Winners of the National Book Award for Fiction (known as the American Book Award from 1980-1983).
National Book Award for Fiction Public
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2002 for Fiction
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The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
4 stars
A Great Writer's Sweeping Story of Men and Women Struggling to Reclaim Their Lives in The Aftermath of World Conflict
…Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2003 for Fiction
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The news from Paraguay by Lily Tuck
The year is l854. In Paris, Francisco Solano -- the future dictator of Paraguay -- begins his courtship of the …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2004 for Fiction
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Europe central by William T. Vollmann
In this magnificent work of fiction, William T. Vollmann turns his trenchant eye to the authoritarian cultures of Germany and …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2005 for Fiction
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The echo maker by Richard Powers
On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2006 for Fiction
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Tree of smoke by Denis Johnson
This mammoth odyssey about the Vietnam War transcends all other attempts to write about Vietnam, and makes them look like …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2007 for Fiction
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Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen
3 stars
Peter Matthiessen’s great American epic–Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man’s River, and Bone by Bone–was conceived as one vast mysterious novel, …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2008 for Fiction
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Let the great world spin by Colum McCann
3 stars
In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2009 for Fiction
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Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
Lord of Misrule follows five characters - scarred and lonely dreamers - through a year and four races at Indian …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2010 for Fiction
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The round house by Louise Erdrich
A young man is upended after a violent attack on his mother, which leaves his family in turmoil. Well-written page …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2012 for Fiction
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2013 for Fiction
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Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2014 for Fiction
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Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
Throughout these six stories, Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2015 for Fiction
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
4 stars
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad …
Phil in SF says: Winner, National Book Awards 2016 for Fiction
