1988 National Book Award

• National Book Award

  Breathing Lessons

  Anne Tyler

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Libra

  Don DeLillo

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Vanished

  Mary McGarry Morris

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Wheat That Springeth Green

  James F. Powers

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder

  Jack McLaughlin

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877

  Eric Foner

  National Book Award Finalist

• National Book Award

  The Enlightenment: An Interpretation

  Peter Gay

  National Book Award Finalist

Also recognized

• Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom by Brenda MaddoxFinalist