National Book Award for Fiction

Awarded annually by the National Book Foundation for the best fiction in the United States.


Lord of Misrule
2009
Let the Great World Spin
2008
Shadow Country
2007
Tree of Smoke
2006
The Echo Maker
2005
Europe Central
2004
The News from Paraguay
2003
The Great Fire
2002
Three Junes
2001
The Corrections
2000
In America
1999
Waiting
1998
Charming Billy
1997
Cold Mountain
1996
Ship Fever and Other Stories
1995
Sabbath's Theater
1994
A Frolic of His Own
1993
The Shipping News
1992
All the Pretty Horses
1991
Mating
1990-06-12
Middle Passage
1989
Spartina
1988
Paris Trout
1986
Paco's Story
1985
World's Fair
1985
White Noise
1984
Victory Over Japan
1982
The Color Purple
1980
The Collected Stories
1981
Rabbit Is Rich
1980
Plains Song
1979
Sophie's Choice
1978
Going After Cacciato
1977
Blood Tie
1976
The Spectator Bird
1975-10-29
JR
1974
Dog Soldiers
1974-06-03
The Hair of Harold Roux
1973
A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories
1973-03-14
Gravity's Rainbow
1972
Chimera
1972
Augustus
1971
The Complete Stories
1970
Mr. Sammler's Planet
1969
Them
1968
Steps
1967
The Eighth Day
1966
The Fixer
1964
Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
1964-09-21
Herzog
1963
The Centaur
1962
Morte D'Urban
1961-05-15
The Moviegoer
1960
The Waters of Kronos
1959-05-07
Goodbye, Columbus
1958
The Magic Barrel
1957
The Wapshot Chronicle
1956
The Field of Vision
1955
Ten North Frederick
1954-08-02
A Fable
1953-09-18
The Adventures of Augie March
1952
Invisible Man
1951-02-26
From Here to Eternity
1950-08-21
The Collected Stories
1949
The Man with the Golden Arm