National Book Award for Fiction Public

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Winners of the National Book Award for Fiction (known as the American Book Award from 1980-1983).

  1. Three Junes by 

    Three Junes is a vividly textured symphonic novel set on both sides of the Atlantic during three fateful summers in …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2002 for Fiction

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  2. The Great Fire by 

    A Great Writer's Sweeping Story of Men and Women Struggling to Reclaim Their Lives in The Aftermath of World Conflict

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2003 for Fiction

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  3. The news from Paraguay by 

    The year is l854. In Paris, Francisco Solano -- the future dictator of Paraguay -- begins his courtship of the …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2004 for Fiction

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  4. Europe central by 

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    In this magnificent work of fiction, William T. Vollmann turns his trenchant eye to the authoritarian cultures of Germany and …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2005 for Fiction

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  5. The Echo Maker by 

    On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2006 for Fiction

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  6. Tree of smoke by 

    This mammoth odyssey about the Vietnam War transcends all other attempts to write about Vietnam, and makes them look like …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2007 for Fiction

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  7. Shadow Country by 

    Peter Matthiessen’s great American epic–Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man’s River, and Bone by Bone–was conceived as one vast mysterious novel, …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2008 for Fiction

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  8. Let the great world spin by 

    Let the Great World Spin is a novel by Colum McCann set mainly in New York City in the United …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2009 for Fiction

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  9. Lord of Misrule by 

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2010 for Fiction

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  10. Salvage the Bones by 

    Salvage the Bones is the second novel by American author Jesmyn Ward and published by Bloomsbury in 2011. The novel …

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  11. The round house by 

    A young man is upended after a violent attack on his mother, which leaves his family in turmoil. Well-written page …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2012 for Fiction

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  12. The Good Lord Bird by 

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2013 for Fiction

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  13. Redeployment by 

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    Phil Klay's Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2014 for Fiction

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  14. Fortune Smiles by 

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    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed novel about North Korea, The Orphan Master’s Son, Adam Johnson is one …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2015 for Fiction

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  15. The Underground Railroad by 

    Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2016 for Fiction

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