National Book Award for Fiction

General fiction was one of four categories when the awards were reestablished in 1950. For several years beginning in 1980, there were multiple fiction categories: hardcover, paperback, first novel or first work of fiction; from 1981 to 1983 hardcover and paperback children's fiction; and in 1980 five awards for mystery fiction, science fiction, and western fiction. When the Foundation celebrated the 60th postwar awards in 2009, all but three of the 77 previous winners in fiction categories were in print. The 77 included all eight 1980 winners but excluded the 1981 to 1983 children's fiction winners. The award recognizes one book written by a U.S. citizen and published in the U.S. from December 1 to November 30. The National Book Foundation accepts nominations from publishers until June 15, requires that nominated books be mailed to the judges by August 1, and announces five finalists in October. The winner is announced on the day of the final ceremony in November. The award is $10,000 and a bronze sculpture; other finalists get $1,000, a medal, and a citation written by the panel. Authors who have won the award more than once include William Faulkner, John Updike, William Gaddis, Jesmyn Ward, and Philip Roth, each having won twice along with numerous other nominations. Saul Bellow won the award in 1954, 1965, and 1971, and is the only author to have won three National Book Awards for Fiction.

• Name — National Book Award for Fiction • Awarded For — Outstanding literary work by U.S. citizens. • Presenter — National Book Foundation • Country — United States • Location — New York City • Website — Official website The National Book Award for Fiction is one of five annual National Book Awards that recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens. Since 1987, the National Book Foundation has administered and presented the awards, but they are awards "by writers to writers". The judges are five "writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field". General fiction was one of four categories when the awards were reestablished in 1950. For several years beginning in 1980, there were multiple fiction categories: hardcover, paperback, first novel or first work of fiction; from 1981 to 1983 hardcover and paperback children's fiction; and in 1980 five awards for mystery fiction, science fiction, and western fiction. When the Foundation celebrated the 60th postwar awards in 2009, all but three of the 77 previous winners in fiction categories were in print. The 77 included all eight 1980 winners but excluded the 1981 to 1983 children's fiction winners. The award recognizes one book written by a U.S. citizen and published in the U.S. from December 1 to November 30. The National Book Foundation accepts nominations from publishers until June 15, requires that nominated books be mailed to the judges by August 1, and announces five finalists in October. The winner is announced on the day of the final ceremony in November. The award is $10,000 and a bronze sculpture; other finalists get $1,000, a medal, and a citation written by the panel. Authors who have won the award more than once include William Faulkner, John Updike, William Gaddis, Jesmyn Ward, and Philip Roth, each having won twice along with numerous other nominations. Saul Bellow won the award in 1954, 1965, and 1971, and is the only author to have won three National Book Awards for Fiction.

