National Book Award Winners

1.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,134 ratings
2.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating β€” 198,719 ratings
3.
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice 4.17 avg rating β€” 93,604 ratings
4.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating β€” 150,726 ratings
5.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating β€” 194,238 ratings
6.
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 140,258 ratings
7.
White Noise
White Noise 3.86 avg rating β€” 123,832 ratings
8.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp 4.11 avg rating β€” 235,956 ratings
9.
Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin 3.96 avg rating β€” 108,622 ratings
10.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating β€” 248,102 ratings
11.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating β€” 30,277 ratings
12.
Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow 4.01 avg rating β€” 46,890 ratings
13.
Flannery O'Connor Complete Stories
Flannery O'Connor Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating β€” 148 ratings
14.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,352 ratings
15.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl―A National Book Award Winner
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl―A National Book Award Winner 4.06 avg rating β€” 60,117 ratings
16.
Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3)
Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3) 3.93 avg rating β€” 17,702 ratings
17.
Goodbye, Columbus
Goodbye, Columbus 3.86 avg rating β€” 21,379 ratings
18.
Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating β€” 22,522 ratings
19.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 3.98 avg rating β€” 114,809 ratings
20.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating β€” 71,432 ratings
21.
Shadow Country
Shadow Country 4.07 avg rating β€” 5,424 ratings
22.
Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,332,886 ratings
23.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating β€” 281,412 ratings
24.
Waiting
Waiting
by: Ha Jin
3.54 avg rating β€” 23,307 ratings
25.
The Fixer
The Fixer 3.98 avg rating β€” 11,819 ratings
26.
So Long, See You Tomorrow
So Long, See You Tomorrow 3.90 avg rating β€” 14,434 ratings
27.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating β€” 433,267 ratings
28.
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird 3.95 avg rating β€” 37,221 ratings
29.
Going After Cacciato
Going After Cacciato 3.91 avg rating β€” 14,427 ratings
30.
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating β€” 43,232 ratings
31.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 145,352 ratings
32.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating β€” 115,965 ratings
33.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating β€” 144,568 ratings
34.
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever 4.26 avg rating β€” 15,587 ratings
35.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 476,905 ratings
36.
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity 4.08 avg rating β€” 17,967 ratings
37.
Paris Trout
Paris Trout 3.88 avg rating β€” 7,017 ratings
38.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.20 avg rating β€” 8,257 ratings
39.
Redeployment
Redeployment
by: Phil Klay
3.96 avg rating β€” 24,885 ratings
40.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating β€” 18,692 ratings
41.
Three Junes
Three Junes 3.57 avg rating β€” 45,078 ratings
42.
Tree of Smoke
Tree of Smoke 3.60 avg rating β€” 14,874 ratings
43.
J R
J R 4.32 avg rating β€” 3,681 ratings
44.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating β€” 357,356 ratings
45.
The Friend
The Friend 3.74 avg rating β€” 54,678 ratings
46.
Collected Stories
Collected Stories 4.24 avg rating β€” 7,824 ratings
47.
The Centaur
The Centaur 3.70 avg rating β€” 4,893 ratings
48.
The Great Fire
The Great Fire 3.48 avg rating β€” 5,528 ratings
49.
The Spectator Bird
The Spectator Bird really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 8,581 ratings
50.
The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1)
The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1) 4.08 avg rating β€” 95,528 ratings
51.
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher 4.14 avg rating β€” 10,343 ratings
52.
Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3)
Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3) 3.71 avg rating β€” 3,660 ratings
52.
Augustus
Augustus 4.25 avg rating β€” 18,604 ratings
54.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 4.40 avg rating β€” 23,883 ratings
55.
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter 3.97 avg rating β€” 6,229 ratings
56.
Sabbath's Theater
Sabbath's Theater 3.89 avg rating β€” 11,951 ratings
57.
World's Fair
World's Fair 3.85 avg rating β€” 4,863 ratings
58.
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers 3.70 avg rating β€” 7,338 ratings
59.
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern 3.87 avg rating β€” 34,481 ratings
60.
Mating
Mating 3.84 avg rating β€” 5,077 ratings
61.
Middle Passage
Middle Passage 3.85 avg rating β€” 5,410 ratings
62.
Ship Fever: Stories
Ship Fever: Stories 4.04 avg rating β€” 4,301 ratings
63.
Charming Billy
Charming Billy 3.48 avg rating β€” 12,007 ratings
64.
The Wapshot Chronicle
The Wapshot Chronicle 3.75 avg rating β€” 7,498 ratings
65.
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Man with the Golden Arm 3.87 avg rating β€” 3,202 ratings
66.
Europe Central
Europe Central 3.97 avg rating β€” 3,131 ratings
67.
From Beirut to Jerusalem
From Beirut to Jerusalem 4.15 avg rating β€” 12,906 ratings
68.
Ten oosten van Eden
Ten oosten van Eden 4.43 avg rating β€” 602,097 ratings
69.
Plains Song
Plains Song 3.70 avg rating β€” 386 ratings
70.
Trust Exercise
Trust Exercise 3.13 avg rating β€” 38,005 ratings
71.
The Echo Maker
The Echo Maker 3.44 avg rating β€” 12,179 ratings
72.
A Frolic of His Own
A Frolic of His Own 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,725 ratings
73.
GΓΆdel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
GΓΆdel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid 4.29 avg rating β€” 51,676 ratings
74.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating β€” 703,393 ratings
75.
Mornings on Horseback
Mornings on Horseback 4.10 avg rating β€” 34,705 ratings
76.
Lord of Misrule (National Book Award)
Lord of Misrule (National Book Award) 3.36 avg rating β€” 3,085 ratings
77.
Mr. Sammler's Planet
Mr. Sammler's Planet 3.75 avg rating β€” 3,816 ratings
78.
Steps
Steps 3.75 avg rating β€” 3,799 ratings
78.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating β€” 44,316 ratings
80.
The Eighth Day
The Eighth Day 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,812 ratings
81.
James Joyce
James Joyce 4.34 avg rating β€” 2,886 ratings
82.
Fortune Smiles
Fortune Smiles 4.02 avg rating β€” 11,011 ratings
83.
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson 3.94 avg rating β€” 28,831 ratings
84.
Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories
Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories 4.10 avg rating β€” 2,226 ratings
85.
Black Light
Black Light 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,675 ratings
86.
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Fleishman Is in Trouble 3.65 avg rating β€” 89,455 ratings
87.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating β€” 374,975 ratings
88.
The Waters of Kronos
The Waters of Kronos 3.52 avg rating β€” 392 ratings
89.
Morte D'Urban
Morte D'Urban 3.80 avg rating β€” 1,040 ratings
90.
The News from Paraguay
The News from Paraguay
by: Lily Tuck
3.06 avg rating β€” 2,441 ratings
91.
Ten North Frederick
Ten North Frederick 3.83 avg rating β€” 870 ratings
92.
Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller 4.07 avg rating β€” 1,271 ratings
93.
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 96,276 ratings
94.
The Course Of Empire
The Course Of Empire 4.17 avg rating β€” 186 ratings
95.
Paco's Story
Paco's Story 3.76 avg rating β€” 984 ratings
96.
Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame de Stael
Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame de Stael 4.02 avg rating β€” 121 ratings
97.
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy 3.81 avg rating β€” 7,574 ratings
98.
The Magic Barrel
The Magic Barrel 3.93 avg rating β€” 2,783 ratings
99.
Spartina
Spartina 3.80 avg rating β€” 2,348 ratings
99.
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century 4.19 avg rating β€” 936 ratings
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