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National Book Award Finalists - Fiction

Description: The books that didn’t win. Hardcover only for the period ‘80 - ‘84 (excludes the paperbacks).

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1

To Kill a Mockingbird

90,393 members

1,561 reviews

½ 4.4

9 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, dylan555, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

2

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

77,426 members

1,199 reviews

3.8

9 Members: sturlington, dylan555, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

3

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

49,353 members

779 reviews

4.1

9 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, dylan555, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

4

by Toni Morrison

26,726 members

449 reviews

3.9

8 Members: hipdeep, proserpinarex, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

5

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

35,607 members

565 reviews

3.8

7 Members: sturlington, dylan555, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, skavlanj, steller0707

6

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

14,317 members

205 reviews

½ 3.6

7 Members: hipdeep, dylan555, gypsysmom, ahef1963, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

7

by Joseph Heller

44,533 members

581 reviews

4.1

6 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, elkiedee, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, skavlanj

8

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

12,941 members

521 reviews

3.9

6 Members: sturlington, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

9

by Emily St. John Mandel

14,755 members

880 reviews

4.1

6 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707

10

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

24,166 members

971 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: hipdeep, dylan555, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, steller0707

11

Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

2,646 members

55 reviews

4.2

6 Members: hipdeep, proserpinarex, dylan555, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

12

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

4,734 members

110 reviews

4.1

6 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, dylan555, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

13

by Toni Morrison

8,944 members

118 reviews

3.9

5 Members: hipdeep, proserpinarex, dylan555, kara.shamy, steller0707

14

The Tiger's Wife

6,040 members

354 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: dylan555, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707

15

by Vladimir Nabokov

35,408 members

637 reviews

4.1

5 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

16

by Robert Jones Jr.

1,155 members

30 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dylan555, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The World According to Garp

16,326 members

208 reviews

4.1

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, skavlanj, steller0707

18

The Confessions of Nat Turner

by William Styron

2,959 members

40 reviews

3.9

4 Members: proserpinarex, dylan555, kara.shamy, skavlanj

19

2,595 members

60 reviews

4

3 Members: proserpinarex, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Franny and Zooey

by J. D. Salinger

16,209 members

198 reviews

4

4 Members: dylan555, gypsysmom, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

21

6,688 members

124 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: proserpinarex, dylan555, gypsysmom, skavlanj,ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,731 members

22 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: dylan555, ManWithAnAgenda

23

Breathing Lessons

4,548 members

78 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: elkiedee, skavlanj, steller0707

24

Interior Chinatown

2,050 members

102 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, elkiedee, steller0707

25

Tenth of December: Stories

by George Saunders

4,552 members

202 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy, steller0707

26

by John Steinbeck

27,614 members

483 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: sturlington, skavlanj, steller0707

27

Revolutionary Road

by Richard Yates

7,473 members

259 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, skavlanj

28

by Bernard Malamud

1,701 members

32 reviews

3.8

3 Members: dylan555, gypsysmom, skavlanj

29

The Known World

by Edward P. Jones

7,579 members

173 reviews

3.8

3 Members: proserpinarex, dylan555, gypsysmom

30

by Marilynne Robinson

4,323 members

159 reviews

4

3 Members: kara.shamy, skavlanj, steller0707

31

Giovanni's Room

by James Baldwin

7,765 members

179 reviews

4.2

3 Members: hipdeep, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

32

The Optimist's Daughter

by Eudora Welty

2,966 members

101 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: proserpinarex, sturlington, dylan555

33

Fates and Furies

by Lauren Groff

4,375 members

226 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy, steller0707

34

by Hanya Yanagihara

12,260 members

399 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy, steller0707

35

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

by Marlon James

3,514 members

77 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: proserpinarex, dylan555, kara.shamy

36

The Association of Small Bombs: A Novel

by Karan Mahajan

942 members

43 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy, steller0707

37

9,265 members

348 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy, steller0707

38

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

by Louise Erdrich

2,208 members

71 reviews

4.1

3 Members: proserpinarex, dylan555, gypsysmom

39

1,679 members

64 reviews

3.8

3 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

40

by Jhumpa Lahiri

3,714 members

185 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dylan555, gypsysmom, steller0707

41

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

by Deesha Philyaw

830 members

49 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy, steller0707

42

by Lauren Groff

2,334 members

111 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, dylan555, kara.shamy

43

The Violent Bear It Away

by Flannery O'Connor

2,080 members

50 reviews

4

3 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy, steller0707

44

Disappearing Earth

by Julia Phillips

1,587 members

83 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy, steller0707

45

by John Steinbeck

3,247 members

56 reviews

4

2 Members: skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

46

The Great Believers

by Rebecca Makkai

2,716 members

137 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: dylan555, gypsysmom, kara.shamy