National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1950-1959 • Year — Author — Title — Result — Reference • 1950 — 2=Man with the Golden Arm — Winner • No runners up were recognized. There were five honorable mentions in the non-fiction category only. • 1951 — Collected Stories of William Faulkner — Winner • 2=Trouble of One House — Finalist • 1952 — From Here to Eternity — Winner • 2=Morning Watch — Finalist • 2=Grass Harp — Finalist • Requiem for a Nun — Finalist • 2=Strange Children — Finalist • 2=Holy Sinner — Finalist • Melville Goodwin, USA — Finalist • 2=Catcher in the Rye — Finalist • Lie Down in Darkness — Finalist • 2=Witch Diggers — Finalist • 2=Caine Mutiny — Finalist • 1953 — Invisible Man — Winner • Many Mansions — Finalist • Winds of Morning — Finalist • 2=Gathering Darkness — Finalist • 2=Old Man and the Sea — Finalist • Jefferson Selleck — Finalist • 2=Landsmen — Finalist • 2=Shower of Summer Days — Finalist • 2=Catherine Wheel — Finalist • East of Eden — Finalist • 2=Build-Up — Finalist • 1954 — 2=Adventures of Augie March — Winner • No runners up were recognized. • 1955 — 2=Fable — Winner • 2=Dollmaker — Finalist • 2=View from Pompey's Head — Finalist • 2=Night of the Hunter — Finalist • Pictures from an Institution — Finalist • 2=Last Hunt — Finalist • Lord Grizzly — Finalist • 2=Bad Seed — Finalist • 2=Huge Season — Finalist • 2=Courts of Memory — Finalist • Sweet Thursday — Finalist • 1956 — Ten North Frederick — Winner • 2=Spider's House — Finalist • 2=Black Prince, and Other Stories — Finalist • Andersonville — Finalist • 2=Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories — Finalist • Faithful Are the Wounds — Finalist • Band of Angels — Finalist • 2=Bride of the Innisfallen and Other Stories — Finalist • Marjorie Morningstar — Finalist • 1957 — 2=Field of Vision — Winner • 2=Walk on the Wild Side — Finalist • Giovanni's Room — Finalist • Seize the Day — Finalist • Greenwillow — Finalist • These Thousand Hills — Finalist • 2=Single Pebble — Finalist • Generations of Men — Finalist • 2=Last Hurrah — Finalist • 2=Presence of Grace — Finalist • 2=Voice at the Back Door — Finalist • Further Fables for Our Time — Finalist • 1958 — 2=Wapshot Chronicle — Winner • 2=Death in the Family — Finalist • By Love Possessed — Finalist • Something About a Soldier — Finalist • 2=Velvet Horn — Finalist • 2=Assistant — Finalist • Love Among the Cannibals — Finalist • Pnin — Finalist • Atlas Shrugged — Finalist • 2=Return of Lady Brace — Finalist • 2=Birth of a Grandfather — Finalist • 1959 — 2=Magic Barrel — Winner • 2=Ginger Man — Finalist • Home from the Hill — Finalist • Lolita — Finalist • From the Terrace — Finalist • 2=Lost Country — Finalist • 2=Winthrop Woman — Finalist • Anatomy of a Murder — Finalist

National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1960-1969 • Year — Author — Title — Result — Reference • 1960 — Goodbye, Columbus — Winner • Pursuit of the Prodigal — Finalist • 2=Light Infantry Ball — Finalist • Henderson the Rain King — Finalist • Mrs. Bridge — Finalist • 2=Mansion — Finalist • Wake Up, Stupid — Finalist • 2=War Lover — Finalist • Men Die — Finalist • 2=Haunting of Hill House — Finalist • 2=Third Choice — Finalist • 2=Pistol — Finalist • 2=Cool World — Finalist • Malcolm — Finalist • 2=Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N — Finalist • 2=Poorhouse Fair — Finalist • 2=Cave — Finalist • 2=Devil's Advocate — Finalist • 1961 — 2=Waters of Kronos — Winner • 2=House of Five Talents — Finalist • Generation Without Farewell — Finalist • 2=Child Buyer — Finalist • 2=Separate Peace — Finalist • To Kill a Mockingbird — Finalist • Ceremony in Lone Tree — Finalist • 2=Violent Bear It Away — Finalist • 2=Light in the Piazza and Other Italian Tales — Finalist • 2=Christening Party — Finalist • Rabbit, Run — Finalist • 2=Body of a Young Man — Finalist • 1962 — 2=Moviegoer — Winner • False Entry — Finalist • Among the Dangs — Finalist • Catch-22 — Finalist • 2=New Life — Finalist • 2=Chateau — Finalist • Franny and Zooey — Finalist • 2=Spinoza of Market Street and Other Stories — Finalist • 2=Pawnbroker — Finalist • 2=Morning and the Evening — Finalist • Revolutionary Road — Finalist • 1963 — Morte d'Urban — Winner • Pale Fire — Finalist • Ship of Fools — Finalist • 2=Golden Spur — Finalist • Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories — Finalist • 1964 — 2=Centaur — Winner • Idiots First — Finalist • 2=Group — Finalist • V. — Finalist • 2=Will — Finalist • 1965 — Herzog — Winner • 2=Rector of Justin — Finalist • Second Skin — Finalist • 2=Martyred — Finalist • To an Early Grave — Finalist • 2=Defense — Finalist • Short Friday and Other Stories — Finalist • 1966 — 2=Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter — Winner • 2=Liberation of Lord Byron Jones — Finalist • At Play in the Fields of the Lord — Finalist • 2=(Diblos) Notebook — Finalist • Everything That Rises Must Converge — Finalist • Pericles on 31st Street — Finalist • 1967 — 2=Fixer — Winner • 2=Embezzler — Finalist • All in the Family — Finalist • 2=Last Gentleman — Finalist • 2=Dream of Kings — Finalist • Office Politics — Finalist • 1968 — 2=Eighth Day — Winner • Why Are We in Vietnam? — Finalist • 2=Garden of Earthly Delights — Finalist • 2=Chosen — Finalist • The — Finalist • 1969 — Steps — Winner • Lost in the Funhouse — Finalist • 2=Fan's Notes — Finalist • Expensive People — Finalist • 2=Pursuit of Happiness — Finalist

