National Book Award - Fiction (Awarded by National Book Foundation)
Awards List
2019 | |||||||
| Choi, Susan | Trust Exercise (Winner) |
Literary / L | Apr-2019 | 5 |  |
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| James, Marlon | Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Finalist) |
Fantasy / F | Feb-2019 | 5 | |
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| Lalami, Laila | The Other Americans (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Mar-2019 | 5 | |
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| Fajardo-Anstine, Kali | Sabrina & Corina (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Apr-2019 | 5 | |
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| Phillips, Julia | Disappearing Earth (Finalist) |
Thriller / T | May-2019 | 4.5 | |
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| Vuong, Ocean | On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Jun-2019 | 5 | |
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| Brodesser-Akner, Taffy | Fleishman Is in Trouble (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jul-2019 | 5 | |
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| Phillips, Helen | The Need (Longlist) |
Thriller / T | Jul-2019 | 5 | |
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| Whitehead, Colson | The Nickel Boys (Longlist) |
Historical / H | Jul-2019 | 4 | |
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| Parsons, Kimberly King | Black Light: Stories (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Aug-2019 | 5 | |
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2018 | |||||||
| Nunez, Sigrid | The Friend (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Feb-2018 | 4.5 | |
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| Jones, Tayari | An American Marriage (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Feb-2018 | 5 | |
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| Hobson, Brandon | Where the Dead Sit Talking (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Feb-2018 | 5 | |
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| Clement, Jennifer | Gun Love (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Mar-2018 | 5 | |
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| Thompson-Spires, Nafissa | Heads of the Colored People: Stories (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Apr-2018 | 5 | |
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| Gumbiner, Daniel | The Boatbuilder (Longlist) |
Literary / L | May-2018 | 4 | |
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| Brinkley, Jamel | A Lucky Man: Stories (Finalist) |
Literary / L | May-2018 | 5 | |
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| Groff, Lauren | Florida (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jun-2018 | 5 | |
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| Makkai, Rebecca | The Great Believers (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Jun-2018 | 5 | |
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| Orange, Tommy | There There (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Jun-2018 | 5 | |
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2017 | |||||||
| Ward, Jesmyn | Sing, Unburied, Sing (Winner) |
Fantasy / F | Sep-2017 | 5 | |
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| Ackerman, Elliot | Dark at the Crossing (Finalist) |
Contemporary Romance / CR | Jan-2017 | 5 | |
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| Zoref, Carol | Barren Island (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Feb-2017 | 0 | |
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| Lee, Min Jin | Pachinko (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Feb-2017 | 4.5 | |
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| Ko, Lisa | The Leavers (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | May-2017 | 5 | |
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| Craig, Charmaine | Miss Burma (Longlist) |
Literary / L | May-2017 | 5 | |
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| Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson | A Kind of Freedom (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Aug-2017 | 4 | |
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| Machado, Carmen Maria | Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Oct-2017 | 5 | |
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| Egan, Jennifer | Manhattan Beach (Longlist) |
Historical / H | Oct-2017 | 4 | |
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| Alarcon, Daniel | The King Is Always Above the People: Stories (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Nov-2017 | 5 | |
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2016 | |||||||
| Whitehead, Colson | The Underground Railroad (Winner) |
Historical / H | Sep-2016 | 4 | |
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| McKenzie, Elizabeth | The Portable Veblen (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Jan-2016 | 5 | |
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| Greenwell, Garth | What Belongs to You (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Jan-2016 | 5 | |
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| Mahajan, Karan | The Association of Small Bombs (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Mar-2016 | 3.5 | |
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| Bachelder, Chris | The Throwback Special (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Mar-2016 | 0 | |
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| Haslett, Adam | Imagine Me Gone (Longlist) |
Literary / L | May-2016 | 5 | |
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| Millet, Lydia | Sweet Lamb of Heaven (Longlist) |
Fantasy / F | May-2016 | 5 | |
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| Watson, Brad | Miss Jane (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Jul-2016 | 5 | |
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| Woodson, Jacqueline | Another Brooklyn (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Aug-2016 | 4.5 | |
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| Jiles, Paulette | News of the World (Finalist) |
Historical / H | Oct-2016 | 5 | |
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2015 | |||||||
| Johnson, Adam | Interesting Facts: Stories (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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| Pearlman, Edith | Honeydew: Stories (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jan-2015 | 5 | |
