Winners of the National Book Award for Fiction (known as the American Book Award from 1980-1983).
National Book Award for Fiction Public
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5 stars
Them (stylized in all lowercase) is a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, the third in the Wonderland Quartet she inaugurated …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1970 for Fiction
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The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren
5 stars
"A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm has been called "Algren's most satisfying work." It describes …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1950 for Fiction
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Collected Stories of William Faulkner by William Faulkner
3 stars
Collected Stories of William Faulkner is a short story collection by William Faulkner published by Random House in 1950. It …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1951 for Fiction
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1952 for Fiction
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
4 stars
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man is a monumental novel, one that can well be called an epic of modern American Negro …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1953 for Fiction
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1954 for Fiction
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3 stars
The scene of A Fable is France, the time 1918. World War I is flaming; there is a mutiny in …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1955 for Fiction
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1956 for Fiction
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1957 for Fiction
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The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever
4 stars
St. Botolphs had been an inland port in the great days of the Massachusetts sailing fleets, and now it was …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1958 for Fiction
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1959 for Fiction
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1960 for Fiction
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1961 for Fiction
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The moviegoer. by Walker Percy
4 stars
The Moviegoer is the debut novel by Walker Percy, first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1962 for Fiction
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1963 for Fiction














