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."[1] The panelists are five "writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field."[2]
National Book Award for Fiction
Awarded for
Outstanding literary work by U.S. citizens.
Location
New York City
First awarded
1936
Website
National Book Foundation
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.[3] When the Foundation celebrated the 60th postwar awards in 2009, all but three of the 77 previous winners in fiction categories were in print.[4] The 77 included all eight 1980 winners but excluded the 1981 to 1983 children's fiction winners.[5]
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 $1000, a medal, and a citation written by the panel.[6]
Authors who have won the award more than once include such noted figures as William Faulkner, John Updike, William Gaddis, Jesmyn Ward, and Philip Roth, each having won the award 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.
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.[3]
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
National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1950-1959
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.[3] None of those are covered here.
1980-1983
National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1980-1983
1983 entries were published during 1982; winners in 27 categories were announced April 13 and privately celebrated April 28, 1983.[66]
1984 entries for the "revamped" awards in three categories were published November 1983 to October 1984; eleven finalists were announced October 17.[67] Winners were announced and celebrated November 15, 1984.[68]
1984-1989
National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1984-1989
The National Book Awards for 1935 to 1940 annually recognized the "Most Distinguished Novel" (1935–1936) or "Favorite Fiction" (1937–1940). Furthermore, works of fiction were eligible for the "Bookseller Discovery" and "Most Original Book" awards; fiction winners are listed here.
There was only one National Book Award for 1941, the Bookseller Discovery, which recognized the novel Hold Autumn In Your Hand by George Perry;[145] then none until the 1950 revival in three categories including Fiction.
^The Complete Stories was named the "Best of the National Book Awards" as part of the Fiction Award's 60th anniversary celebration in 2009, by internet visitors voting on a ballot of the best six award winners selected by writers associated with the Foundation.
^ abc The Fiction panels split the 1973, 1974, and 1975 awards. Split awards have been prohibited continuously from 1984.
^ abcde Contemporary coverage by The New York Times lists four "close seconds" for the four awards, three of which were works of fiction. The third listed was nonfiction, but Nonfiction was the second listed award winner, so the allocation of "close seconds" to award categories is uncertain.
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External links
The Contenders: 61 Years of National Book Award Fiction Finalists, special exhibit, June 2012. "Down Memory Lane With the National Book Awards (and Not Just the Winners), The New York Times, June 22, 2012.
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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 1 The panelists are five writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field 2 National Book Award for FictionAwarded forOutstanding literary work by U S citizens LocationNew York CityFirst awarded1936WebsiteNational Book FoundationGeneral 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 3 When the Foundation celebrated the 60th postwar awards in 2009 all but three of the 77 previous winners in fiction categories were in print 4 The 77 included all eight 1980 winners but excluded the 1981 to 1983 children s fiction winners 5 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 1000 a medal and a citation written by the panel 6 Authors who have won the award more than once include such noted figures as William Faulkner John Updike William Gaddis Jesmyn Ward