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The Chronology of American Literature in the 20th Century: 1960-1969

This is the 5th instalment of my chronology of American fiction. It is a list of novels, novellas & short story collections by American authors published in 1960-1969. There are 8 Pulitzer Prize winners & all 10 National Book Award winners as well as works by Nobel Prize winners (Bellow, Faulkner, Steinbeck and I.B. Singer).
Click on the link to go to the previous instalment, which covers 1970-1979.
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:
1960: 1-16
1961: 17--40
1962: 40-65
1963: 66-83
1964: 84-105
1965: 106-124
1966: 125-141
1967: 142-169
1968: 170-187
1969: 188-213
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The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
1
John Barth
Welcome to Hard Times (E.L. Doctorow)
Welcome to Hard Times
2
E.L. Doctorow
The Child Buyer
The Child Buyer
3
Tristessa (Jack Kerouac)
Tristessa
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Jack Kerouac
A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
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The Daybreakers (Louis L'amour)
The Daybreakers
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Louis L'amour
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
8
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Ceremony in Lone Tree
Ceremony in Lone Tree
9
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
10
Flannery O'Connor
Ourselves to Know (John O'Hara)
Ourselves to Know
11
John O'Hara
The Nephew (James Purdy)
The Nephew
12
James Purdy
The Waters of Kronos (Conrad Richter)
The Waters of Kronos
13
Conrad Richter
The Magician of Lublin
The Magician of Lublin
14
Set This House on Fire (William Styron)
Set This House on Fire
15
William Styron
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
16
John Updike
The Soft Machine (William S. Burroughs)
The Soft Machine
17
William S. Burroughs
Some People, Places, and Things That Will Not Appear in My Next Novel (John Cheever)
Some People, Places, and Things That Will Not Appear in My Next Novel
18
John Cheever
Eat a Bowl of Tea (Louis Chu)
Eat a Bowl of Tea
19
Louis Chu
Midcentury (John Dos Passos)
Midcentury
20
John Dos Passos
The House on Coliseum Street (Shirley Ann Grau)
The House on Coliseum Street
21
Shirley Ann Grau
The Lime Twig (John Hawkes)
The Lime Twig
22
John Hawkes
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
23
Robert A. Heinlein
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
24
Joseph Heller
Hombre
Hombre
25
A New Life (Bernard Malamud)
A New Life
26
Bernard Malamud
Soul Clap Hands and Sing (Paule Marshall)
Soul Clap Hands and Sing
27
Paule Marshall
Clock Without Hands (Carson McCullers)
Clock Without Hands
28
Carson McCullers
Horseman, Pass by (Larry McMurtry)
Horseman, Pass By
29
Larry McMurtry
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
30
Walker Percy
The Carpetbaggers (Harold Robbins)
The Carpetbaggers
31
Harold Robbins
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
32
J.D. Salinger
The Spinoza of Market Street and Other Stories (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
The Spinoza of Market Street and Other Stories
33
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Winter of Our Discontent (John Steinbeck)
The Winter of Our Discontent
34
John Steinbeck
Mila 18 (Leon Uris)
Mila 18
35
Leon Uris
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
36
Kurt Vonnegut
The Pawnbroker (Edward Lewis Wallant)
The Pawnbroker
37
Edward Lewis Wallant
Wilderness: A Tale of the Civil War (Robert Penn Warren)
Wilderness: A Tale of the Civil War
38
Robert Penn Warren
Eight Men: Short Stories (Richard Wright)
Eight Men: Short Stories
39
Richard Wright
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
40
Richard Yates
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