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Winners of the National Book Award for Fiction (1950-2023)

he National Book Award for Fiction is one of five annual National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens. Since 1987, the awards have been administered and presented by the National Book Foundation, but they are awards "by writers to writers." The panelists are five "writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field."
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The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
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Nelson Algren
The Collected Stories of William Faulkner
The Collected Stories of William Faulkner
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From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
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James Jones
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
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The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
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Saul Bellow
A Fable
A Fable
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Ten North Frederick
Ten North Frederick
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The Field of Vision
The Field of Vision
8
The Wapshot Chronicle
The Wapshot Chronicle
9
The Magic Barrel
The Magic Barrel
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Goodbye, Columbus
Goodbye, Columbus
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The Waters of Kronos
The Waters of Kronos
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The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
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Walker Percy
Morte D'urban
Morte D'urban
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The Centaur
The Centaur
15
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
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Saul Bellow
Collected Stories by Katherine Anne Porter
Collected Stories by Katherine Anne Porter
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The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer
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Bernard Malamud
The Eighth Day
The Eighth Day
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Steps
Steps
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Them
Them
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Mr. Sammler's Planet
Mr. Sammler's Planet
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The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
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Flannery O'Connor
Chimera
Chimera
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Augustus
Augustus
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Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
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Thomas Pynchon
A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories
A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories
27
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers
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The Hair of Harold Roux
The Hair of Harold Roux
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JR
JR
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The Spectator Bird
The Spectator Bird
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Blood Tie
Blood Tie
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Going After Cacciato
Going After Cacciato
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Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
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William Styron
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
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John Irving
Plains Song
Plains Song
36
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
37
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
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John Updike
So Long, See You Tomorrow
So Long, See You Tomorrow
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
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Alice Walker
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