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The
National Book Award for Fiction is one of five annual
National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens. Since 1987, the awards have been administered and presented by the
National Book Foundation, but they are awards “by writers to writers.“WEB,
www.nationalbook.org/aboutus_history.html, History of the National Book Awards, National Book Foundation, March 18, 2018, The panelists are five “writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field.“WEB,
www.nationalbook.org/nba_process.html, How the National Book Awards Work, National Book Foundation, March 18, 2018, General fiction was one of four categories when the awards were re-established in 1950. For several years beginning 1980, prior to the Foundation, there were multiple fiction categories: hardcover, paperback, first novel or first work of fiction; from 1981 to 1983 hardcover and paperback
children’s fiction; and only in 1980 five awards to
mystery fiction,
science fiction, and
western fiction.WEB,
www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners_category.html, National Book Award Winners: 1950 – Present, National Book Foundation, March 18, 2018, When the Foundation celebrated the 60th postwar awards in 2009, all but three of the 77 previous winners in fiction categories were in print.WEB,
www.nationalbook.org/nba2009_60thanniversary.html, A Celebration of the 60th National Book Awards, National Book Foundation, March 18, 2018, The 77 included all eight 1980 winners but excluded the 1981 to 1983 children’s fiction winners.WEB,
www.nationalbook.org/nba77fictionwinners.html, 60 Years of the National Book Awards –
79 Fiction Winners, National Book Foundation, March 18, 2018, The award recognizes one book written by a U.S. citizen and published in the U.S. from December 1 to November 30. The National Book Foundation accepts nominations from publishers until June 15, requires mailing nominated books to the panelists by August 1, and announces five finalists in October. The winner is announced on the day of the final ceremony in November. The award is $10,000 and a bronze sculpture; other finalists get $1,000, a medal, and a citation written by the panel.WEB,
www.nationalbook.org/selection_process.html, National Book Award Selection Process, National Book Foundation, March 18, 2018, Authors who have won the award more than once include
William Faulkner,
John Updike,
William Gaddis,
Jesmyn Ward, and
Philip Roth, each having won on two occasions along with numerous other nominations.
Saul Bellow won the award in three decades (1954, 1965, 1971) and is the only author to have won the National Book Award for Fiction three times.
National Book Awards for Fiction
From
1935 to 1941, there were six annual awards for general fiction and the “Bookseller Discovery” or “Most Original Book” was sometimes a novel. From 1980 to 1985, there were six annual awards to first novels or
first works of fiction. In 1980 there were five awards to
mystery, western, or science fiction. There have been many awards to fiction in the
Children’s or
Young People’s categories.
Honorees, general fiction
This list covers only the post-war awards (
pre-war awards follow) to general fiction for adult readers: one annual winner from 1950 except two undifferentiated winners 1973 to 1975, dual hardcover and paperback winners 1980 to 1983.For each award, the winner is listed first followed by the finalists. Unless otherwise noted, the year represents the year the award was given for books published in the prior year. Thus, the award year 1950 is for books published in 1949.