National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1970-1979 • Year — Author — Title — Result — Reference • 1970 — them — Winner • Fat City — Finalist • Going Places — Finalist • 2=Collected Stories of Jean Stafford — Finalist • Slaughterhouse-Five — Finalist • 1971 — Mr. Sammler's Planet — Winner • Deliverance — Finalist • 2=Bay of Noon — Finalist • Bech: A Book — Finalist • Losing Battles — Finalist • 1972 — 2=Complete Stories — Winner • Lion Country — Finalist • 2=Book of Daniel — Finalist • 2=Dick Gibson Show — Finalist • Farragan's Retreat — Finalist • Wonderland — Finalist • 2=Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories — Finalist • Love in the Ruins — Finalist • 2=Garden of Sand — Finalist • Rabbit Redux — Finalist • 1973 — Chimera — Winner — • Augustus • 2=Late Great Creature — Finalist • Hermaphrodeity — Finalist • Geronimo Rex — Finalist • 2=Friends of Eddie Coyle — Finalist • 2=Prince — Finalist • Transparent Things — Finalist • Mumbo Jumbo — Finalist • 2=Confessions of a Child of the Century — Finalist • Enemies, A Love Story — Finalist • 2=Optimist's Daughter — Finalist • 1974 — Gravity's Rainbow — Winner • 2=Crown of Feathers and Other Stories • Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories — Finalist • 2=World of Apples — Finalist • Apostles of Light — Finalist • Searches and Seizures — Finalist • Nickel Mountain — Finalist • Black Conceit — Finalist • Ninety-Two in the Shade — Finalist • People Will Always Be Kind — Finalist • Burr — Finalist • State of Grace — Finalist • 1975 — Dog Soldiers — Winner • 2=Hair of Harold Roux • Guilty Pleasures — Finalist • 2=Odd Woman — Finalist • Something Happened — Finalist • Sula — Finalist • Look at the Harlequins! — Finalist • Enormous Changes at the Last Minute — Finalist • My Life as a Man — Finalist • 2=Death of the Detective — Finalist • 1976 — J R — Winner • Humboldt's Gift — Finalist • 2=Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher — Finalist • Other People's Lives — Finalist • Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories — Finalist • Beyond the Bedroom Wall — Finalist • 1977 — 2=Spectator Bird — Winner • Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? — Finalist • 2=Balloonist — Finalist • Orsinian Tales — Finalist • 2=Fine Romance — Finalist • 1978 — Blood Tie — Winner • 2=Public Burning — Finalist • Madder Music — Finalist • Elbow Room — Finalist • Union Dues — Finalist • 1979 — Going After Cacciato — Winner • 2=Stories of John Cheever — Finalist • 2=World According to Garp — Finalist • Lying Low — Finalist • 2=Family — Finalist

For 1980 to 1983 this list covers the paired "Fiction (hardcover)" and "Fiction (paperback)" awards in that order. Hard and paper editions were distinguished only in these four years; none of the paperback winners were original; in their first editions all had been losing finalists in 1979 or 1981. From 1980 to 1985 there was also one award for first novel or first work of fiction and in 1980 there were five more awards for mystery, western, and science fiction. None of those are covered here.

