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National Book Award · Fiction

Winners of the National Book Award for Fiction. One of the four big American book prizes.

82 books·Curio catalog
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)2025
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
Rabih Alameddine
James2024
James
Percival Everett
Blackouts2023
Blackouts
Justin Torres
The Rabbit Hutch2022
The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty
Hell of a Book2021
Hell of a Book
Jason Mott
Interior Chinatown2020
Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu
Trust Exercise2019
Trust Exercise
Susan Choi
The Friend2018
The Friend
Sigrid Nunez
Sing, Unburied, Sing2017
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward
The Underground Railroad2016
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
Fortune Smiles: Stories2015
Fortune Smiles: Stories
Adam Johnson
Redeployment2014
Redeployment
Phil Klay
The Good Lord Bird2013
The Good Lord Bird
James Mcbride
The Round House2012
The Round House
Louise Erdrich
Salvage the Bones2011
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
Lord of Misrule2010
Lord of Misrule
Jaimy Gordon
Let the Great World Spin2009
Let the Great World Spin
Colum Mccann
Shadow Country2008
Shadow Country
Peter Matthiessen
Tree of Smoke2007
Tree of Smoke
Denis Johnson
The Echo Maker2006
The Echo Maker
Richard Powers
Europe Central2005
Europe Central
William T. Vollmann
The News From Paraguay2004
The News From Paraguay
Lily Tuck
The Great Fire2003
The Great Fire
Shirley Hazzard
Three Junes2002
Three Junes
Julia Glass
The Corrections2001
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
In America2000
In America
Susan Sontag
Waiting1999
Waiting
Ha Jin
Charming Billy1998
Charming Billy
Alice Mcdermott
Cold Mountain1997
Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier
Ship Fever and Other Stories1996
Ship Fever and Other Stories
Andrea Barrett
Sabbath's Theater1995
Sabbath's Theater
Philip Roth
A Frolic of His Own1994
A Frolic of His Own
William Gaddis
The Shipping News1993
The Shipping News
E. Annie Proulx
All the Pretty Horses1992
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac Mccarthy
Mating1991
Mating
Norman Rush
Middle Passage1990
Middle Passage
Charles Johnson
Spartina1989
Spartina
John Casey
Paris Trout1988
Paris Trout
Pete Dexter
Paco's Story1987
Paco's Story
Larry Heinemann
World's Fair1986
World's Fair
E. L. Doctorow
White Noise1985
White Noise
Don Delillo
Victory Over Japan1984
Victory Over Japan
Ellen Gilchrist
The Color Purple1983
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty1983
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty
Rabbit Is Rich1982
Rabbit Is Rich
John Updike
So Long, See You Tomorrow1982
So Long, See You Tomorrow
William Maxwell
Plains Song1981
Plains Song
Wright Morris
The Stories of John Cheever1981
The Stories of John Cheever
John Cheever
Sophie's Choice1980
Sophie's Choice
William Styron
The World According to Garp1980
The World According to Garp
John Irving
Going After Cacciato1979
Going After Cacciato
Tim O'brien
Blood Tie1978
Blood Tie
Mary Lee Settle
The Spectator Bird1977
The Spectator Bird
Wallace Stegner
JRWILLIAM GADDIS1976
Jr
William Gaddis
Dog Soldiers1975
Dog Soldiers
Robert Stone
The Hair of Harold Roux1975
The Hair of Harold Roux
Thomas Williams
Gravity's Rainbow1974
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories1974
A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Augustus1973
Augustus
John Williams
The Complete Stories1972
The Complete Stories
Flannery O'connor
Mr. Sammler's Planet1971
Mr. Sammler's Planet
Saul Bellow
Them1970
Them
Joyce Carol Oates
Steps1969
Steps
Jerzy Kosinski
The Eighth Day1968
The Eighth Day
Thornton Wilder
The Fixer1967
The Fixer
Bernard Malamud
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter1966
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter
Herzog1965
Herzog
Saul Bellow
The Centaur1964
The Centaur
John Updike
Morte D'urban1963
Morte D'urban
J. F. Powers
The Moviegoer1962
The Moviegoer
Walker Percy
The Waters of Kronos1961
The Waters of Kronos
Conrad Richter
Goodbye, Columbus1960
Goodbye, Columbus
Philip Roth
The Magic Barrel1959
The Magic Barrel
Bernard Malamud
The Wapshot Chronicle1958
The Wapshot Chronicle
John Cheever
The Field of Vision1957
The Field of Vision
Wright Morris
Ten North Frederick1956
Ten North Frederick
John O'hara
A Fable1955
A Fable
William Faulkner
The Adventures of Augie March1954
The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
Invisible Man1953
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
From Here to Eternity1952
From Here to Eternity
James Jones
The Collected Stories of William Faulkner1951
The Collected Stories of William Faulkner
William Faulkner
The Man with the Golden Arm1950
The Man with the Golden Arm
Nelson Algren