National Book Award Books: 2005 to 1996
2005 : Europe Central by William T. Vollmann
2004 : The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck
2003 : The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
2002 : Three Junes by Julia Glass
2001 : The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
2000 : In America by Susan Sontag
1999 : Waiting by Ha Jin
1998 : Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
1997 : Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
1996 : Ship Fever and Other Stories by Andrea Barrett
