1986 National Book Award

• National Book Award

  Whites

  Norman Rush

  National Book Award Finalist

Also recognized

• A Summons to Memphis by Peter TaylorFinalist

• National Book Award

  The Young Hemingway

  Michael Reynolds

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter

  Theodore Rosengarten

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War

  John W. Dower

  National Book Award Finalist

Also recognized

• The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune by Richard KlugerFinalist