and Philip Roth each having won the award 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 Contents 1 National Book Awards for Fiction 2 Honorees general fiction 2 1 1950s 2 2 1960s 2 3 1970s 2 4 1980s 2 4 1 1980 1983 2 4 2 1984 1989 2 5 1990s 2 6 2000s 2 7 2010s 2 8 2020s 3 Early awards for fiction 3 1 Most Distinguished Novel 1935 1936 3 2 Favorite Fiction 1937 1940 3 3 Bookseller Discovery 1936 1941 3 4 Most Original Book 1935 1939 4 Repeat winners 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksNational Book Awards for Fiction EditFrom 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 3 Honorees general fiction EditThis 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 Edit National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists 1950 1959 Year Author Title Result Ref 1950 Nelson Algren The Man with the Golden Arm Winner 7 No runners up were recognized There were five honorable mentions in the non fiction category only 8 9 1951 William Faulkner Collected Stories of William Faulkner Winner 10 No runners up were recognized 11 1952 James Jones From Here to Eternity Winner 12 James Agee The Morning Watch FinalistTruman Capote The Grass Harp FinalistWilliam Faulkner Requiem for a Nun FinalistCaroline Gordon The Strange Children FinalistThomas Mann The Holy Sinner FinalistJohn P Marquand Melville Goodwin USA FinalistJ D Salinger The Catcher in the Rye FinalistWilliam Styron Lie Down in Darkness FinalistJessamyn West The Witch Diggers FinalistHerman Wouk The Caine Mutiny Finalist1953 Ralph Ellison Invisible Man Winner 13 Isabel Bolton Many Mansions FinalistH L Davis Winds of Morning FinalistThomas Gallagher The Gathering Darkness FinalistErnest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea FinalistCarl Jonas Jefferson Selleck FinalistPeter Martin The Landsman FinalistMay Sarton A Shower of Summer Days FinalistJean Stafford The Catherine Wheel FinalistJohn Steinbeck East of Eden FinalistWilliam Carlos Williams The Build Up Finalist1954 Saul Bellow The Adventures of Augie March Winner 14 No runners up were recognized 15 1955 William Faulkner A Fable Winner 16 Harriette Arnow The Dollmaker FinalistHamilton Basso The View from Pompey s Head FinalistDavis Grubb The Night of the Hunter FinalistRandall Jarrell Pictures from an Institution FinalistMilton Lott The Last Hunt FinalistFrederick Manfred Lord Grizzly FinalistWilliam March The Bad Seed FinalistWright Morris The Huge Season FinalistFrank Rooney The Courts of Memory FinalistJohn Steinbeck Sweet Thursday Finalist1956 John O Hara Ten North Frederick Winner 17 Paul Bowles The Spider s House FinalistShirley Ann Grau The Black Prince and Other Stories FinalistMacKinlay Kantor Andersonville FinalistFlannery O Connor A Good Man is Hard to Find FinalistMay Sarton Faithful Are the Wounds FinalistRobert Penn Warren Band of Angels FinalistEudora Welty The Bride of the Innisfallen FinalistHerman Wouk Marjorie Morningstar Finalist1957 Wright Morris The Field of Vision Winner 18 Nelson Algren A Walk on the Wild Side FinalistJames Baldwin Giovanni s Room FinalistSaul Bellow Seize the Day FinalistB J Chute Greenwillow FinalistA B Guthrie These Thousand Hills FinalistJohn Hersey A Single Pebble FinalistJohn Hunt Generations of Men FinalistEdwin O Connor The Last Hurrah FinalistJ F Powers The Presence of Grace FinalistElizabeth Spencer The Voice at the Back Door FinalistJames Thurber Further Fables for Our Time Finalist1958 John Cheever The Wapshot Chronicle Winner 19 James Agee A Death in the Family FinalistJames Gould Cozzens By Love Possessed FinalistMark Harris Something About a Soldier FinalistAndrew Nelson Lytle The Velvet Horn FinalistBernard Malamud The Assistant FinalistWright Morris Love Among the Cannibals FinalistVladimir Nabokov Pnin FinalistAyn Rand Atlas Shrugged FinalistMay Sarton The Birth of a Grandfather FinalistNancy Wilson Ross The Return of Lady Brace Finalist1959 Bernard Malamud The Magic Barrel Winner 20 J P Donleavy The Ginger Man FinalistWilliam Humphrey Home from the Hill FinalistVladimir Nabokov Lolita FinalistJohn