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| Bender, Karen E. | Refund: Stories (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jan-2015 | 3.5 | |
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| Bender, Karen E. | Refund: Stories (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jan-2015 | 3.5 | |
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| Johnson, T. Geronimo | Welcome to Braggsville (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Feb-2015 | 5 | |
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| Yanagihara, Hanya | A Little Life (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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| Yanagihara, Hanya | A Little Life (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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| Flournoy, Angela | The Turner House (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Apr-2015 | 5 | |
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| Flournoy, Angela | The Turner House (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Apr-2015 | 5 | |
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| Zink, Nell | Mislaid (Longlist) |
Literary / L | May-2015 | 5 | |
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| Ball, Jesse | A Cure for Suicide (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Jul-2015 | 4 | |
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| Johnson, Adam | Interesting Facts: Stories (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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| Johnson, Adam | Interesting Facts: Stories (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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| Clegg, Bill | Did You Ever Have a Family (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Sep-2015 | 4.5 | |
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| Groff, Lauren | Fates and Furies (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Sep-2015 | 3.5 | |
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| Groff, Lauren | Fates and Furies (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Sep-2015 | 3.5 | |
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2014 | |||||||
| Klay, Phil | Redeployment (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Mar-2014 | 5 | |
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| Powers, Richard | Orfeo (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jan-2014 | 5 | |
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| Antopol, Molly | The UnAmericans: Stories (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Feb-2014 | 5 | |
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| McCracken, Elizabeth | Thunderstruck & Other Stories (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Apr-2014 | 5 | |
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| Doerr, Anthony | All the Light We Cannot See (Finalist) |
Historical / H | May-2014 | 4.5 | |
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| Mandel, Emily St. John | Station Eleven (Finalist) |
Science Fiction / SF | Sep-2014 | 5 | |
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| Darnielle, John | Wolf in White Van (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Sep-2014 | 5 | |
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| Robinson, Marilynne | Lila (Finalist) |
Historical / H | Oct-2014 | 4.5 | |
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| Smiley, Jane | Some Luck (Longlist) |
Historical / H | Oct-2014 | 5 | |
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2013 | |||||||
| McBride, James | The Good Lord Bird (Winner) |
Historical / H | Aug-2013 | 5 | |
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| Saunders, George | Tenth of December (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jan-2013 | 5 | |
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| Graver, Elizabeth | The End of the Point (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Mar-2013 | 5 | |
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| Kushner, Rachel | The Flamethrowers (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Apr-2013 | 5 | |
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| Drury, Tom | Alt-Country (Longlist) |
Literary / L | May-2013 | 4.5 | |
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| Silber, Joan | Fools (Longlist) |
Literary / L | May-2013 | 5 | |
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| Pynchon, Thomas | Bleeding Edge (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Sep-2013 | 5 | |
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| Lahiri, Jhumpa | The Lowland (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Sep-2013 | 4.5 | |
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| McDermott, Alice | Someone (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Sep-2013 | 5 | |
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2012 | |||||||
| Erdrich, Louise | The Round House (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Oct-2012 | 4 | |
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| Fountain, Ben | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | May-2012 | 5 | |
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| Eggers, Dave | A Hologram for the King (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jun-2012 | 5 | |
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| Diaz, Junot | This Is How You Lose Her (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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| Powers, Kevin | The Yellow Birds (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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2011 | |||||||
| Ward, Jesmyn | Salvage the Bones (Winner) |
Literary / L | Sep-2011 | 5 | |
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| Pearlman, Edith | Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jan-2011 | 5 | |
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| Obreht, Tea | The Tiger's Wife (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Mar-2011 | 5 | |
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| Krivak, Andrew | The Sojourn (Finalist) |
Historical / H | Apr-2011 | 5 | |
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| Otsuka, Julie | The Buddha in the Attic (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Sep-2011 | 4 | |
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2010 | |||||||
| Gordon, Jaimy | Lord of Misrule (Winner) |
Literary / L | Dec-2010 | 5 | |
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| Yamashita, Karen Tei | I Hotel (Finalist) |
