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The Top Book List

Award year

1963 National Book Award

Sources: official announcement 1, official announcement 2, official announcement 3

Fiction

Nonfiction

  • Cover of Chekhov by Ernest J. SimmonsNational Book Award

    Chekhov

    Ernest J. Simmons

    National Book Award Finalist

  • Cover of Contemporaries by Alfred KazinNational Book Award

    Contemporaries

    Alfred Kazin

    National Book Award Finalist

  • Cover of John Adams by Page SmithNational Book Award

    John Adams

    Page Smith

    National Book Award Finalist

  • Cover of O'Neill by Arthur GelbNational Book Award

    O'Neill

    Arthur Gelb and Barbara Gelb

    National Book Award Finalist

  • Cover of Patriotic Gore by Edmund WilsonNational Book Award

    Patriotic Gore

    Edmund Wilson

    National Book Award Finalist

  • Cover of Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonNational Book Award

    Silent Spring

    Rachel Carson

    National Book Award Finalist

  • Cover of The Rothschilds by Frederic MortonNational Book Award

    The Rothschilds

    Frederic Morton

    National Book Award Finalist

Also recognized

  • Henry James, Vol. II: The Conquest of London, Henry James, Vol. III: The Middle Years by Leon EdelWinner

Poetry

Also recognized

  • Collected Poems by Winfield T. ScottFinalist
  • Thank You and Other Poems by Kenneth KochFinalist
  • The Drawbridge by Donald F. DrummondFinalist

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