O Hara From the Terrace FinalistJ R Salamanca The Lost Country FinalistAnya Seton The Winthrop Woman FinalistRobert Traver Anatomy of a Murder Finalist1960s Edit National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists 1960 1969 Year Author Title Result Ref 1960 Philip Roth Goodbye Columbus Winner 21 22 Louis Auchincloss Pursuit of the Prodigal FinalistHamilton Basso The Light Infantry Ball FinalistSaul Bellow Henderson the Rain King FinalistEvan S Connell Jr Mrs Bridge FinalistWilliam Faulkner The Mansion FinalistMark Harris Wake Up Stupid FinalistJohn Hersey The War Lover FinalistH L Humes Men Die FinalistShirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House FinalistElizabeth Janeway The Third Choice FinalistJames Jones The Pistol FinalistWarren Miller The Cool World FinalistJames Purdy Malcolm FinalistLeo Rosten The Return of H Y M A N K A P L A N FinalistJohn Updike The Poorhouse Fair FinalistRobert Penn Warren The Cave FinalistMorris West The Devil s Advocate Finalist1961 Conrad Richter The Waters of Kronos Winner 23 Louis Auchincloss The House of Five Talents FinalistKay Boyle Generation Without Farewell FinalistJohn Hersey The Child Buyer FinalistJohn Knowles A Separate Peace FinalistHarper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird FinalistWright Morris Ceremony in Lone Tree FinalistFlannery O Connor The Violent Bear It Away FinalistElizabeth Spencer The Light in the Piazza and Other Italian Tales FinalistFrancis Steegmuller The Christening Party FinalistJohn Updike Rabbit Run FinalistMildred Walker The Body of a Young Man Finalist1962 Walker Percy The Moviegoer Winner 24 Isaac Bashevis Singer The Spinoza of Market Street and Other Stories FinalistHortense Calisher False Entry FinalistGeorge P Elliott Among the Dangs FinalistJoseph Heller Catch 22 FinalistBernard Malamud A New Life FinalistWilliam Keepers Maxwell Jr The Chateau FinalistJ D Salinger Franny and Zooey FinalistEdward Lewis Wallant The Pawnbroker FinalistJoan Williams The Morning and the Evening FinalistRichard Yates Revolutionary Road Finalist1963 J F Powers Morte d Urban Winner 25 Vladimir Nabokov Pale Fire FinalistKatherine Anne Porter Ship of Fools FinalistDawn Powell The Golden Spur FinalistClancy Sigal Going Away FinalistJohn Updike Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories Finalist1964 John Updike The Centaur Winner 26 Bernard Malamud Idiots First FinalistMary McCarthy The Group FinalistThomas Pynchon V FinalistHarvey Swados The Will Finalist1965 Saul Bellow Herzog Winner 27 Louis Auchincloss The Rector of Justin FinalistIsaac Bashevis Singer Short Friday FinalistJohn Hawkes Second Skin FinalistRichard E Kim The Martyred FinalistWallace Markfield To an Early Grave FinalistVladimir Nabokov The Defense Finalist1966 Katherine Anne Porter The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter Winner 28 Jesse Hill Ford The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones FinalistPeter Matthiessen At Play in the Fields of the Lord FinalistJames Merrill The Diblos Notebook FinalistFlannery O Connor Everything That Rises Must Converge FinalistHarry Mark Petrakis Pericles on 31st Street Finalist1967 Bernard Malamud The Fixer WinnerLouis Auchincloss The Embezzler FinalistEdwin O Connor All in the Family FinalistWalker Percy The Last Gentleman FinalistHarry Mark Petrakis A Dream of Kings FinalistWilfrid Sheed Office Politics Finalist1968 Thornton Wilder The Eighth Day Winner 29 Norman Mailer Why Are We in Vietnam FinalistJoyce Carol Oates A Garden of Earthly Delights FinalistChaim Potok The Chosen FinalistWilliam Styron The Confessions of Nat Turner Finalist1969 Jerzy Kosinski Steps Winner 30 John Barth Lost in the Funhouse FinalistFrederick Exley A Fan s Notes FinalistJoyce Carol Oates Expensive People FinalistThomas Rogers The Pursuit of Happiness Finalist1970s Edit National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists 1970 1979 Year Author Title Result Ref 1970 Joyce Carol Oates them Winner 31 Leonard Gardner Fat City FinalistLeonard Michaels Going Places FinalistJean Stafford