National Book Award Books: 1959 to 1950
1959 : The Magic Barrel by Bernard Malamud
1958 : The Wapshot Chronicles by John Cheever
1957 : The Field of Vision by Wright Morris
1956 : Ten North Frederick by John O'Hara
1955 : A Fable by William Faulkner
1954 : The Adventures Of Augie March by Saul Bellow
1953 : Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
1952 : From Here To Eternity by James Jones
1951 : The Collected Stories of William Faulkner by William Faulkner
1950 : The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren