Independence Day (Ford novel)

Independence Day
First edition cover
AuthorRichard Ford
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
June 13, 1995
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages464 pp
ISBN0-679-49265-8
OCLC31901250
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3556.O713 I53 1995
Preceded byWildlife 
Followed byWomen with Men: Three Stories 

Independence Day is a 1995 novel by Richard Ford and the sequel to Ford's 1986 novel The Sportswriter. This novel is the second in what is now a five-part series, the first being The Sportswriter. It was followed by The Lay of the Land (2006), Let Me Be Frank With You (2014) and Be Mine (2023). Independence Day won the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 1996, becoming the first novel ever to win both awards in a single year.