47

A Death in the Family

3,369 members

68 reviews

3.9

2 Members: skavlanj, steller0707

48

Then We Came to the End

by Joshua Ferris

4,784 members

229 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

49

by J. P. Donleavy

2,035 members

32 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: hipdeep, skavlanj

50

A Children's Bible

by Lydia Millet

1,165 members

59 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

51

The Joy Luck Club

19,365 members

219 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

52

Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer

by Steven Millhauser

1,807 members

59 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: dylan555, ahef1963

53

An Unnecessary Woman

by Rabih Alameddine

1,459 members

95 reviews

4

2 Members: kara.shamy, steller0707

54

The Caine Mutiny

3,691 members

62 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, dylan555

55

A Summons to Memphis

by Peter Taylor

1,121 members

29 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ahef1963, skavlanj

56

Just Above My Head

by James Baldwin

803 members

9 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: hipdeep, proserpinarex

57

The Last Gentleman: A Novel

by Walker Percy

998 members

10 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, proserpinarex

58

8,828 members

91 reviews

3.9

2 Members: proserpinarex, dylan555

59

7,117 members

101 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, steller0707

60

The Collected Stories of Grace Paley

1,062 members

15 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: proserpinarex, dylan555

61

by Marilynne Robinson

3,029 members

124 reviews

4.1

2 Members: kara.shamy, steller0707

62

News of the World

by Paulette Jiles

3,419 members

253 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

63

A Flag for Sunrise

by Robert Stone

603 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dylan555, skavlanj

64

by Francine Prose

1,071 members

32 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom

65

Always Coming Home

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,519 members

22 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

66

This Is How You Lose Her

3,273 members

125 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dylan555, steller0707

67

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

3,908 members

99 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, skavlanj

68

by E. L. Doctorow

2,470 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dylan555, skavlanj

69

Foreign Affairs

by Alison Lurie

1,581 members

39 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dylan555, steller0707

70

by MacKinlay Kantor

1,332 members

21 reviews

4.1

2 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy

71

2,686 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dylan555, skavlanj

72

Leave the World Behind

3,325 members

163 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: sturlington, steller0707

73

Another Brooklyn

by Jacqueline Woodson

1,565 members

110 reviews

3.9

2 Members: gypsysmom, steller0707

74

Lie Down in Darkness

by William Styron

1,004 members

15 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: proserpinarex, dylan555

75

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

by Oscar Hijuelos

2,134 members

38 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: dylan555, ahef1963

76

by Douglas Stuart

3,804 members

159 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dylan555, gypsysmom, kara.shamy,ahef1963

77

by Thomas Pynchon

1,946 members

56 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: proserpinarex, dylan555

78

The Heaven of Mercury

363 members

10 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: dylan555

79

by E. L. Doctorow

3,196 members

92 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy

80

The Buddha in the Attic

by Julie Otsuka

3,028 members

222 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dylan555, steller0707

81

The Turner House

by Angela Flournoy

1,124 members

64 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy

82

Cloud Cuckoo Land

by Anthony Doerr

6,003 members

216 reviews

4.2

2 Members: dylan555, steller0707

83

A Lucky Man: Stories

by Jamel Brinkley

203 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy

84

by Lauren Groff

1,419 members

69 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy

85

The Other Americans

by Laila Lalami

803 members

45 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dylan555, kara.shamy

86

A Hologram for the King

1,866 members

72 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: dylan555, steller0707

87

The Ghost Writer

2,100 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dylan555

88

6,163 members

226 reviews

4

2 Members: dylan555, steller0707

89

So Long, See You Tomorrow

by William Maxwell

2,078 members

82 reviews

3.9

Member: dylan555

90

by Frederick Exley

1,208 members

14 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

91

Humboldt's Gift

3,282 members

43 reviews

3.8

Member: dylan555

92

Further Fables for Our Time

by James Thurber

235 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: hipdeep

93

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders

by Daniyal Mueenuddin

1,177 members

51 reviews

3.8

Member: dylan555

94

Evidence of Things Unseen

by Marianne Wiggins

634 members

17 reviews

4.1

Member: dylan555

95

by Thomas Pynchon

5,742 members

43 reviews

4

Member: proserpinarex

96

Henderson the Rain King

3,136 members

58 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: skavlanj

97

by Leonard Gardner

632 members

23 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

by Alice McDermott

481 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dylan555

99

The Stories of John Cheever

by John Cheever

3,697 members

47 reviews

4.2

Member: proserpinarex

100

The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford

by Jean Stafford

412 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dylan555

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