The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford FinalistKurt Vonnegut Jr Slaughterhouse Five or The Children s Crusade Finalist1971 Saul Bellow Mr Sammler s Planet Winner 32 James Dickey Deliverance FinalistShirley Hazzard The Bay of Noon FinalistJohn Updike Bech A Book FinalistEudora Welty Losing Battles Finalist1972 Flannery O Connor The Complete Stories a Winner 33 Frederick Buechner Lion Country FinalistE L Doctorow The Book of Daniel FinalistStanley Elkin The Dick Gibson Show FinalistTom McHale Farragan s Retreat FinalistJoyce Carol Oates Wonderland FinalistCynthia Ozick The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories FinalistWalker Percy Love in the Ruins FinalistEarl Thompson A Garden of Sand FinalistJohn Updike Rabbit Redux Finalist1973 b John Barth Chimera Winner 34 35 36 John Edward Williams Augustus 37 36 35 Brock Brower The Late Great Creature FinalistAlan H Friedman Hermaphrodeity FinalistBarry Hannah Geronimo Rex FinalistGeorge V Higgins The Friends of Eddie Coyle FinalistR M Koster The Prince FinalistVladimir Nabokov Transparent Things FinalistIshmael Reed Mumbo Jumbo FinalistThomas Rogers The Confessions of a Child of the Century FinalistIsaac Bashevis Singer Enemies A Love Story FinalistEudora Welty The Optimist s Daughter Finalist1974 b Thomas Pynchon Gravity s Rainbow Winner 38 39 Doris Betts Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories 38 40 41 42 John Cheever The World of Apples FinalistEllen Douglas Apostles of Light Finalist 43 Stanley Elkin Searches and Seizures FinalistJohn Gardner Nickel Mountain FinalistJohn Leonard Black Conceit FinalistThomas McGuane Ninety Two in the Shade FinalistWilfrid Sheed People Will Always Be Kind FinalistIsaac Bashevis Singer A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories FinalistGore Vidal Burr FinalistJoy Williams State of Grace Finalist1975 b Robert Stone Dog Soldiers Winner 44 45 Donald Barthelme Guilty Pleasures 45 46 47 Gail Godwin The Odd Woman FinalistJoseph Heller Something Happened FinalistToni Morrison Sula FinalistVladimir Nabokov Look at the Harlequins FinalistGrace Paley Enormous Changes at the Last Minute FinalistPhilip Roth My Life As a Man FinalistMark Smith The Death of the Detective FinalistThomas Williams The Hair of Harold Roux Finalist1976 William Gaddis J R Winner 48 Saul Bellow Humboldt s Gift FinalistHortense Calisher The Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher FinalistJohanna Kaplan Other People s Lives FinalistVladimir Nabokov Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories FinalistLarry Woiwode Beyond the Bedroom Wall Finalist1977 Wallace Stegner The Spectator Bird Winner 49 Raymond Carver Will You Please Be Quiet Please FinalistMacDonald Harris The Balloonist FinalistUrsula K Le Guin Orsinian Tales FinalistCynthia Propper Seton A Fine Romance Finalist1978 Mary Lee Settle Blood Tie Winner 50 Robert Coover The Public Burning FinalistPeter De Vries Madder Music FinalistJames Alan McPherson Elbow Room FinalistJohn Sayles Union Dues Finalist1979 Tim O Brien Going After Cacciato Winner 51 John Cheever The Stories of John Cheever FinalistJohn Irving The World According to Garp FinalistDiane Johnson Lying Low FinalistDavid Plante The Family Finalist1980s Edit 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 3 None of those are covered here 1980 1983 Edit National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists 1980 1983 Year Category Author Title Result Ref 1980 Hardcover William Styron Sophie s Choice Winner 52 53 James Baldwin Just Above My Head FinalistNorman Mailer The Executioner s Song FinalistPhilip Roth The Ghost Writer FinalistScott Spencer Endless Love Finalist 54 Paperback John Irving The World According to Garp Winner 55 53 Paul Bowles Collected Stories FinalistGail Godwin Violet Clay FinalistJohn Updike Too Far to Go FinalistMarguerite Young Miss MacIntosh My Darling Volumes 1 and 2 Finalist1981 Hardcover Wright Morris Plains Song For Female Voices Winner 56 57 Shirley Hazzard The Transit of Venus FinalistWilliam Keepers Maxwell