Toni Morrison: books and prizes

Toni Morrison was an American novelist who grew up in a working-class family in Lorain, Ohio. She worked as a publishing house editor from 1964, published her first novel in 1970 and taught at universities including Howard and Princeton. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.^1,2

Works, in order of first publication

1. 1970The Bluest Eye²novel
2. 1973Sula²novel
3. 1977Song of Solomon²novel
4. 1981Tar Baby²novel
5. 1987Beloved²novel
6. 1992Jazz²novel
7. 1992Playing in the Dark, Whiteness and the Literary Imagination²non-fiction
8. 1998Paradise²novel
9. 2003Love²novel
10. 2008What Moves in the Margin, Selected Nonfiction²non-fiction
11. 2008A Mercy²novel
12. 2012Home²novel

Prizes

1. 1988Pulitzer Prize for Fiction³For Beloved
2. 1993Nobel Prize in Literature¹For Body of work

Sources

1. Nobel Prize Outreach, Toni Morrison, Facts, Nobel Prize in Literature 1993 (accessed 2026-10-28)
2. Nobel Prize Outreach, Toni Morrison, Bibliography, Nobel Prize in Literature 1993 (accessed 2026-10-28)
3. The Pulitzer Prizes, Toni Morrison, The Pulitzer Prizes (accessed 2026-10-28)