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National Book Award Finalists - Fiction

Type: Preset list created by skavlanj

Description: The books that didn’t win. Hardcover only ‘80 - ‘84.

Members: 9 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2 3 4Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
69,321 members, 1,349 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (1), kara.shamy (1), ahef1963 (1), hipdeep (1), skavlanj (12), sturlington (29), dylan555 (65)

Score: 21.28

2
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
63,304 members, 1,009 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (1), steller0707 (2), kara.shamy (2), ahef1963 (4), sturlington (8), dylan555 (66)

Score: 17.34

3
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
40,000 members, 643 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), hipdeep (2), steller0707 (3), skavlanj (16), sturlington (25), dylan555 (67)

Score: 14.95

4
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
20,126 members, 379 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (1), sturlington (3), ahef1963 (10), steller0707 (11), skavlanj (25)

Score: 13.27

5
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
11,651 members, 180 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), steller0707 (4), hipdeep (7), skavlanj (11), dylan555 (21)

Score: 12.39

6
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
26,946 members, 452 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (2), steller0707 (5), ahef1963 (5), sturlington (24), dylan555 (68)

Score: 11.91

7
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
36,523 members, 490 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (1), hipdeep (3), sturlington (7), skavlanj (14)

Score: 11.57

8
Sula
by Toni Morrison
6,748 members, 84 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (2), kara.shamy (4), dylan555 (22), steller0707 (24)

Score: 9.85

9
Breathing Lessons
by Anne Tyler
3,973 members, 65 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (2), sturlington (5), steller0707 (25), skavlanj (26)

Score: 9.6

10
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
8,968 members, 684 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3), steller0707 (7), ahef1963 (12), sturlington (26)

Score: 9.42

11
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
7,583 members, 365 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), steller0707 (9), skavlanj (10), sturlington (17)

Score: 9.08

12
The Tiger's Wife
by Téa Obreht
4,882 members, 320 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (5), steller0707 (8), ahef1963 (11), dylan555 (23)

Score: 9.08

13
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
3,594 members, 84 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4), steller0707 (12), sturlington (16), dylan555 (69)

Score: 8.37

14
Interior Chinatown
by Charles Yu
902 members, 64 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (3), sturlington (20), skavlanj (28), steller0707 (35)

Score: 8.31

15
The World According to Garp
by John Irving
14,428 members, 181 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), steller0707 (10), skavlanj (21), sturlington (30)

Score: 8.21

16
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
by Deesha Philyaw
288 members, 16 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (21), dylan555 (24), skavlanj (30), steller0707 (40)

Score: 6.98

17
Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
5,660 members, 101 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (3), skavlanj (13), dylan555 (25)

Score: 6.94

18
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
20,561 members, 373 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (3), sturlington (13), steller0707 (41)

Score: 6.73

19
The Caine Mutiny
by Herman Wouk
2,928 members, 49 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: sturlington (6), hipdeep (6), dylan555 (40)

Score: 6.7

20
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
28,861 members, 517 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (6), kara.shamy (8), skavlanj (8), dylan555 (70)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 6.7

21
A Children's Bible
by Lydia Millet
589 members, 38 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (7), sturlington (9), skavlanj (29)

Score: 6.49

22
Tenth of December: Stories
by George Saunders
3,282 members, 166 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), steller0707 (14), sturlington (27)

Score: 6.38

23
The Chosen
by Chaim Potok
6,230 members, 89 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: sturlington (10), ahef1963 (14), steller0707 (18)

Score: 6.26

24
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
6,361 members, 239 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), skavlanj (15), sturlington (31)

Score: 6.19

25
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
2,159 members, 49 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (6), dylan555 (27), steller0707 (29)

Score: 6.03

26
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff
3,094 members, 189 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (15), steller0707 (20), dylan555 (29)

Score: 5.65

27
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
4,785 members, 274 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (17), steller0707 (21), dylan555 (30)

Score: 5.55

28
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
by Marlon James
1,768 members, 50 reviews
3.3 stars (3.3 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (18), proserpinarex (20), dylan555 (31)

