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The Top Book List

Award year

1969 National Book Award

Sources: official announcement 1, official announcement 2, official announcement 3, official announcement 4

Fiction

  • Cover of Steps by Jerzy KosinskiWinner

    Steps

    Jerzy Kosinski

    National Book Award Winner

Poetry

  • Cover of Body Rags by Galway KinnellNational Book Award

    Body Rags

    Galway Kinnell

    National Book Award Finalist

  • Cover of In the Mecca by Gwendolyn BrooksNational Book Award

    In the Mecca

    Gwendolyn Brooks

    National Book Award Finalist

Also recognized

  • A Windmill Near Calvary by Keith WaldropFinalist

Arts and Letters

  • Cover of George Eliot by Gordon S. HaightNational Book Award

    George Eliot

    Gordon S. Haight

    National Book Award Finalist

  • Cover of Victorian Minds by Gertrude HimmelfarbNational Book Award

    Victorian Minds

    Gertrude Himmelfarb

    National Book Award Finalist

  • Cover of Weimar Culture by Peter GayNational Book Award

    Weimar Culture

    Peter Gay

    National Book Award Finalist

The Sciences

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