National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1980-1983 • Year — Category — Author — Title — Result — Reference • 1980 — Hardcover — Sophie's Choice — Winner • Just Above My Head — Finalist • 2=Executioner's Song — Finalist • 2=Ghost Writer — Finalist • Endless Love — Finalist • Paperback — 2=World According to Garp — Winner • Collected Stories — Finalist • Violet Clay — Finalist • Too Far to Go — Finalist • Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, Volumes 1 and 2 — Finalist • 1981 — Hardcover — Plains Song — Winner • 2=Transit of Venus — Finalist • So Long, See You Tomorrow — Finalist • 2=Second Coming — Finalist • 2=Collected Stories of Eudora Welty — Finalist • Paperback — 2=Stories of John Cheever — Winner • 2=Year of the French — Finalist • 2=Executioner's Song — Finalist • Endless Love — Finalist • War and Remembrance — Finalist • 1982 — Hardcover — Rabbit is Rich — Winner • Ellis Island and Other Stories — Finalist • 2=Hotel New Hampshire — Finalist • 2=Flag for Sunrise — Finalist • Dad — Finalist • Paperback — So Long, See You Tomorrow — Winner • Loon Lake — Finalist • 2=Transit of Venus — Finalist • 2=Second Coming — Finalist • Morgan's Passing — Finalist • 1983 — Hardcover — 2=Color Purple — Winner • 2=Mother and Two Daughters — Finalist • Shiloh and Other Stories — Finalist • 2=Mosquito Coast — Finalist • Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant — Finalist • Paperback — 2=Collected Stories of Eudora Welty — Winner • 2=Chaneysville Incident — Finalist • 2=Company of Women — Finalist • Housekeeping — Finalist • 2=Flag for Sunrise — Finalist 1983 entries were published during 1982; winners in 27 categories were announced April 13 and privately celebrated April 28, 1983. 1984 entries for the "revamped" awards in three categories were published November 1983 to October 1984; eleven finalists were announced October 17. Winners were announced and celebrated November 15, 1984.

National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1984-1989 • Year — Author — Title — Result — Reference • 1984 — Victory Over Japan — Winner • Foreign Affairs — Finalist • 2=Anatomy Lesson — Finalist • 1985 — White Noise — Winner • Always Coming Home — Finalist • 2=Tree of Life — Finalist • 1986 — World's Fair — Winner • Whites — Finalist • 2=Summons to Memphis — Finalist • 1987 — Paco's Story — Winner • That Night — Finalist • Beloved — Finalist • 2=Northern Lights — Finalist • 2=Counterlife — Finalist • 1988 — Paris Trout — Winner • Libra — Finalist • Vanished — Finalist • Wheat That Springeth Green — Finalist • Breathing Lessons — Finalist • 1989 — Spartina — Winner • Billy Bathgate — Finalist • Geek Love — Finalist • 2=Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love — Finalist • 2=Joy Luck Club — Finalist

National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 1990-1999 • Year — Author — Title — Result — Reference • 1990 — Middle Passage — Winner • Chromos — Finalist • Paradise — Finalist • Dogeaters — Finalist • Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart — Finalist • 1991 — Mating — Winner • Wartime Lies — Finalist • Frog — Finalist • 2=MacGuffin — Finalist • Beyond Deserving — Finalist • 1992 — All the Pretty Horses — Winner • Bastard Out of Carolina — Finalist • Dreaming in Cuban — Finalist • Lost in the City — Finalist • Outerbridge Reach — Finalist • 1993 — 2=Shipping News — Winner • Come to Me: Stories — Finalist • 2=Pugilist at Rest — Finalist • Operation Wandering Soul — Finalist • Swimming in the Volcano — Finalist • 1994 — 2=Frolic of His Own — Winner • Moses Supposes — Finalist • White Man's Grave — Finalist • 2=Bird Artist — Finalist • 2=Collected Stories — Finalist • 1995 — Sabbath's Theater — Winner • All Souls' Rising — Finalist • Krik? Krak! — Finalist • Interstate — Finalist • 2=House on the Lagoon — Finalist • 1996 — Ship Fever and Other Stories — Winner • Atticus — Finalist • 2=Giant's House — Finalist • Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer — Finalist • 2=River Beyond the World — Finalist • 1997 — Cold Mountain — Winner • Underworld — Finalist • Le Divorce — Finalist • Echo House — Finalist • 2=Puttermesser Papers — Finalist • 1998 — Charming Billy — Winner • Kaaterskill Falls — Finalist • 2=Healing — Finalist • Damascus Gate — Finalist • 2=Man in Full — Finalist • 1999 — Waiting — Winner • House of Sand and Fog — Finalist • Plainsong — Finalist • Hummingbird House — Finalist • Who Do You Love — Finalist

