National Book Award Fiction Winners and Finalists 1950-60

1.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,795 ratings
2.
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter 4.18 avg rating — 2,809 ratings
3.
The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed 4.01 avg rating — 19,573 ratings
4.
These Thousand Hills
These Thousand Hills 3.81 avg rating — 421 ratings
5.
The Winthrop Woman
The Winthrop Woman 4.12 avg rating — 6,701 ratings
6.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,377 ratings
7.
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Man with the Golden Arm 3.87 avg rating — 3,202 ratings
8.
Collected Stories
Collected Stories 4.24 avg rating — 7,824 ratings
9.
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity 4.08 avg rating — 17,968 ratings
10.
The Morning Watch
The Morning Watch 3.66 avg rating — 215 ratings
11.
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp 3.88 avg rating — 3,994 ratings
12.
Requiem for a Nun
Requiem for a Nun 3.54 avg rating — 1,315 ratings
13.
The Strange Children
The Strange Children 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
14.
The Holy Sinner
The Holy Sinner 3.94 avg rating — 1,896 ratings
15.
Melville Goodwin, USA
Melville Goodwin, USA 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings
16.
Lie Down in Darkness
Lie Down in Darkness 3.81 avg rating — 3,542 ratings
17.
The Witch Diggers
The Witch Diggers 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings
18.
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny 4.29 avg rating — 26,469 ratings
19.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,742 ratings
20.
Many Mansions
Many Mansions 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
21.
Winds of Morning
Winds of Morning 3.69 avg rating — 32 ratings
22.
The Gathering Darkness
The Gathering Darkness 1.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
23.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,833 ratings
24.
Jefferson Selleck
Jefferson Selleck 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
25.
The Landsman
The Landsman 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
26.
A Shower of Summer Days
A Shower of Summer Days 3.65 avg rating — 199 ratings
27.
The Catherine Wheel
The Catherine Wheel 3.84 avg rating — 138 ratings
28.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,321 ratings
29.
The Build-Up
The Build-Up 3.37 avg rating — 19 ratings
30.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating — 18,693 ratings
31.
A Fable
A Fable 3.50 avg rating — 4,302 ratings
32.
The Dollmaker
The Dollmaker 4.17 avg rating — 3,788 ratings
33.
The View from Pompey's Head: A Novel
The View from Pompey's Head: A Novel 3.84 avg rating — 111 ratings
34.
Pictures from an Institution
Pictures from an Institution 3.46 avg rating — 508 ratings
35.
The Last Hunt
The Last Hunt 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
36.
Lord Grizzly
Lord Grizzly 3.94 avg rating — 655 ratings
37.
The Huge Season
The Huge Season 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
38.
The Courts of Memory
The Courts of Memory it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
39.
Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2)
Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 18,695 ratings
40.
Ten North Frederick
Ten North Frederick 3.83 avg rating — 870 ratings
41.
The Spider's House
The Spider's House 3.96 avg rating — 1,977 ratings
42.
The Black Prince and Other Stories
The Black Prince and Other Stories 3.78 avg rating — 45 ratings
43.
Andersonville
Andersonville 4.10 avg rating — 8,302 ratings
44.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,603 ratings
45.
Faithful Are the Wounds
Faithful Are the Wounds 3.98 avg rating — 115 ratings
46.
Band of Angels
Band of Angels 3.70 avg rating — 343 ratings
47.
The Bride of the Innisfallen and Other Stories
The Bride of the Innisfallen and Other Stories 3.65 avg rating — 124 ratings
48.
Marjorie Morningstar
Marjorie Morningstar 3.99 avg rating — 9,175 ratings
49.
The Field of Vision
The Field of Vision 3.27 avg rating — 153 ratings
50.
A Walk on the Wild Side
A Walk on the Wild Side 3.92 avg rating — 1,601 ratings
51.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,178 ratings
52.
Seize the Day
Seize the Day 3.53 avg rating — 13,350 ratings
53.
Greenwillow
Greenwillow 4.32 avg rating — 288 ratings
54.
A Single Pebble
A Single Pebble 3.64 avg rating — 583 ratings
55.
Generations of Men
Generations of Men it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
56.
The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah 4.12 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
57.
The Voice at the Back Door
The Voice at the Back Door 3.99 avg rating — 256 ratings
58.
Further Fables for Our Time
Further Fables for Our Time 3.83 avg rating — 151 ratings
59.
The Wapshot Chronicle
The Wapshot Chronicle 3.75 avg rating — 7,498 ratings
60.
A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family 3.89 avg rating — 17,372 ratings
61.
By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed 3.12 avg rating — 130 ratings
62.
Something About a Soldier
Something About a Soldier 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
63.
The Velvet Horn
The Velvet Horn 4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings
64.
The Assistant
The Assistant 3.90 avg rating — 11,025 ratings
65.
Love Among the Cannibals
Love Among the Cannibals 3.43 avg rating — 68 ratings
66.
Pnin
Pnin 3.88 avg rating — 28,110 ratings
67.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,805 ratings
68.
The Return of Lady Brace
The Return of Lady Brace 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
69.
The Birth of a Grandfather
The Birth of a Grandfather 3.87 avg rating — 47 ratings
70.
The Magic Barrel
The Magic Barrel 3.93 avg rating — 2,784 ratings
71.
The Ginger Man
The Ginger Man 3.61 avg rating — 11,101 ratings
72.
Home from the Hill
Home from the Hill 3.95 avg rating — 265 ratings
73.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,297 ratings
74.
From the Terrace
From the Terrace 3.92 avg rating — 438 ratings
75.
The Lost Country
The Lost Country 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings
76.
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder 4.05 avg rating — 3,588 ratings
77.
Goodbye, Columbus
Goodbye, Columbus 3.86 avg rating — 21,382 ratings
78.
Pursuit of the Prodigal
Pursuit of the Prodigal 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
79.
The Light Infantry Ball
The Light Infantry Ball 3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings
80.
Henderson the Rain King
Henderson the Rain King 3.76 avg rating — 15,910 ratings
81.
Mrs. Bridge (Mrs and Mr Bridge, #1)
Mrs. Bridge (Mrs and Mr Bridge, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 7,632 ratings
82.
The Mansion (The Snopes Trilogy, #3)
The Mansion (The Snopes Trilogy, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 1,536 ratings
83.
Wake Up, Stupid
Wake Up, Stupid 3.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
84.
The War Lover
The War Lover 4.01 avg rating — 116 ratings
85.
Men Die
Men Die 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings
86.
The Third Choice
The Third Choice 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
87.
The Pistol
The Pistol 3.44 avg rating — 141 ratings
88.
The Cool World
The Cool World 3.88 avg rating — 142 ratings
89.
Malcolm: A Comic Novel
Malcolm: A Comic Novel 3.69 avg rating — 445 ratings
90.
The Return of Hyman Kaplan
The Return of Hyman Kaplan 4.05 avg rating — 167 ratings
91.
The Poorhouse Fair
The Poorhouse Fair 3.25 avg rating — 875 ratings
92.
The Cave
The Cave 3.71 avg rating — 134 ratings
93.
The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate 3.93 avg rating — 2,443 ratings