Award-Winning Fiction: National Book Award (fiction)

Recognizes the best of American literature, "raising the cultural appreciation of great writing in the country while advancing the careers of both established and emerging writers."  This guide provides a list of just the most recent winners.  Visit the award website to view all winners and any subcategory winners.

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1997        Cold Mountain. Charles Frazier. PS3556.R3599.C6 1997

1996        Ship Fever and Other Stories. Andrea Barrett. PS3552.A7327.S55 1996

1995        Sabbath's Theater. Philip Roth. PS3568.O855.S23 1996

1994        A Frolic of His Own. William Gaddis. PS3557.A28.F76 1994

1993        The Shipping News. E. Annie Proulx. PS3566.R697.S4 1993

1992        All the Pretty Horses. Cormac McCarthy. PS3563.C337.A44 1992

1991        Mating. Norman Rush. PS3568.U727.M38 1992

1990        Middle Passage. Charles Johnson.

1989        Spartina. John Casey.

1988        Paris Trout. Pete Dexter.

1987        Paco's Story. Larry Heinemann.

1986        World's Fair. E. L. Doctorow. PS3554.O3.W6 1985

1985        Fiction: White Noise. Don DeLillo. GV1015.4.W66.C75 2002

1985        First Work of Fiction: Easy in the Islands. Bob Shacochis.

1984        Fiction: Victory Over Japan : A Book of Stories.  Ellen Gilchrist. PS3557.I34258.V5

1984        First Work of Fiction: Stones for Ibarra. Harriet Doerr. PS3571.P4.R25 1981

1983        Fiction (Paperback): Collected Stories of Eudora Welty. Eudora Welty. PS3545.E6.A15

1980        First Novel: The Women of Brewster Place. Gloria Naylor.

1983        Original Paperback: The Red Magician.  Lisa Goldstein.

1983        Fiction (Hardcover): Color Purple.  Alice Walker. PS3573.A425.C6 1982

1982        Fiction (Hardcover): Rabbit Is Rich.  John Updike. PS3571.P4.R25

1981        Fiction (Paperback): So Long, See You Tomorrow. William Maxwell. PS3525.A9464.S6

1981        First Novel: Dale Loves Sophie to Death.  Robb Forman Dew.

1981        Fiction (Hardcover): Plains Song for Female Voices. Wright Morris. PS3525.O7475.P5 2000

1981        Fiction (Paperback): The Stories of John Cheever. John Cheever. PS3505.H6428.A7 2000

1981        First Novel: Sister Wolf.  Ann Arensberg. 

1980        Sophie's Choice. William Styron. PS3569.T9.S67

1980        Fiction (Paperback): World According to Garp. John Irving. PZ3.I714wo & PZ3.I714wo

1980        First Novel: Birdy. William Wharton. PZ3.W5377bi 1978

1979        Going After Cacciato. Tim O'Brien. PZ3.O1362go

1978        Blood Ties. Mary Lee Settle.

1977        The Spectator Bird. Wallace Stegner. PS3537.T316.S75

1976        Jr. William Gaddis.

1975        Dog Soldiers. Robert Stone. PZ3.S8789do

1975        The Hair of Harold Roux. Thomas Williams.

1974        Gravity's Rainbow. Thomas Pynchon. PS3566.Y55.G7

1974        A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories. Isaac Bashevis Singer.

1973        Chimera. John Barth. PZ3.B284ch

1973        Augustus. John Williams. PS3545.I5286.A94 1995

1972        The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor. Flannery O'Connor.

1971        Mr. Sammler's Planet. Saul Bellow. PZ3.B41937M

1970        Them. Joyce Carol Oates. PS3565.A8.T48 2000

1969        Steps.  Jerzy Konsinski.

1968        The Eighth Day. Thornton Wilder.

1967        The Fixer. Bernard Malamud. PS3563.A4.F4 1966

1966        The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter.  Katherine Anne Porter. PS3531.O752.A6 1979

1965        Herzog. Saul Bellow. PZ3.B41937hh

1964        The Centaur. John Updike. PZ3.U64ce

1963        Morte D'Urban. J. F. Powers.

1962        The Moviegoer. Walker Percy. PZ.P43115MO

1961        The Waters of Kronos. Conrad Richter.

1960        Goodbye, Columbus. Philip Roth. PS3568.O855.G6 1993

1959        The Magic Barrel. Bernard Malamud. PZ3.M237mag

1958        The Wapshot Chronicle. John Cheever. PZ3.C3983wap

1957        The Field of Vision. Wright Morris.

1956        Ten North. Frederick John O'Hara.

1955        A Fable. William Faulkner. PS3511.A86.F2

1954        The Adventures of Augie March. Saul Bellow. PZ3.B41937ad

1953        Invisible Man. Ralph Ellison. PZ3.E47in

1952        From Here to Eternity. James Jones. PS3560.O49.F6

1951        The Collected Stories of William Faulkner. William Faulkner. PS3511.A86.C7 1977

1950        The Man With the Golden Arm. Nelson Algren.