National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 2000-2009 • Year — Author — Title — Result — Reference • 2000 — In America — Winner • 2=Feast of Love — Finalist • 2=Diagnosis — Finalist • Blonde — Finalist • Blue Angel — Finalist • 2001 — 2=Corrections — Winner • Among the Missing — Finalist • Look at Me — Finalist • 2=Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse — Finalist • Highwire Moon — Finalist • 2002 — Three Junes — Winner • Big If — Finalist • You Are Not a Stranger Here — Finalist • Gorgeous Lies — Finalist • 2=Heaven of Mercury — Finalist • 2003 — 2=Great Fire — Winner • Drop City — Finalist • 2=Known World — Finalist • 2=Ship Made of Paper — Finalist • Evidence of Things Unseen — Finalist • 2004 — 2=News from Paraguay — Winner • Madeleine is Sleeping — Finalist • Florida — Finalist • Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories — Finalist • Our Kind — Finalist • 2005 — Europe Central — Winner • 2=March — Finalist • Veronica — Finalist • Trance — Finalist • Holy Skirts — Finalist • 2006 — 2=Echo Maker — Winner • Only Revolutions — Finalist • 2=Disorder Peculiar to the Country — Finalist • Eat the Document — Finalist • 2=Zero — Finalist • 2007 — Tree of Smoke — Winner • Fieldwork — Finalist • Varieties of Disturbance — Finalist • Then We Came to the End — Finalist • Like You'd Understand, Anyway — Finalist • 2008 — Shadow Country — Winner • 2=Lazarus Project — Finalist • Telex from Cuba — Finalist • Home — Finalist • 2=End — Finalist • 2009 — Let the Great World Spin — Winner • American Salvage — Finalist • In Other Rooms, Other Wonders — Finalist • Lark and Termite — Finalist • Far North — Finalist

National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 2010-2019 • Year — Author — Title — Result — Reference • 2010 — Lord of Misrule — Winner • Parrot and Olivier in America — Finalist • Great House — Finalist • So Much for That — Finalist • I Hotel — Finalist • 2011 — Salvage the Bones — Winner • 2=Sojourn — Finalist • 2=Tiger's Wife — Finalist • 2=Buddha in the Attic — Finalist • Binocular Vision — Finalist • 2012 — 2=Round House — Winner • This Is How You Lose Her — Finalist • 2=Hologram for the King — Finalist • Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk — Finalist • 2=Yellow Birds — Finalist • 2013 — 2=Good Lord Bird — Winner • 2=Flamethrowers — Finalist • 2=Lowland — Finalist • Bleeding Edge — Finalist • Tenth of December: Stories — Finalist • 2014 — Redeployment — Winner — • 2=Unnecessary Woman — Finalist • All the Light We Cannot See — Finalist • Station Eleven — Finalist • Lila — Finalist • 2015 — Fortune Smiles — Winner • Refund — Finalist • 2=Turner House — Finalist • Fates and Furies — Finalist • 2=Little Life — Finalist • 2016 — 2=Underground Railroad — Winner • 2=Throwback Special — Finalist • News of the World — Finalist • 2=Association of Small Bombs — Finalist • Another Brooklyn — Finalist • 2017 — Sing, Unburied, Sing — Winner • Dark at the Crossing — Finalist • 2=Leavers — Finalist • Pachinko — Finalist • Her Body and Other Parties — Finalist • 2018 — ' — Winner • 2=Lucky Man — Finalist • Florida — Finalist • Where the Dead Sit Talking — Finalist • 2=Great Believers — Finalist • 2019 — Trust Exercise — Winner • Sabrina and Corina — Finalist • Black Leopard, Red Wolf — Finalist • 2=Other Americans — Finalist • Disappearing Earth — Finalist

