The Caine Mutiny
American novelist, 1915–2019. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1952.
The Caine Mutiny is a 1951 novel by Herman Wouk. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1952.
In war novels
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Herman Wouk
- First published
- 1951
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1952
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 1952
- Genre
- War novels, Class and society, Political
Is The Caine Mutiny worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1952) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1952) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Caine Mutiny
The edition we link to is the Hodder & Stoughton paperback (2014).
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton (paperback, 2014)
- ISBN
- 9781444786071
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Caine Mutiny
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 83% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Caine Mutiny
If you liked The Caine Mutiny, try The Grapes of Wrath, Catch-22 or Midnight's Children.