1950s {| class“wikitable sortable mw-collapsible“|+National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1950-1959
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“2” |1950 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| No runners up were recognized. There were five honorable mentions in the non-fiction category only. | | PAGE=21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES, RACHEL KUSHNER | TITLE=THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM | URL-STATUS=DEAD | ARCHIVE-DATE=2009-09-12, NBA Fiction Blog, |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“2” |1951| Collected Stories of William Faulkner|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| No runners up were recognized. | | TITLE=THE COLLECTED STORIES OF WILLIAM FAULKNER | URL-STATUS=DEAD | ARCHIVE-DATE=2009-09-13 | QUOTE=THE BOOK OF NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS APOCRYPHA SAYS THAT WHEN TOLD HE HAD WON THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION FOR 1951, JUST 15 MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE, WILLIAM FAULKNER SAID, “I COULD HAVE WRITTEN A COOKBOOK THIS YEAR AND THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD.”, |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“11” |1952 | From Here to Eternity (novel)>From Here to Eternity|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Requiem for a Nun|Finalist| |
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| Melville Goodwin USA|Finalist| |
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| Lie Down in Darkness (novel)>Lie Down in Darkness|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“11” |1953| Invisible Man|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Many Mansions|Finalist| |
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| Winds of Morning|Finalist| |
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| Jefferson Selleck|Finalist| |
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| East of Eden (novel)>East of Eden|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“2” |1954 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| No runners up were recognized. | | TITLE=THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 29, 2017 | WORK=NBA FICTION BLOG, |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“11” |1955 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Pictures from an Institution|Finalist| |
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| Lord Grizzly|Finalist| |
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| Sweet Thursday|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“9” |1956| Ten North Frederick|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Andersonville (novel)>Andersonville|Finalist| |
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| Faithful Are the Wounds|Finalist| |
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| Band of Angels (novel)>Band of Angels|Finalist| |
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| Marjorie Morningstar (novel)>Marjorie Morningstar|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“12” |1957 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Giovanni’s Room|Finalist| |
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| Seize the Day (novel)>Seize the Day|Finalist| |
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| Greenwillow|Finalist| |
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| These Thousand Hills|Finalist| |
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| Generations of Men|Finalist| |
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| Further Fables for Our Time|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“11” |1958 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| By Love Possessed (novel)>By Love Possessed|Finalist| |
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| Something About a Soldier|Finalist| |
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| Love Among the Cannibals|Finalist| |
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| Pnin (novel)>Pnin|Finalist| |
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| Atlas Shrugged|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“8” |1959 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Home from the Hill (novel)>Home from the Hill|Finalist| |
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| Lolita|Finalist| |
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| From the Terrace|Finalist| |
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| Anatomy of a Murder|Finalist| |
1960s{| class“wikitable sortable mw-collapsible“|+National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1960-1969
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“18” |1960| Goodbye, Columbus|Winner | | TITLE=GOODBYE, COLUMBUS | URL-STATUS=DEAD | ARCHIVE-DATE=2009-09-08 | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Pursuit of the Prodigal|Finalist| |
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| Henderson the Rain King|Finalist| |
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| Mrs. Bridge|Finalist| |
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| Wake Up, Stupid|Finalist| |
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| Men Die|Finalist| |
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| Malcolm|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“12” |1961 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Generation Without Farewell|Finalist| |
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| To Kill a Mockingbird|Finalist| |
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| Ceremony in Lone Tree|Finalist| |
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| Rabbit, Run|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“11” |1962 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| False Entry|Finalist| |
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| Among the Dangs|Finalist| |
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| Catch-22|Finalist| |
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| Franny and Zooey|Finalist| |
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| Revolutionary Road|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“6” |1963| Morte d’Urban|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Pale Fire|Finalist| |