Literary / L | Jun-2010 | 5 | |
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| Krauss, Nicole | Great House (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Oct-2010 | 5 | |
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2009 | |||||||
| McCann, Colum | Let the Great World Spin (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Jul-2009 | 4 | |
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| Mueenuddin, Daniyal | In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jan-2009 | 4 | |
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2008 | |||||||
| Matthiessen, Peter | Shadow Country (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Apr-2008 | 5 | |
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| Robinson, Marilynne | Home (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Sep-2008 | 4 | |
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| Scibona, Salvatore | The End (Finalist) |
Historical / H | Oct-2009 | 4 | |
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2007 | |||||||
| Johnson, Denis | Tree of Smoke (Winner) |
Historical / H | Sep-2007 | 3 | |
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| Ferris, Joshua | Then We Came to the End (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Mar-2007 | 5 | |
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| Davis, Lydia | Varieties of Disturbance (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | May-2007 | 4 | |
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2006 | |||||||
| Powers, Richard | The Echo Maker (Winner) |
Suspense / S | Oct-2006 | 3.5 | |
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| Danielewski, Mark Z. | Only Revolutions (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Sep-2006 | 4 | |
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2004 | |||||||
| Tuck, Lily | The News from Paraguay (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Dec-2004 | 2 | |
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| Schutt, Christine | Florida (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Nov-2005 | 5 | |
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2003 | |||||||
| Hazzard, Shirley | The Great Fire (Winner) |
Historical / H | Oct-2003 | 4 | |
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| Jones, Edward P. | The Known World (Finalist) |
General Fiction / GF | Sep-2003 | 2.5 | |
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2002 | |||||||
| Glass, Julia | Three Junes (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Sep-2002 | 3 | |
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2001 | |||||||
| Franzen, Jonathan | The Corrections (Winner) |
Literary / L | Sep-2001 | 3 | |
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2000 | |||||||
| Sontag, Susan | In America (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Feb-2000 | 2 | |
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| Oates, Joyce Carol | Blonde (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Apr-2000 | 4.5 | |
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| Prose, Francine | Blue Angel (Longlist) |
Literary / L | Apr-2000 | 4 | |
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| Baxter, Charles | The Feast of Love (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | May-2000 | 4 | |
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| Lightman, Alan | The Diagnosis (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Sep-2000 | 3 | |
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1999 | |||||||
| Jin, Ha | Waiting (Winner) |
Literary / L | Oct-1999 | 4 | |
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| Haruf, Kent | Plainsong (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Oct-1999 | 4.5 | |
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1998 | |||||||
| McDermott, Alice | Charming Billy (Winner) |
Literary / L | Jan-1998 | 3 | |
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1997 | |||||||
| Frazier, Charles | Cold Mountain (Winner) |
Historical / H | Sep-1997 | 4 | |
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| Johnson, Diane | Le Divorce (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jan-1997 | 3 | |
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| Just, Ward | Echo House (Longlist) |
Literary / L | May-1997 | 4 | |
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| Ozick, Cynthia | The Puttermesser Papers (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jun-1997 | 4 | |
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| DeLillo, Don | Underworld (Longlist) |
Suspense / S | Oct-1997 | 3.5 | |
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1996 | |||||||
| Barrett, Andrea | Ship Fever and Other Stories (Winner) |
Historical / H | Jan-1996 | 4 | |
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| Hansen, Ron | Atticus (Longlist) |
Suspense / S | Feb-1996 | 4 | |
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| Peery, Janet | The River Beyond the World (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Oct-1996 | 5 | |
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1995 | |||||||
| Roth, Philip | Sabbath's Theater (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Oct-1995 | 4 | |
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| Danticat, Edwidge | Krik? Krak! (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Apr-1996 | 4 | |
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1994 | |||||||
| Gaddis, William | Frolic of His Own (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Jan-1994 | 4 | |
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| Norman, Howard | The Bird Artist (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jul-1994 | 4 | |
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1993 | |||||||
| Proulx, Annie | The Shipping News (Winner) |
Literary / L | Mar-1993 | 2 | |
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| Bloom, Amy | Come to Me (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | May-1993 | 4 | |
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| Powers, Richard | Operation Wandering Soul (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | May-1993 | 4 | |
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| Jones, Thom | The Pugilist at Rest (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jun-1993 | 4 | |
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1992 | |||||||
| McCarthy, Cormac | All the Pretty Horses (Winner) |
Historical / H | May-1992 | 4 | |
