The National Book Award for Fiction

a list by Peter Steinberg, avid reader
filed under Award Winners and Fiction

Started in 1950, the National Book Awards are among the country's most eminent literary prizes. The winners are selected by an independent, expert and volunteer five-member judging panel (where can I volunteer?) and the winners each receive a $10,000 cash prize and a bronze sculpture; finalists each receive $1,000, a medal, and a citation from the panel jury. Semi-finalists? A rejection letter suitable for framing. ;-)

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Shadow_Country_2008');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/081298062X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Shadow_Country_2008');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/081298062X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Shadow Country (2008)

by Peter Matthiessen

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This book also appears on 2008 National Book Award Winners
 
 
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by Denis Johnson

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This book also appears on:

2007's 3-Star Fiction (and 3 Stars is Very Good)

The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)

Time Magazine's Top 10 Books of 2007 (Fiction)

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/The_Echo_Maker_2006');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374146357'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

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by Richard Powers

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Europe_Central_2005');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0670033928'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

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by William Vollmann

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/The_News_from_Paraguay_2004');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0066209447'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/The_News_from_Paraguay_2004');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0066209447'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The News from Paraguay (2004)

by Lily Tuck

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/The_Great_Fire_2003');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374166447'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/The_Great_Fire_2003');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374166447'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Great Fire (2003)

by Shirley Hazzard

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Three_Junes_2002');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0385721420'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

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by Julia Glass

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/The_Corrections_2001');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312421273'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

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by Jonathan Franzen

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This book also appears on Oprah's Book Club  (New book just added)
 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/In_America_2000');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312273207'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/In_America_2000');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312273207'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">In America (2000)

by Susan Sontag

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Waiting_1999');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375706410'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Waiting (1999)

by Ha Jin

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This book also appears on Winners of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Charming_Billy_1998');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038533334X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Charming_Billy_1998');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038533334X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Charming Billy (1998)

by Alice McDermott

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Cold_Mountain_1997');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0802142842'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

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by Charles Frazier

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Ship_Fever_1996');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0393316009'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Ship_Fever_1996');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0393316009'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Ship Fever (1996)

by Andrea Barrett

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Sabbaths_Theater_1995');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679772596'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Sabbaths_Theater_1995');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679772596'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Sabbath's Theater (1995)

by Philip Roth

Amazon readers say:

"A brilliant study of a man's loneliness."
"A gross, calculated, fascinating insult."
"Scary and hilarious."
"Handle with care."

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This book also appears on Every Book by Philip Roth
 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/A_Frolic_of_His_Own_1994');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684800527'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/A_Frolic_of_His_Own_1994');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684800527'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">A Frolic of His Own (1994)

by William Gaddis

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/The_Shipping_News_1993');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0671510053'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/The_Shipping_News_1993');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0671510053'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Shipping News (1993)

by E. Annie Proulx

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This book also appears on Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction
 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/All_the_Pretty_Horses_1992');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679744398'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/All_the_Pretty_Horses_1992');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679744398'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">All the Pretty Horses (1992)

by Cormac McCarthy

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Mating_1991');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/067973709X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Mating_1991');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/067973709X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Mating (1991)

by Norman Rush

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Mating_1991');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/067973709X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Mating_1991');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/067973709X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 496 page paperback |$10.85 |77 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Middle_Passage_1990');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684855887'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Middle_Passage_1990');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684855887'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Middle Passage (1990)

by Charles Johnson

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Middle_Passage_1990');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684855887'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/Middle_Passage_1990');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684855887'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 209 page paperback |$10.20 |44 reviews

 

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