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| Ship of Fools (Porter novel)>Ship of Fools|Finalist| |
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| Going Away|Finalist| |
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| Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“5” |1964 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Idiots First|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“7” |1965 | Herzog (novel)>Herzog|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Short Friday|Finalist| |
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| Second Skin (novel)>Second Skin|Finalist| |
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| To an Early Grave|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“6” |1966 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| At Play in the Fields of the Lord (novel)>At Play in the Fields of the Lord|Finalist| |
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| Everything That Rises Must Converge|Finalist| |
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| Pericles on 31st Street|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“6” |1967 | |Winner| |
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| All in the Family|Finalist| |
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| Office Politics|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“5” |1968 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Why Are We in Vietnam?|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“5” |1969 | Steps (book)>Steps|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Lost in the Funhouse|Finalist| |
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| Expensive People|Finalist| |
1970s{| class“wikitable sortable mw-collapsible“|+National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1970-1979
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black! rowspan=“5” |1970 | Them (novel)>them|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Fat City (novel)>Fat City|Finalist| |
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| Going Places|Finalist| |
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| Slaughterhouse Five or The Children’s Crusade|Finalist| |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black! rowspan=“5” |1971| Mr. Sammler’s Planet|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Deliverance (novel)>Deliverance|Finalist| |
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| (Bech: A Book)|Finalist| |
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| Losing Battles|Finalist| |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black! rowspan=“10” |1972 | {{Efn | name=O’Connor’s The Complete Stories}}|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Lion Country|Finalist| |
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| Farragan’s Retreat|Finalist| |
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| Wonderland (novel)>Wonderland|Finalist| |
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| Love in the Ruins|Finalist| |
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| Rabbit Redux|Finalist| |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black! rowspan=“12” |1973The Fiction panels split the 1973, 1974, and 1975 awards. Split awards have been prohibited continuously from 1984. | Chimera (Barth novel)>Chimera | Winner | | TITLE=CHIMERA | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-DATE=2009-08-08 | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018 | | TITLE=2 BOOK AWARDS SPLIT FOR FIRST TIME | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-DATE=18 MARCH 2018 | WORK=THE NEW YORK TIMES | format=addlarchives | www.nytimes.com/1973/04/11/archives/2-book-awards-split-for-first-time-serengeti-lion-wins-other-judges.html?mtrref=web.archive.org&mtrref=web.archive.org&mtrref=web.archive.org&mtrref=web.archive.org>date=2018-03-18}}’’ |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black | Augustus (Williams novel)>Augustus | | TITLE=AUGUSTUS | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-DATE=2009-08-08, NBA Fiction Blog, |
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| Hermaphrodeity|Finalist| |
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| Geronimo Rex|Finalist| |
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| Transparent Things (novel)>Transparent Things|Finalist| |
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| Mumbo Jumbo (novel)>Mumbo Jumbo|Finalist| |
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| Enemies, A Love Story|Finalist| |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black! rowspan=“12” |1974| Gravity’s Rainbow | Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018 | | TITLE=GAVIRTY’S RAINBOW | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-DATE=2009-08-08, NBA Fiction Blog, |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black| Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories | | TITLE=A CROWN OF FEATHERS AND OTHER STORIES | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 15, 2017 | WORK=NBA FICTION BLOG, STEVEN R. WEISMANN >DATE=APRIL 19, 1974 | URL=HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/1974/04/19/ARCHIVES/WORLD-OF-BOOKS-PRESENTS-ITS-OSCARS-AUDIENCE-WONDERS.HTML | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20180318145852/HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/1974/04/19/ARCHIVES/WORLD-OF-BOOKS-PRESENTS-ITS-OSCARS-AUDIENCE-WONDERS.HTML | ACCESS-DATE=18 MARCH 2018 | PAGE=24, {{webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318145904www.nytimes.com/1974/04/19/archives/world-of-books-presents-its-oscars-audience-wonders.html?mtrref=web.archive.org | | URL=HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/1974/04/17/ARCHIVES/PYNCHON-SINGER-SHARE-FICTION-PRIZE.HTML | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20180318150231/HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/1974/04/17/ARCHIVES/PYNCHON-SINGER-SHARE-FICTION-PRIZE.HTML | ACCESS-DATE=18 MARCH 2018, The New York Times, |
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| Apostles of Light|Finalist | | DATE=NOVEMBER 9, 2012 | URL=HTTPS://WWW.SHELF-AWARENESS.COM/ISSUE.HTML?ISSUE=1867 | WEBSITE=SHELF AWARENESS, |