Score: 5.53

29
The Association of Small Bombs
by Karan Mahajan
714 members, 38 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (19), steller0707 (22), dylan555 (32)

Score: 5.45

30
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
4,580 members, 224 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (20), steller0707 (23), dylan555 (33)

Score: 5.39

31
The Violent Bear It Away
by Flannery O'Connor
1,592 members, 39 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (22), steller0707 (30), dylan555 (34)

Score: 5.21

32
Leave the World Behind
by Rumaan Alam
1,283 members, 86 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: sturlington (22), skavlanj (31), steller0707 (36)

Score: 5.18

33
Disappearing Earth
by Julia Phillips
983 members, 58 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (23), steller0707 (33), dylan555 (35)

Score: 5.14

34
Burr
by Gore Vidal
2,169 members, 50 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (5), kara.shamy (10)

Score: 4.92

35
The Confessions of Nat Turner
by William Styron
2,504 members, 32 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (4), kara.shamy (9), dylan555 (26)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 4.91

36
Matrix
by Lauren Groff
769 members, 51 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (34), dylan555 (37), kara.shamy (40)

Score: 4.87

37
Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr
1,446 members, 77 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (33), dylan555 (38), steller0707 (42)

Score: 4.85

38
The Prophets
by Robert Jones Jr.
461 members, 14 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (36), dylan555 (39), kara.shamy (41)

Score: 4.81

39
Deliverance
by James Dickey
2,365 members, 51 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: sturlington (11), skavlanj (17)

Score: 4.17

40
An Unnecessary Woman
by Rabih Alameddine
1,069 members, 78 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (12), steller0707 (16)

Score: 4.15

41
Underworld
by Don DeLillo
7,348 members, 78 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (7), dylan555 (41)

Score: 4.04

42
Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,873 members, 19 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1)

Score: 4

43
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
by Anne Tyler
3,398 members, 74 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: sturlington (12), skavlanj (23)

Score: 3.98

44
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
16,167 members, 183 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13), sturlington (21)

Score: 3.98

45
The Known World
by Edward P. Jones
6,366 members, 152 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (8), dylan555 (42)

Score: 3.95

46
News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
2,396 members, 200 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (16), sturlington (23)

Score: 3.83

47
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
14,251 members, 763 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (13), steller0707 (17), dylan555 (28)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 3.82

48
The Optimist's Daughter
by Eudora Welty
2,374 members, 87 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (12), dylan555 (43)

Score: 3.71

49
Rabbit Redux
by John Updike
2,293 members, 36 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (19), dylan555 (44)

Score: 3.47

50
Lie Down in Darkness
by William Styron
875 members, 14 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (19), dylan555 (45)

Score: 3.46

51
Bleeding Edge
by Thomas Pynchon
1,392 members, 50 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (21), dylan555 (46)

Score: 3.4

52
Bastard out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison
4,796 members, 114 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2)

Score: 3.36

53
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
by Louise Erdrich
1,807 members, 58 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (24), dylan555 (47)

Score: 3.34

54
The March
by E. L. Doctorow
2,852 members, 76 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (25), dylan555 (48)

Score: 3.31

55
The Lowland
by Jhumpa Lahiri
2,925 members, 168 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (26), dylan555 (49)

Score: 3.28

56
The Buddha in the Attic
by Julie Otsuka
2,302 members, 196 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (28), dylan555 (50)

Score: 3.24

57
The Turner House
by Angela Flournoy
872 members, 52 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (28), dylan555 (51)

Score: 3.24

58
The Leavers: A Novel
by Lisa Ko
1,164 members, 52 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (30), dylan555 (52)

Score: 3.2

59
A Lucky Man: Stories
by Jamel Brinkley
123 members, 11 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (31), dylan555 (53)

Score: 3.18

60
Florida
by Lauren Groff
858 members, 53 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (32), dylan555 (54)

Score: 3.16

61
Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart
1,469 members, 87 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (24), skavlanj (32), dylan555 (36)

Thumbs down: ahef1963

Score: 3.12

62
The Great Believers
by Rebecca Makkai
1,364 members, 87 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (35), dylan555 (55)

