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The Chronology of American Literature in the 20th Century: 1960-1969 - Page 2

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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Portrait in Brownstone (Louis Auchincloss)
Portrait in Brownstone
41
Louis Auchincloss
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
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James Baldwin
Reinhart in Love (Thomas Berger)
Reinhart in Love
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Thomas Berger
Tale for the Mirror (Hortense Calisher)
Tale for the Mirror
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Hortense Calisher
The Reivers
The Reivers
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The Pat Hobby Stories (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Pat Hobby Stories
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Stern (Bruce Jay Friedman)
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The Blackwoods (We Have Always Lived in the Castle) (Shirley Jackson)
The Blackwoods (We Have Always Lived in the Castle)
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Shirley Jackson
The Thin Red Line (James Jones)
The Thin Red Line
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James Jones
Big Sur (Jack Kerouac)
Big Sur
50
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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And Then We Heard the Thunder (John Oliver Killens)
And Then We Heard the Thunder
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John Oliver Killens
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
53
Madeleine L'engle
Love and Friendship (Alison Lurie)
Love and Friendship
54
Alison Lurie
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
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Vladimir Nabokov
The Big Laugh (John O'Hara)
The Big Laugh
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John O'Hara
Tell Me a Riddle (Tillie Olsen)
Tell Me a Riddle
57
Tillie Olsen
Ship of Fools (Katherine Anne Porter)
Ship of Fools
58
Katherine Anne Porter
Morte D'urban (J.F. Powers)
Morte D'urban
59
J.F. Powers
A Long and Happy Life (Reynolds Price)
A Long and Happy Life
60
Reynolds Price
Letting Go (Phillip Roth)
Letting Go
61
Phillip Roth
The Slave (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
The Slave
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Letters From the Earth
Letters From the Earth
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Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories (John Updike)
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories
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John Updike
Youngblood Hawke (Herman Wouk)
Youngblood Hawke
65
Herman Wouk
Run River (Joan Didion)
Run River
66
Joan Didion
A Singular Man (J.P. Donleavy)
A Singular Man
67
J.P. Donleavy
The Silence of History (James Thomas Farrell)
The Silence of History
68
James Thomas Farrell
The Fair Sister (William Goyen)
The Fair Sister
69
William Goyen
Visions of Gerard (Jack Kerouac)
Visions of Gerard
70
Jack Kerouac
Idiots First (Bernard Malamud)
Idiots First
71
Bernard Malamud
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group
72
Mary McCarthy
Elizabeth Appleton (John O'Hara)
Elizabeth Appleton
73
John O'Hara
By the North Gate (Joyce Carol Oates)
By the North Gate
74
Joyce Carol Oates
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
75
Sylvia Plath
V.
V.
76
City of Night
City of Night
77
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
78
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
79
Maurice Sendak
The Benefactor (Susan Sontag)
The Benefactor
80
Susan Sontag
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