1970 National Book Award

• National Book Award

  Fat City

  Leonard Gardner

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Going Places

  Leonard Michaels

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade

  Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford

  Jean Stafford

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Notebook, 1967-68

  Robert Lowell

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  On Bear's Head

  Philip Whalen

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  The Secret Meaning of Things

  Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  National Book Award Finalist

Also recognized

• False Gods, Real Men by Daniel BerriganFinalist

• National Book Award

  Alone with America: Essays on the Art of Poetry in the United States Since 1950

  Richard Howard

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Dr. Bowdler's Legacy: A History of Expurgated Books in England and America

  Noel Perrin

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship

  Gore Vidal

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Voyager: A Life of Hart Crane

  John Unterecker

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Pop Corn and Ma Goodness

  Edna Mitchell Preston

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

  William Steig

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  The Young United States, 1783-1830

  Edwin Tunis

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Where the Lilies Bloom

  Bill Cleaver and Vera Cleaver

  National Book Award Finalist