Score: 3.11

63
Zorrie
by Laird Hunt
133 members, 13 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (35), dylan555 (56)

Score: 3.11

64
The Other Americans
by Laila Lalami
486 members, 33 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (37), dylan555 (57)

Score: 3.08

65
Hell of a Book
by Jason Mott
239 members, 16 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (37), dylan555 (58)

Score: 3.07

66
A Hologram for the King
by Dave Eggers
1,497 members, 61 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (38), dylan555 (59)

Score: 3.05

67
Plainsong
by Kent Haruf
5,126 members, 195 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (39), dylan555 (60)

Score: 3.04

68
Sweet Thursday
by John Steinbeck
2,588 members, 43 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (4)

Score: 2.83

69
Blue Angel
by Francine Prose
967 members, 29 reviews
3.32 stars (3.32 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4)

Score: 2.83

70
A Death in the Family
by James Agee
2,776 members, 60 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (5), steller0707 (13)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 2.78

71
Further Fables for Our Time
by James Thurber
200 members, 3 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5)

Score: 2.68

72
The Ginger Man
by J. P. Donleavy
1,702 members, 27 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (7)

Score: 2.46

73
V.
by Thomas Pynchon
4,762 members, 33 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (9)

Score: 2.31

74
Henderson the Rain King
by Saul Bellow
2,662 members, 51 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (9)

Score: 2.31

75
Home
by Marilynne Robinson
3,338 members, 142 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (11), steller0707 (15)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 2.23

76
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
by Steven Millhauser
1,526 members, 51 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: dylan555 (12), ahef1963 (16)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 2.15

77
A Summons to Memphis
by Peter Taylor
937 members, 26 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), skavlanj (24)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 2.12

78
Dogeaters
by Jessica Hagedorn
464 members, 4 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (13)

Score: 2.11

79
Just Above My Head
by James Baldwin
579 members, 4 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (14)

Score: 2.07

80
Far North
by Marcel Theroux
574 members, 51 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: sturlington (14)

Score: 2.07

81
Geek Love
by Katherine Dunn
5,618 members, 154 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: sturlington (15)

Score: 2.03

82
Losing Battles
by Eudora Welty
632 members, 8 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (15)

Score: 2.03

83
The Collected Stories
by Grace Paley
853 members, 13 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: dylan555 (15), proserpinarex (17)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 2

84
Orsinian Tales
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,429 members, 21 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: dylan555 (1)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 2

85
The Last Gentleman
by Walker Percy
830 members, 10 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (16)

Score: 2

86
Lila
by Marilynne Robinson
2,095 members, 105 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14), steller0707 (19)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.98

87
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
1,826 members, 92 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: sturlington (18)

Score: 1.94

88
The Book of Daniel
by E. L. Doctorow
1,444 members, 24 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (18)

Score: 1.94

89
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
by Peter Matthiessen
850 members, 13 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (18)

Score: 1.94

90
The Hotel New Hampshire
by John Irving
6,928 members, 69 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: sturlington (19)

Score: 1.92

91
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
by George V. Higgins
806 members, 40 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: skavlanj (20)

Score: 1.89

92
The Counterlife
by Philip Roth
1,311 members, 18 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (22)

Score: 1.85

93
A Flag for Sunrise
by Robert Stone
512 members, 5 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: dylan555 (16), skavlanj (22)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.85

94
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? Stories
by Raymond Carver
1,677 members, 16 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (23)

Score: 1.83

95
Why Are We in Vietnam?
by Norman Mailer
296 members, 5 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (25)

Score: 1.79

96
Lark and Termite
by Jayne Anne Phillips
918 members, 61 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (26)

Score: 1.77

97
I Hotel
by Karen Tei Yamashita
243 members, 6 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (26)

Score: 1.77

98
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner
1,400 members, 80 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (27)

Score: 1.76

99
From the Terrace
by John O'Hara
198 members, 2 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (27)

Score: 1.76

100
Then We Came to the End
by Joshua Ferris
4,298 members, 216 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: sturlington (28)

Score: 1.74

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