Jr So Long See You Tomorrow FinalistWalker Percy The Second Coming FinalistEudora Welty The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty Finalist 58 Paperback John Cheever The Stories of John Cheever Winner 59 57 Thomas Flanagan The Year of the French FinalistNorman Mailer The Executioner s Song FinalistScott Spencer Endless Love Finalist 54 Herman Wouk War and Remembrance Finalist1982 Hardcover John Updike Rabbit is Rich Winner 60 61 Mark Helprin Ellis Island and Other Stories FinalistJohn Irving The Hotel New Hampshire FinalistRobert Stone A Flag for Sunrise FinalistWilliam Wharton Dad FinalistPaperback William Maxwell So Long See You Tomorrow Winner 62 61 E L Doctorow Loon Lake FinalistShirley Hazzard The Transit of Venus FinalistWalker Percy The Second Coming FinalistAnne Tyler Morgan s Passing Finalist1983 Hardcover Alice Walker The Color Purple Winner 63 64 Gail Godwin A Mother and Two Daughters FinalistBobbie Ann Mason Shiloh and Other Stories FinalistPaul Theroux The Mosquito Coast FinalistAnne Tyler Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant FinalistPaperback Eudora Welty The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty Winner 65 64 David Bradley The Chaneysville Incident FinalistMary Gordon The Company of Women FinalistMarilynne Robinson Housekeeping FinalistRobert Stone A Flag for Sunrise Finalist1983 entries were published during 1982 winners in 27 categories were announced April 13 and privately celebrated April 28 1983 66 1984 entries for the revamped awards in three categories were published November 1983 to October 1984 eleven finalists were announced October 17 67 Winners were announced and celebrated November 15 1984 68 1984 1989 Edit National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists 1984 1989 Year Author Title Result Ref 1984 Ellen Gilchrist Victory Over Japan A Book of Stories Winner 69 Alison Lurie Foreign Affairs FinalistPhilip Roth The Anatomy Lesson Finalist1985 Don DeLillo White Noise Winner 70 71 Ursula K Le Guin Always Coming Home FinalistHugh Nissenson The Tree of Life Finalist1986 E L Doctorow World s Fair Winner 72 Norman Rush Whites FinalistPeter Taylor A Summons to Memphis Finalist1987 Larry Heinemann Paco s Story Winner 73 74 Alice McDermott That Night FinalistToni Morrison Beloved FinalistHoward Norman The Northern Lights FinalistPhilip Roth The Counterlife Finalist1988 Pete Dexter Paris Trout Winner 75 Don DeLillo Libra FinalistMary McGarry Morris Vanished FinalistJ F Powers Wheat That Springeth Green FinalistAnne Tyler Breathing Lessons Finalist1989 John Casey Spartina Winner 76 E L Doctorow Billy Bathgate FinalistKatherine Dunn Geek Love Finalist 77 Oscar Hijuelos The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love FinalistAmy Tan The Joy Luck Club Finalist1990s Edit National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists 1990 1999 Year Author Title Result Ref 1990 Charles Johnson Middle Passage Winner 78 79 Felipe Alfau Chromos FinalistElena Castedo Paradise FinalistJessica Hagedorn Dogeaters Finalist 80 Joyce Carol Oates Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart Finalist1991 Norman Rush Mating Winner 81 Louis Begley Wartime Lies FinalistStephen Dixon Frog FinalistStanley Elkin The MacGuffin FinalistSandra Scofield Beyond Deserving Finalist1992 Cormac McCarthy All the Pretty Horses Winner 82 Dorothy Allison Bastard Out of Carolina FinalistCristina Garcia Dreaming in Cuban FinalistEdward P Jones Lost in the City FinalistRobert Stone Outerbridge Reach Finalist1993 E Annie Proulx The Shipping News Winner 83 Amy Bloom Come to Me Stories Finalist 84 Thom Jones The Pugilist at Rest FinalistRichard Powers Operation Wandering Soul FinalistBob Shacochis Swimming in the Volcano Finalist1994 William Gaddis A Frolic of His Own Winner 85 Ellen Currie Moses Supposes FinalistRichard Dooling White Man s Grave FinalistHoward Norman The Bird Artist FinalistGrace Paley The Collected Stories Finalist1995 Philip Roth Sabbath s Theater Winner 86 Edwidge Danticat Krik Krak FinalistStephen Dixon Interstate FinalistRosario