National Book Award for Fiction winners and finalists, 2020–present • Year — Author — Title — Result — Reference • 2020 — Interior Chinatown — Winner • Leave the World Behind — Finalist • 2=Children's Bible — Finalist • 2=Secret Lives of Church Ladies — Finalist • Shuggie Bain — Finalist • 2021 — Hell of a Book — Winner • Cloud Cuckoo Land — Finalist • Matrix — Finalist • Zorrie — Finalist • 2=Prophets — Finalist • 2022 — 2=Rabbit Hutch — Winner • 2=Birdcatcher — Finalist • 2=Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories — Finalist • All This Could Be Different — Finalist • 2=Town of Babylon — Finalist • 2023 — Blackouts — Winner • Chain-Gang All-Stars — Finalist • Temple Folk — Finalist • This Other Eden — Finalist • 2=End of Drum-Time — Finalist • 2024 — Percival — James — Winner • 'Pemi — Ghostroots — Finalist • Kaveh — Martyr! — Finalist • Miranda — All Fours — Finalist • Hisham — My Friends — Finalist • 2025 • Rabih — 2=True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) — Winner • Megha — 2=Guardian and a Thief — Finalist • Karen — 2=Antidote — Finalist • Ethan — North Sun, or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther — Finalist • Bryan — Palaver — Finalist • 2026 — Hannah Lillith — Paradiso 17 — Finalist • Kimberly — Red Ants — Finalist • Julián Delgado — Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You — Finalist • Louise — Python’s Kiss — Finalist • Marlon — The Disappearers — Finalist • Alexander — Passengers — Finalist • Kenan — The Renovation — Finalist • Morgan — Mad Eden — Finalist

The National Book Awards for 1935 to 1940 annually recognized the "Most Distinguished Novel" (1935–1936) or "Favorite Fiction" (1937–1940). Furthermore, works of fiction were eligible for the "Bookseller Discovery" and "Most Original Book" awards; fiction winners are listed here. There was only one National Book Award for 1941, the Bookseller Discovery, which recognized the novel Hold Autumn In Your Hand by George Perry; then none until the 1950 revival in three categories including Fiction.

1935: Rachel Field, Time Out of Mind 1936: Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind

1937: A. J. Cronin, The Citadel • Conrad Richter, The Sea of Grass • Kenneth Roberts, Northwest Passage • Leonard Q. Ross (Leo Rosten), The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N (short stories) 1938: Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca 1939: John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath • Sholom Asch, The Nazarene 1940: Richard Llewellyn, How Green Was My Valley

1936: Norah Lofts, I Met a Gypsy (short stories) 1937: Lawrence Watkin, On Borrowed Time (novel) • see 1937 Fiction 1938: see nonfiction 1939: Elgin Groseclose, Ararat (novel) • Chard Powers Smith, Artillery of Time, I 1940: see nonfiction 1941: George Sessions Perry, Hold Autumn in Your Hand (novel)

1935: Charles G. Finney, The Circus of Dr. Lao (novel) 1936: see nonfiction 1937: see nonfiction • see 1937 Fiction 1938: see nonfiction 1939: Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun (novel) • Geoffrey Household, Rogue Male

• See Winners of multiple U.S. National Book Awards

From 1935 to 1941, there were six annual awards for general fiction and the "Bookseller Discovery" or "Most Original Book" was sometimes a novel. From 1980 to 1985, there were six annual awards to first novels or first works of fiction. In 1980 there were five awards for mystery, western, or science fiction. There have been many awards to fiction in the Children's or Young People's categories.

This list covers only the postwar awards (pre-war awards follow) to general fiction for adult readers: one annual winner from 1950 except two undifferentiated winners 1973 to 1975, dual hardcover and paperback winners 1980 to 1983. For each award, the winner is listed first, followed by the finalists. Unless otherwise noted, the year represents the year the award was given for books published in the previous year. Thus, the award year 1950 is for books published in 1949.