National Book Award Books: 1985 to 1977
1985 : White Noise by Don DeLillo
1984 : Victory over Japan by Ellen Gilchrist
1983 : The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty
1983 : The Color Purple by Alice Walker
1982 : Rabbit is Rich by John Updike
1981 : Plain Song by Wright Morris
1980 : Sophie's Choice by William Styron
1979 : Going after Cacciato by Tim O'Brien
1978 : Blood Tie by Mary Lee Settle
1977 : The Spectator Bird by Wallace Earle Stegner