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| Garcia, Cristina | Dreaming In Cuban (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Mar-1992 | 4 | |
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| Stone, Robert | Outerbridge Reach (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Mar-1993 | 4 | |
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1991 | |||||||
| Rush, Norman | Mating (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Sep-1991 | 4 | |
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| Elkin, Stanley | The Macguffin (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Mar-1991 | 0 | |
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| Begley, Louis | Wartime Lies (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | May-1991 | 5 | |
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1990 | |||||||
| Johnson, Charles | Middle Passage (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Jul-1990 | 4 | |
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| Hagedorn, Jessica | Dogeaters (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Apr-1990 | 4 | |
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| Oates, Joyce Carol | Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | May-1990 | 4 | |
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| Alfau, Felipe | Chromos (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Jul-1991 | 4 | |
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| Castedo, Elena | Paradise (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Dec-1991 | 0 | |
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1989 | |||||||
| Casey, John | Spartina (Winner) |
Action Adventure / AA | Jun-1989 | 4 | |
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| Tan, Amy | The Joy Luck Club (Longlist) |
General Fiction / GF | Apr-1989 | 4.5 | |
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1988 | |||||||
| Dexter, Pete | Paris Trout (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Jul-1988 | 3.5 | |
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1987 | |||||||
| Heinemann, Larry | Paco's Story (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Dec-1986 | 4 | |
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1986 | |||||||
| Doctorow, E.L. | World's Fair (Winner) |
Literary / L | Sep-1986 | 4 | |
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1985 | |||||||
| DeLillo, Don | White Noise (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Feb-1985 | 3.5 | |
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1984 | |||||||
| Gilchrist, Ellen | Victory Over Japan (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1984 | 4 | |
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1979 | |||||||
| O'Brien, Tim | Going After Cacciato (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Jan-1978 | 4 | |
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1977 | |||||||
| Stegner, Wallace | The Spectator Bird (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | May-1976 | 4 | |
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1975 | |||||||
| Williams, Thomas | The Hair of Harold Roux (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1974 | 4 | |
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| Stone, Robert | Dog Soldiers (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1975 | 2.5 | |
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1974 | |||||||
| Pynchon, Thomas | Gravity's Rainbow (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1974 | 4.5 | |
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1973 | |||||||
| Barth, John | Chimera (Winner) |
Fantasy / F | Aug-1972 | 4 | |
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1971 | |||||||
| Bellow, Saul | Mr. Sammler's Planet (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Feb-1970 | 4 | |
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1970 | |||||||
| Oates, Joyce Carol | Them (Winner) |
Historical Romance / HR | 1970 | 4 | |
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1969 | |||||||
| Kosinski, Jerzy | Steps (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1969 | 4 | |
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1968 | |||||||
| Wilder, Thornton | The Eighth Day (Winner) |
Suspense / S | Jun-1969 | 4 | |
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1967 | |||||||
| Malamud, Bernard | The Fixer (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1966 | 4 | |
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1966 | |||||||
| Porter, Katherine Anne | The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1966 | 3.5 | |
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1965 | |||||||
| Bellow, Saul | Herzog (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1964 | 4 | |
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1964 | |||||||
| Updike, John | Centaur (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Feb-1963 | 4 | |
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1962 | |||||||
| Percy, Walker | Moviegoer (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | May-1961 | 4 | |
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1960 | |||||||
| Roth, Philip | Goodbye, Columbus (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1960 | 4 | |
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1959 | |||||||
| Malamud, Bernard | The Magic Barrel (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1959 | 4 | |
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1958 | |||||||
| Cheever, John | The Wapshot Chronicle (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Oct-1986 | 4 | |
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1956 | |||||||
| O'Hara, John | Ten North Frederick (Winner) |
Suspense / S | Nov-1955 | 0 | |
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1955 | |||||||
| Faulkner, William | A Fable (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1954 | 4 | |
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1954 | |||||||
| Bellow, Saul | The Adventures of Augie March (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | Sep-1953 | 3.5 | |
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1953 | |||||||
| Ellison, Ralph | Invisible Man (Winner) |
Action Adventure / AA | Jan-1952 | 3 | |
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1952 | |||||||
| Jones, James | From Here to Eternity (Winner) |
Action Adventure / AA | 1952 | 4 | |
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1950 | |||||||
| Algren, Nelson | The Man with the Golden Arm (Winner) |
General Fiction / GF | 1950 | 4 | |
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