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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Paco's Story by Larry Heinemann
Paco Sullivan's story commences when his infantry company is sent to a fire base named Harriette, a place with a …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1987 for Fiction
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The time and place: Cotton Point, a small Georgia town, just after World War II. The event: the murder of …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1988 for Fiction
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A classic tale of a man, a boat, and a storm, Spartina is the lyrical and compassionate story of Dick …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1989 for Fiction
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Middle Passage by Charles Johnson
From the beginning of his career, Charles Johnson has been acclaimed for the richness of his imagination, the virtuosity of …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1990 for Fiction
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Five years after making one of the most auspicious literary debuts of the decade with his story collection, Whites, Norman …
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All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (The Border Trilogy, #1)
All the Pretty Horses establishes more powerfully than ever before Cormac McCarthy's prominence in contemporary fiction, and indeed his place …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1992 for Fiction
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The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1993 for Fiction
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A Frolic of His Own by William Gaddis
With the publication of The Recognitions in 1955, William Gaddis was hailed as the American heir to James Joyce. His …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1994 for Fiction
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Sabbath’s Theater by Philip Roth
As much as he wants to be the Marquis de Sade, he is not.
As much as he wants to …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1995 for Fiction