Ferre The House on the Lagoon FinalistMadison Smartt Bell All Souls Rising Finalist1996 Andrea Barrett Ship Fever and Other Stories Winner 87 84 Ron Hansen Atticus FinalistElizabeth McCracken The Giant s House FinalistSteven Millhauser Martin Dressler The Tale of an American Dreamer FinalistJanet Peery The River Beyond the World Finalist1997 Charles Frazier Cold Mountain Winner 88 89 Don DeLillo Underworld FinalistDiane Johnson Le Divorce FinalistWard Just Echo House FinalistCynthia Ozick The Puttermesser Papers Finalist1998 Alice McDermott Charming Billy Winner 90 Allegra Goodman Kaaterskill Falls FinalistGayl Jones The Healing FinalistRobert Stone Damascus Gate FinalistTom Wolfe A Man in Full Finalist1999 Ha Jin Waiting Winner 91 Andre Dubus III House of Sand and Fog Finalist 84 Kent Haruf Plainsong Finalist 92 Patricia Henley Hummingbird House FinalistJean Thompson Who Do You Love Finalist2000s Edit National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists 2000 2009 Year Author Title Result Ref 2000 Susan Sontag In America Winner 93 Charles Baxter The Feast of Love FinalistAlan Lightman The Diagnosis FinalistJoyce Carol Oates Blonde FinalistFrancine Prose Blue Angel Finalist2001 Jonathan Franzen The Corrections Winner 94 95 Dan Chaon Among the Missing FinalistJennifer Egan Look at Me Finalist 96 Louise Erdrich The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse FinalistSusan Straight Highwire Moon Finalist2002 Julia Glass Three Junes Winner 97 Mark Costello Big If FinalistAdam Haslett You Are Not a Stranger Here FinalistMartha McPhee Gorgeous Lies FinalistBrad Watson The Heaven of Mercury Finalist2003 Shirley Hazzard The Great Fire Winner 98 99 T C Boyle Drop City FinalistEdward P Jones The Known World FinalistScott Spencer A Ship Made of Paper FinalistMarianne Wiggins Evidence of Things Unseen Finalist2004 Lily Tuck The News from Paraguay Winner 100 101 Sarah Shun lien Bynum Madeleine is Sleeping Finalist 54 Christine Schutt Florida FinalistJoan Silber Ideas of Heaven A Ring of Stories FinalistKate Walbert Our Kind Finalist 54 2005 William T Vollmann Europe Central Winner 102 E L Doctorow The March FinalistMary Gaitskill Veronica FinalistChristopher Sorrentino Trance FinalistRene Steinke Holy Skirts Finalist2006 Richard Powers The Echo Maker Winner 103 Mark Z Danielewski Only Revolutions FinalistKen Kalfus A Disorder Peculiar to the Country FinalistDana Spiotta Eat the Document FinalistJess Walter The Zero Finalist2007 Denis Johnson Tree of Smoke Winner 104 105 Mischa Berlinski Fieldwork FinalistLydia Davis Varieties of Disturbance FinalistJoshua Ferris Then We Came to the End FinalistJim Shepard Like You d Understand Anyway Finalist2008 Peter Matthiessen Shadow Country Winner 106 Aleksandar Hemon The Lazarus Project Finalist 84 Rachel Kushner Telex from Cuba FinalistMarilynne Robinson Home FinalistSalvatore Scibona The End Finalist2009 Colum McCann Let the Great World Spin Winner 107 108 54 Bonnie Jo Campbell American Salvage FinalistDaniyal Mueenuddin In Other Rooms Other Wonders FinalistJayne Anne Phillips Lark and Termite Finalist 54 Marcel Theroux Far North Finalist2010s Edit National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists 2010 2019 Year Author Title Result2010 Jaimy Gordon Lord of Misrule Winner 109 110 Peter Carey Parrot and Olivier in America FinalistNicole Krauss Great House FinalistLionel Shriver So Much for That FinalistKaren Tei Yamashita I Hotel Finalist 84 2011 Jesmyn Ward Salvage the Bones Winner 111 112 113 Andrew Krivak The Sojourn Finalist 114 80 Tea Obreht The Tiger s Wife Finalist 54 115 80 Julie Otsuka The Buddha in the Attic Finalist 80 Edith Pearlman Binocular Vision Finalist 80 2012 Louise Erdrich The Round House Winner 116 117 118 119 113 Junot Diaz This Is How You Lose Her Finalist 113 Dave Eggers A Hologram for the King FinalistBen Fountain Billy Lynn s Long Halftime Walk Finalist 113 Kevin Powers The Yellow Birds Finalist 113 2013 James McBride The Good Lord Bird Winner 120 121 122 Rachel Kushner The Flamethrowers FinalistJhumpa Lahiri The