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The Chronology of American Literature in the 20th Century: 1960-1969 - Page 4

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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Of the Farm
Of the Farm
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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Kurt Vonnegut)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
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Kurt Vonnegut
Jubilee (Margaret Walker)
Jubilee
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Margaret Walker
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
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Giles Goat-Boy
Giles Goat-Boy
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The Diary of a Rapist (Evan S. Connell)
The Diary of a Rapist
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Evan S. Connell
The Origin of the Brunists
The Origin of the Brunists
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Big as Life (E.L. Doctorow)
Big as Life
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E.L. Doctorow
The Saddest Summer of Samuel S (J.P. Donleavy)
The Saddest Summer of Samuel S
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J.P. Donleavy
Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers (Stanley Elkin)
Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers
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Stanley Elkin
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
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Richard Fariña
Omensetter's Luck
Omensetter's Luck
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Too Far to Walk (John Hersey)
Too Far to Walk
133
John Hersey
Indian Summer (John Knowles)
Indian Summer
134
John Knowles
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer
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Bernard Malamud
Trust (Cynthia Ozick)
Trust
136
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The Last Gentleman (Walker Percy)
The Last Gentleman
137
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The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
138
Thomas Pynchon
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories
139
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
140
Jacqueline Susann
The Music School (John Updike)
The Music School
141
John Updike
Snow White by Donald Barthelme
Snow White by Donald Barthelme
142
Killing Time (Thomas Berger)
Killing Time
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Thomas Berger
Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan)
Trout Fishing in America
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Richard Brautigan
The Frontiersmen (Allan W. Eckert)
The Frontiersmen
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Allan W. Eckert
A Bad Man (Stanley Elkin)
A Bad Man
146
Stanley Elkin
Fathers: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir (Herbert Gold)
Fathers: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir
147
Herbert Gold
People in Glass Houses. (Shirley Hazzard)
People in Glass Houses.
148
Shirley Hazzard
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
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S. E. Hinton
Go to the Widow-Maker (James Jones)
Go to the Widow-Maker
150
James Jones
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
151
Ira Levin
Why Are We in Vietnam? (Norman Mailer)
Why Are We in Vietnam?
152
Norman Mailer
In Orbit (Wright Morris)
In Orbit
153
Wright Morris
A Garden of Earthly Delights
A Garden of Earthly Delights
154
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
155
Chaim Potok
Numbers (John Rechy)
Numbers
156
John Rechy
The Free-Lance Pallbearers (Ishmael Reed)
The Free-Lance Pallbearers
157
Ishmael Reed
When She Was Good
When She Was Good
158
A Sport and a Pastime (James Salter)
A Sport and a Pastime
159
James Salter
The Power of the Dog (Thomas Savage)
The Power of the Dog
160
Thomas Savage
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