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The Top Book List

Award year

1981 National Book Award

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

Fiction

Children's Books

  • Cover of All Together Now by Sue Ellen BridgersNational Book Award

    All Together Now

    Sue Ellen Bridgers

    National Book Award Finalist

  • Cover of Tex by S.E. HintonNational Book Award

    Tex

    S.E. Hinton

    National Book Award Finalist

Science

  • Cover of Cosmos by Carl SaganNational Book Award

    Cosmos

    Carl Sagan

    National Book Award Finalist

  • Cover of Galaxies by Timothy FerrisNational Book Award

    Galaxies

    Timothy Ferris

    National Book Award Finalist

Also recognized

  • The Abyss of Time by Claude C. Albritton, Jr.Finalist

General Nonfiction

  • Cover of China Men by Maxine Hong KingstonWinner

    China Men

    Maxine Hong Kingston

    National Book Award Winner

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