National Book Award Fiction Winners and Finalists 1961-73

1.
The Waters of Kronos
The Waters of Kronos 3.52 avg rating — 392 ratings
2.
The House of Five Talents
The House of Five Talents 4.04 avg rating — 51 ratings
3.
Generation Without Farewell
Generation Without Farewell
by: Kay Boyle
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
4.
The Child Buyer: A Novel in the Form of Hearings Before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare, and Public Morality of a Certain State Senate
The Child Buyer: A Novel in the Form of Hearings Before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare, and Public Morality of a Certain State Senate 3.81 avg rating — 381 ratings
5.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,381 ratings
6.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,621 ratings
7.
Ceremony in Lone Tree
Ceremony in Lone Tree 3.85 avg rating — 61 ratings
8.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away 4.07 avg rating — 15,072 ratings
9.
The Light in the Piazza
The Light in the Piazza 3.50 avg rating — 551 ratings
10.
The Christening Party
The Christening Party 1.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
11.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 62,561 ratings
12.
The Body of a Young Man
The Body of a Young Man 3.61 avg rating — 38 ratings
13.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating — 30,277 ratings
14.
False Entry
False Entry 2.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
15.
Among the Dangs
Among the Dangs 3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
16.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,315 ratings
17.
A New Life
A New Life 3.73 avg rating — 694 ratings
18.
The Chateau
The Chateau 3.63 avg rating — 781 ratings
19.
Franny and Zooey
Franny and Zooey 3.96 avg rating — 235,150 ratings
20.
The Spinoza of Market Street
The Spinoza of Market Street 4.09 avg rating — 579 ratings
21.
The Pawnbroker
The Pawnbroker 4.02 avg rating — 684 ratings
22.
The Morning and the Evening
The Morning and the Evening 3.57 avg rating — 61 ratings
23.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating — 92,045 ratings
24.
Morte D'Urban
Morte D'Urban 3.80 avg rating — 1,040 ratings
25.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,882 ratings
26.
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools 3.67 avg rating — 2,930 ratings
27.
The Golden Spur
The Golden Spur 3.92 avg rating — 327 ratings
28.
Going Away: A Report, A Memoir
Going Away: A Report, A Memoir 3.51 avg rating — 63 ratings
29.
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 1,526 ratings
30.
The Centaur
The Centaur 3.70 avg rating — 4,893 ratings
31.
Idiots First
Idiots First 3.81 avg rating — 365 ratings
32.
The Group
The Group 3.68 avg rating — 16,960 ratings
33.
V.
V. 3.97 avg rating — 24,778 ratings
34.
The Will
The Will 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
35.
Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating — 22,522 ratings
36.
The Rector of Justin
The Rector of Justin 3.93 avg rating — 1,010 ratings
37.
Second Skin
Second Skin 3.88 avg rating — 504 ratings
38.
The Martyred
The Martyred 3.83 avg rating — 251 ratings
39.
To an Early Grave
To an Early Grave 3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings
40.
The Luzhin Defense
The Luzhin Defense 3.94 avg rating — 15,461 ratings
41.
Short Friday and Other Stories
Short Friday and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating — 335 ratings
42.
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter 3.97 avg rating — 6,229 ratings
43.
The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones
The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones 4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings
44.
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord 4.03 avg rating — 3,228 ratings
45.
The (Diblos) Notebook
The (Diblos) Notebook 3.41 avg rating — 39 ratings
46.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories 4.22 avg rating — 21,771 ratings
47.
Pericles on 31st Street
Pericles on 31st Street really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
48.
The Fixer
The Fixer 3.98 avg rating — 11,820 ratings
49.
The Embezzler
The Embezzler 3.76 avg rating — 139 ratings
50.
All in the Family
All in the Family 3.81 avg rating — 84 ratings
51.
The Last Gentleman
The Last Gentleman 3.81 avg rating — 2,651 ratings
52.
A Dream of Kings
A Dream of Kings 3.97 avg rating — 36 ratings
53.
Office Politics
Office Politics 3.47 avg rating — 171 ratings
54.
The Eighth Day
The Eighth Day 3.98 avg rating — 1,812 ratings
55.
Why Are We in Vietnam?
Why Are We in Vietnam? 3.26 avg rating — 694 ratings
56.
A Garden of Earthly Delights (Wonderland Quartet, #1)
A Garden of Earthly Delights (Wonderland Quartet, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 2,719 ratings
57.
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 96,277 ratings
58.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner 3.96 avg rating — 15,965 ratings
59.
Steps
Steps 3.75 avg rating — 3,799 ratings
60.
Lost in the Funhouse
Lost in the Funhouse 3.68 avg rating — 6,617 ratings
61.
A Fan's Notes (A Fan's Notes, #1)
A Fan's Notes (A Fan's Notes, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 4,612 ratings
62.
Expensive People (Wonderland Quartet, #2)
Expensive People (Wonderland Quartet, #2) 3.65 avg rating — 2,265 ratings
63.
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Pursuit of Happiness 3.48 avg rating — 21 ratings
64.
Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3)
Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3) 3.71 avg rating — 3,660 ratings
65.
Fat City
Fat City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,615 ratings
66.
Going Places
Going Places 4.17 avg rating — 143 ratings
67.
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford 3.72 avg rating — 1,523 ratings
68.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,250 ratings
69.
Mr. Sammler's Planet
Mr. Sammler's Planet 3.75 avg rating — 3,816 ratings
70.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating — 33,570 ratings
71.
The Bay of Noon
The Bay of Noon 3.81 avg rating — 874 ratings
72.
Bech: A Book
Bech: A Book 3.53 avg rating — 1,115 ratings
73.
Losing Battles
Losing Battles 3.61 avg rating — 625 ratings
74.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,389 ratings
75.
Lion Country
Lion Country 3.69 avg rating — 171 ratings
76.
The Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel 3.85 avg rating — 5,846 ratings
77.
The Dick Gibson Show
The Dick Gibson Show 3.67 avg rating — 304 ratings
78.
Farragan's Retreat
Farragan's Retreat 3.89 avg rating — 35 ratings
79.
Wonderland (Wonderland Quartet, #4)
Wonderland (Wonderland Quartet, #4) 3.81 avg rating — 1,447 ratings
80.
The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories
The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories 3.77 avg rating — 240 ratings
81.
Love in the Ruins
Love in the Ruins 3.82 avg rating — 4,264 ratings
82.
A Garden of Sand
A Garden of Sand 4.14 avg rating — 348 ratings
83.
Rabbit Redux (Rabbit Angstrom, #2)
Rabbit Redux (Rabbit Angstrom, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 16,266 ratings
84.
Chimera
Chimera 3.71 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
85.
Augustus
Augustus 4.25 avg rating — 18,606 ratings
86.
The Late Great Creature
The Late Great Creature 3.51 avg rating — 71 ratings
87.
Hermaphrodeity
Hermaphrodeity liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
88.
Geronimo Rex
Geronimo Rex 3.89 avg rating — 838 ratings
89.
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle 4.05 avg rating — 10,370 ratings
90.
The Prince (Tinieblas Trilogy #1)
The Prince (Tinieblas Trilogy #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings
91.
Transparent Things
Transparent Things 3.64 avg rating — 4,619 ratings
92.
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo 3.85 avg rating — 4,795 ratings
93.
The Confession of a Child of the Century
The Confession of a Child of the Century 3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings
94.
Enemies: A Love Story
Enemies: A Love Story 3.97 avg rating — 3,648 ratings
95.
The Optimist's Daughter
The Optimist's Daughter 3.52 avg rating — 15,055 ratings