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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J R is the long-awaited novel from William Gaddis, author of The Recognitions, that tremendous book which, in the …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1976 for Fiction
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The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner turns his attention to the life -questioning dilemma of old age in this complex, fascinating …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1977 for Fiction
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Ceramos, on the Turkish coast, lies like theater around its ancient harbor. It has been a Greek, a Persian, a …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1978 for Fiction
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Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien
In October, near the end of the month, Cacciato left the war.
"Paree," the lieutenant murmured. "So Cacciato's gone off …Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1979 for Fiction
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Sophie's Choice by William Styron
Sophie's Choice unfolds a story as absorbing and effective and memorable as any work of fiction in our time. It …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1980 for Fiction - Hardcover
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The World According to Garp by John Irving
Journey through four generations, across two continents with the astonishing family of T. S. Garp—the famous bastard son of a …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1980 for Fiction - Paperback
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Plains Song is among Wright Morris's most richly felt and most beautifully written novels. It is the story of a …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1981 for Fiction - Hardcover
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The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
Like radiant, graceful chapters of the novel that is the American heart, THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER live in the …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1981 for Fiction - Paperback
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Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike (Rabbit, #3)
The hero of John Updike's Rabbit, Run (1960), ten years after the hectic events described in Rabbit Redux (1971), has …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1982 for Fiction - Hardcover
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1982 for Fiction - Paperback
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker
5 stars
In Meridian, Alice Walker wrote the classic novel of the civil rights movement. Her new novel goes back to the …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1983 for Fiction - Hardcover
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The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty
The volume contains all 41 of Eudora Welty's published stories.
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1983 for Fiction - Paperback
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Victory Over Japan by Ellen Gilchrist
Ellen Gilchrist, whose first collection of short stories. In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, won both prizes and international …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1984 for Fiction
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5 stars
Don DeLillo's new masterpiece of a novel, a brilliant story about death and the fear of death, is a comedy, …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1985 for Fiction
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World's Fair by E. L. Doctorow
5 stars
E. L. Doctorow's World's Fair is a wonderfully poignant creation of a certain New York City boyhood of the 19305, …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 1986 for Fiction