Lowland FinalistThomas Pynchon Bleeding Edge FinalistGeorge Saunders Tenth of December Stories Finalist2014 Phil Klay Redeployment Winner 123 124 Rabih Alameddine An Unnecessary Woman FinalistAnthony Doerr All the Light We Cannot See FinalistMarilynne Robinson Lila FinalistEmily St John Mandel Station Eleven Finalist2015 Adam Johnson Fortune Smiles Winner 125 Karen Bender Refund FinalistAngela Flournoy The Turner House FinalistLauren Groff Fates and Furies FinalistHanya Yanagihara A Little Life Finalist2016 Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad Winner 126 Chris Bachelder The Throwback Special Finalist 127 Paulette Jiles News of the World Finalist 127 Karan Mahajan The Association of Small Bombs Finalist 127 Jacqueline Woodson Another Brooklyn Finalist 127 2017 Jesmyn Ward Sing Unburied Sing Winner 128 129 Elliot Ackerman Dark at the Crossing FinalistLisa Ko The Leavers FinalistMin Jin Lee Pachinko FinalistCarmen Maria Machado Her Body and Other Parties Finalist2018 Sigrid Nunez The Friend Winner 130 131 Jamel Brinkley A Lucky Man FinalistLauren Groff Florida FinalistBrandon Hobson Where the Dead Sit Talking FinalistRebecca Makkai The Great Believers Finalist2019 Susan Choi Trust Exercise Winner 132 133 134 Kali Fajardo Anstine Sabrina amp Corina FinalistMarlon James Black Leopard Red Wolf Finalist 134 135 Laila Lalami The Other Americans FinalistJulia Phillips Disappearing Earth Finalist2020s Edit National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists 2020 present Year Author Title Result Ref 2020 Charles Yu Interior Chinatown Winner 136 137 Rumaan Alam Leave the World Behind FinalistLydia Millet A Children s Bible FinalistDeesha Philyaw The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Finalist 138 Douglas Stuart writer Shuggie Bain Finalist2021 Jason Mott Hell of a Book Winner 139 140 141 Anthony Doerr Cloud Cuckoo Land FinalistLauren Groff Matrix FinalistLaird Hunt Zorrie FinalistRobert Jones Jr The Prophets Finalist2022 Tess Gunty The Rabbit Hutch Winner 142 143 Gayl Jones The Birdcatcher Finalist 144 Jamil Jan Kochai The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories Finalist 144 Sarah Thankam Mathews All This Could Be Different Finalist 144 Alejandro Varela The Town of Babylon Finalist 144 Early awards for fiction EditThe National Book Awards for 1935 to 1940 annually recognized the Most Distinguished Novel 1935 1936 or Favorite Fiction 1937 1940 Furthermore works of fiction were eligible for the Bookseller Discovery and Most Original Book awards fiction winners are listed here There was only one National Book Award for 1941 the Bookseller Discovery which recognized the novel Hold Autumn In Your Hand by George Perry 145 then none until the 1950 revival in three categories including Fiction Most Distinguished Novel 1935 1936 Edit 1935 Rachel Field Time Out of Mind 146 1936 Margaret Mitchell Gone With the Wind 147 Favorite Fiction 1937 1940 Edit 1937 A J Cronin The Citadel 148 Conrad Richter The Sea of Grass c Kenneth Roberts Northwest Passage c Leonard Q Ross Leo Rosten The Education of H Y M A N K A P L A N short stories c 1938 Daphne Du Maurier Rebecca 149 1939 John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath 150 Sholom Asch The Nazarene1940 Richard Llewellyn How Green Was My Valley 151 Bookseller Discovery 1936 1941 Edit 1936 Norah Lofts I Met a Gypsy short stories 147 1937 Lawrence Watkin On Borrowed Time novel 149 see 1937 Fiction c 1938 see nonfiction1939 Elgin Groseclose Ararat novel 150 Chard Powers Smith Artillery of Time I1940 see nonfiction1941 George Sessions Perry Hold Autumn in Your Hand novel 145 Most Original Book 1935 1939 Edit 1935 Charles G Finney The Circus of Dr Lao novel 147 1936 see nonfiction1937 see nonfiction see 1937 Fiction c 1938 see nonfiction1939 Dalton Trumbo Johnny Got His Gun novel 150 Geoffrey Household Rogue MaleRepeat winners EditSee Winners of multiple U S National Book AwardsNotes Edit The Complete Stories was named the Best of the National Book Awards as part of 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