The prize-winning books of 1992
In 1992, the prizes ReadingRate follows named 12 winners. The most approachable is All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (difficulty 42/100, about 6.3 hours); the hardest is Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth (76/100).
- Nobel Prize in Literature: Derek Walcott — difficulty 45/100
- Booker Prize: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje — difficulty 63/100, about 7.2 hours, joint winner
- Booker Prize: Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth — difficulty 76/100, about 29 hours, joint winner
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley — difficulty 47/100, about 8.5 hours
- National Book Award for Fiction: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy — difficulty 42/100, about 6.3 hours
- Hugo Award for Best Novel: Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Nebula Award for Best Novel: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
- Prix Goncourt: Texaco by Patrick Chamoiseau — difficulty 73/100, about 12 hours
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: Mao II by Don DeLillo — difficulty 61/100, about 6.5 hours
- National Book Award for Nonfiction: Becoming a Man by Paul Monette
- Costa Novel Award: Poor Things by Alasdair Gray — difficulty 70/100, about 8.1 hours
- Albert J. Beveridge Award: The Middle Ground by Richard White
Earlier: 1991 · Every year · Later: 1993
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.