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| Searches and Seizures|Finalist| |
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| Nickel Mountain|Finalist| |
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| Black Conceit|Finalist| |
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| Ninety-Two in the Shade|Finalist| |
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| People Will Always Be Kind|Finalist| |
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| Burr (novel)>Burr|Finalist| |
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| State of Grace|Finalist| |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black! rowspan=“10” |1975 | Dog Soldiers (novel)>Dog Soldiers | Winner | | TITLE=DOG SOLDIERS | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 29, 2017 | WORK=NBA FICTION BLOG, NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS – 1975 >URL=HTTPS://WWW.NATIONALBOOK.ORG/AWARDS-PRIZES/NATIONAL-BOOK-AWARDS-1975/?CAT=FICTION | PUBLISHER=NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION, |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black| Guilty Pleasures | | TITLE=THE HAIR OF HAROLD ROUX | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 19, 2017 | WORK=NBA FICTION BLOG, WILLIAM COLE >DATE=MAY 4, 1975 | URL=HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/1975/05/04/ARCHIVES/THE-LAST-OF-THE-NATIONAL-BOOK-AWARDS-THE-GUEST-WORD.HTML | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20180318154059/HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/1975/05/04/ARCHIVES/THE-LAST-OF-THE-NATIONAL-BOOK-AWARDS-THE-GUEST-WORD.HTML | ACCESS-DATE=18 MARCH 2018 | QUOTE=THE JUDGES HAD BEEN BEGGED NOT TO GIVE SPLIT DECISIONS, {{webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318154013www.nytimes.com/1975/05/04/archives/the-last-of-the-national-book-awards-the-guest-word.html?mtrref=web.archive.org&gwh=FD83942145F34132F2D5D71157516068&gwt=pay|date=2018-03-18}} |
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| Something Happened|Finalist| |
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| Sula (novel)>Sula|Finalist| |
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| Look at the Harlequins!|Finalist| |
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| Enormous Changes at the Last Minute|Finalist| |
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| My Life as a Man>My Life As a Man|Finalist| |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black! rowspan=“6” |1976| J R|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Humboldt’s Gift|Finalist| |
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| Other People’s Lives|Finalist| |
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| Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories|Finalist| |
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| Beyond the Bedroom Wall|Finalist| |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black! rowspan=“5” |1977 | |Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?|Finalist| |
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| Orsinian Tales|Finalist| |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black! rowspan=“5” |1978| Blood Tie|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Madder Music|Finalist| |
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| Elbow Room (short story collection)>Elbow Room|Finalist| |
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| Union Dues|Finalist| |
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style="background:LemonChiffon;” color:black! rowspan=“5” |1979| Going After Cacciato|Winner | | ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 18, 2018, National Book Foundation, |
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| Lying Low|Finalist| |
1980s
For 1980 to 1983 this list covers the paired “Fiction (hardcover)” and “Fiction (paperback)” awards in that order. Hard and paper editions were distinguished only in these four years; none of the paperback winners were original; in their first editions all had been losing finalists in 1979 or 1981.From 1980 to 1985 there was also one award for first novel or first work of fiction and in 1980 there were five more awards for mystery, western, and science fiction. None of those are covered here. 1980-1983 {| class“wikitable sortable mw-collapsible“|+National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1980-1983
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“10” |1980! rowspan=“5” |Hardcover | Sophie’s Choice (novel)>Sophie’s Choice|Winner | | TITLE=SOPHIE’S CHOICE | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-DATE=OCTOBER 31, 2016 | WORK=NBA FICTION BLOG, NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS – 1980 >URL=HTTPS://WWW.NATIONALBOOK.ORG/AWARDS-PRIZES/NATIONAL-BOOK-AWARDS-1980/?CAT=FICTION | PUBLISHER=NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION, |
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| Just Above My Head|Finalist| |
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| Endless Love|Finalist | | DATE=OCTOBER 6, 2010 | URL=HTTPS://WWW.SHELF-AWARENESS.COM/ISSUE.HTML?ISSUE=1299 | WEBSITE=SHELF AWARENESS, |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“5” |Paperback | |Winner | | TITLE=THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 18, 2017 | WORK=NBA FICTION BLOG, |
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| Collected Stories|Finalist| |
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| Violet Clay|Finalist| |
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| Too Far to Go|Finalist| |
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| Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, Volumes 1 and 2|Finalist| |
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style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black! rowspan=“10” |1981! rowspan=“5” |Hardcover| Plains Song: For Female Voices|Winner | | TITLE=PLAINS SONG | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 15, 2017 | WORK=NBA FICTION BLOG, NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS – 1981 >URL=HTTPS://WWW.NATIONALBOOK.ORG/AWARDS-PRIZES/NATIONAL-BOOK-AWARDS-1981/?CAT=FICTION | PUBLISHER=NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION, |
