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The Chronology of American Literature in the 20th Century: 1950-1959 - Page 2

IMHO, the 1950's are a golden decade of American fiction. Do you agree?
This is the 6th instalment of my chronology of American fiction. It is a list of novels, novellas & short story collections by American authors published in 1950-1959. There are 7 Pulitzer Prize winners & all 10 National Book Award winners as well as works by Nobel Prize winners Bellow, Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck and I.B. Singer.
Click on the link to go to the previous instalment, which covers 1960-1969.
The source is "The Chronology of American Literature: America's Literary Achievements from the Colonial Era to Modern Times" by Daniel S. Burt (2004).
The books by year are are:
1950: 1-23
1951: 24-42
1952: 43-62
1953: 63-79
1954: 80-98
1955: 99-118
1956: 119-136
1957: 137-156
1958: 157-173
1959: 174-200
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Lie Down in Darkness (William Styron)
Lie Down in Darkness
41
William Styron
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny
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Herman Wouk
Let It Come Down (Paul Bowles)
Let It Come Down
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Paul Bowles
A Cry of Children (John Horne Burns)
A Cry of Children
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The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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Spartacus – Howard Fast
Spartacus – Howard Fast
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Giant (Edna Ferber)
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Edna Ferber
Shiloh (Shelby Foote)
Shiloh
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Shelby Foote
Ghost and Flesh (William Goyen)
Ghost and Flesh
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William Goyen
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
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Ernest Hemingway
The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith)
The Price of Salt
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Patricia Highsmith
Cast the First Stone (Chester Himes)
Cast the First Stone
52
Chester Himes
Go (John Clellon Holmes)
Go
53
John Clellon Holmes
Laughing to Keep From Crying (Langston Hughes)
Laughing to Keep From Crying
54
Langston Hughes
The Natural (Bernard Malamud)
The Natural
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Bernard Malamud
The Groves of Academe (Mary McCarthy)
The Groves of Academe
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Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
57
Flannery O'Connor
The Catherine Wheel (Jean Stafford)
The Catherine Wheel
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
59
John Steinbeck
The Judgment of Paris (Gore Vidal)
The Judgment of Paris
60
Gore Vidal
Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut)
Player Piano
61
Kurt Vonnegut
Charlotte's Web (E B White)
Charlotte's Web
62
E B White
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
63
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The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
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Saul Bellow
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
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Ray Bradbury
Maud Martha (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Maud Martha
66
Gwendolyn Brooks
Junkie (William S. Burroughs)
Junkie
67
William S. Burroughs
The Enormous Radio (John Cheever)
The Enormous Radio
68
John Cheever
The Southpaw (Mark Harris)
The Southpaw
69
Mark Harris
The Marmot Drive (John Hersey)
The Marmot Drive
70
John Hersey
Hondo (Louis L'amour)
Hondo
71
Louis L'amour
The Bridge of Toko-Ri (James A. Michener)
The Bridge of Toko-Ri
72
James A. Michener
The Deep Sleep (Wright Morris)
The Deep Sleep
73
Wright Morris
The Narrows (Ann Petry)
The Narrows
74
Ann Petry
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
75
J.D. Salinger
Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Gimpel the Fool
76
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Children Are Bored on Sunday (Jean Stafford)
Children Are Bored on Sunday
77
Jean Stafford
Cress Delahanty (Jessamyn West)
Cress Delahanty
78
Jessamyn West
The Outsider (Richard Wright)
The Outsider
79
Richard Wright
The Dollmaker (Harriette Simpson Arnow)
The Dollmaker
80
Harriette Simpson Arnow
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