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The Chronology of American Literature in the 20th Century: 1960-1969 - Page 3

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 Centaur (John Updike)
The Centaur
81
John Updike
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
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Kurt Vonnegut
Lawd Today (Richard Wright)
Lawd Today
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Richard Wright
The Rector of Justin (Louis Auchincloss)
The Rector of Justin
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Come Back, Dr. Caligari (Donald Barthelme)
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Herzog (Saul Bellow)
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A Confederate General From Big Sur (Richard Brautigan)
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The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
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Boswell: A Modern Comedy (Stanley Elkin)
Boswell: A Modern Comedy
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Catherine Carmier (Ernest Gaines)
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In the Last Analysis
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Amanda Cross
Things as They Are (Paul Horgan)
Things as They Are
94
Paul Horgan
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
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Christopher Isherwood
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
96
Ken Kesey
The Martyred (Richard E. Kim)
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The Deep Blue Good-Bye (John D. MacDonald)
The Deep Blue Good-Bye
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To an Early Grave (Wallace Markfield)
To an Early Grave
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Collected Stories (Katherine Anne Porter)
Collected Stories
100
Katherine Anne Porter
Desert of the Heart (Jane Rule)
Desert of the Heart
101
Jane Rule
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
102
Hubert Selby Jr.
Candy (Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg)
Candy
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Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
Julian (Gore Vidal)
Julian
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Gore Vidal
Flood: A Romance of Our Time (Robert Penn Warren)
Flood: A Romance of Our Time
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Robert Penn Warren
Going to Meet the Man (James Baldwin)
Going to Meet the Man
106
James Baldwin
Journal From Ellipsia (Hortense Calisher)
Journal From Ellipsia
107
Hortense Calisher
Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac)
Desolation Angels
108
Jack Kerouac
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
109
Jerzy Kosinski
Through Dooms of Love (Maxine Kumin)
Through Dooms of Love
110
Maxine Kumin
An American Dream (Norman Mailer)
An American Dream
111
Norman Mailer
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (Peter Matthiessen)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
112
Peter Matthiessen
The Orchard Keeper (Cormac McCarthy)
The Orchard Keeper
113
Cormac McCarthy
One Day (Wright Morris)
One Day
114
Wright Morris
A Pile of Stones (Hugh Nissenson)
A Pile of Stones
115
Hugh Nissenson
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
116
Flannery O'Connor
Hapworth 16, 1924 (J.D. Salinger)
Hapworth 16, 1924
117
J.D. Salinger
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (May Sarton)
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
118
May Sarton
The Nightclerk (Stephen Schneck)
The Nightclerk
119
Stephen Schneck
If Morning Ever Comes (Anne Tyler)
If Morning Ever Comes
120
Anne Tyler
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