The prize-winning books of 1973
In 1973, the prizes ReadingRate follows named 10 winners. The most approachable is The Chip-Chip Gatherers by Shiva Naipaul (difficulty 53/100, about 5.5 hours); the hardest is The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (72/100).
- Nobel Prize in Literature: Patrick White — difficulty 71/100
- Booker Prize: The Siege of Krishnapur by J. G. Farrell — difficulty 60/100, about 10 hours
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty — difficulty 55/100, about 2.8 hours
- National Book Award for Fiction: Chimera by John Barth — difficulty 64/100, about 8.3 hours, joint winner
- National Book Award for Fiction: Augustus by John Williams — joint winner
- Hugo Award for Best Novel: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov — difficulty 72/100, about 9.9 hours
- Nebula Award for Best Novel: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov — difficulty 72/100, about 9.9 hours
- Prix Goncourt: A Father's Love by Jacques Chessex
- Costa Novel Award: The Chip-Chip Gatherers by Shiva Naipaul — difficulty 53/100, about 5.5 hours
- Albert J. Beveridge Award: Regeneration Through Violence by Richard Slotkin — difficulty 63/100, about 22 hours
Earlier: 1972 · Every year · Later: 1974
Other prizes: Nobel Prize in Literature, Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, International Booker Prize, National Book Award for Fiction, Women's Prize for Fiction, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Prix Goncourt, Dublin Literary Award, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, National Book Award for Nonfiction, Costa Novel Award, Albert J. Beveridge Award, Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction. Every literary prize; every winner of 2026.