Honor roll: National Book Award for Fiction authors

Each of these authors has been nominated for a National Book Award for Fiction. They are ranked by honors given those books nominated for the aforementioned award.

1E.L. Doctorow (93.64)52William Styron (16.3)103Jim Shepard (6.57)
2Robert Stone (63.47)53Thomas Pynchon (16.24)104Joshua Ferris (6.57)
3Philip Roth (63.47)54Scott Spencer (12.83)105Lydia Davis (6.57)
4Don DeLillo (59.22)55Howard Norman (12.81)106Mark Z. Danielewski (6.56)
5Anne Tyler (59.04)56Gail Godwin (12.63)107Dana Spiotta (6.56)
6Marilynne Robinson (56.93)57Nicole Krauss (12.61)108Ken Kalfus (6.56)
7Shirley Hazzard (50.86)58Marcel Theroux (12.6)109René Steinke (6.55)
8Jonathan Franzen (50.53)59Peter Carey (12.6)110Christopher Sorrentino (6.55)
9Edward P. Jones (42.97)60Jayne Anne Phillips (12.59)111Kate Walbert (6.54)
10Alice McDermott (40.88)61Bonnie Jo Campbell (12.59)112Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (6.54)
11John Updike (36.62)62Aleksandar Hemon (12.58)113Joan Silber (6.54)
12Ha Jin (32.5)63Jess Walter (12.56)114Christine Schutt (6.54)
13John Cheever (30.31)64Marianne Wiggins (12.54)115T. Coraghessan Boyle (6.53)
14Joyce Carol Oates (29.11)65Andre Dubus III (12.49)116Brad Watson (6.52)
15Norman Rush (28.78)66Kent Haruf (12.49)117Martha McPhee (6.52)
16Peter Taylor (28.37)67Cynthia Ozick (12.49)118Dan Chaon (6.51)
17Walker Percy (28.31)68Ron Hansen (12.47)119Jennifer Egan (6.51)
18William Gaddis (26.7)69Madison Smartt Bell (12.46)120Louise Erdrich (6.51)
19Annie Proulx (26.44)70Grace Paley (12.45)121Susan Straight (6.51)
20Richard Powers (23)71Amy Bloom (12.43)122Francine Prose (6.5)
21John Irving (22.62)72Katherine Dunn (12.39)123Alan P. Lightman (6.5)
22Julie Otsuka (22.62)73Mary McGarry Morris (12.39)124Charles Baxter (6.5)
23Edith Pearlman (22.61)74J.F. Powers (12.38)125Jean Thompson (6.49)
24Oscar Hijuelos (22.4)75Ursula K. Le Guin (12.36)126Patricia Henley (6.49)
25Toni Morrison (22.38)76Hugh Nissenson (12.36)127Gayl Jones (6.48)
26Alison Lurie (22.35)77Elizabeth Benedict (12.35)128Tom Wolfe (6.48)
27William Maxwell (22.32)78William Wharton (12.32)129Allegra Goodman (6.48)
28Norman Mailer (22.3)79Jesmyn Ward (10.61)130Ward S. Just (6.47)
29Colum McCann (20.61)80Peter Matthiessen (10.58)131Diane Johnson (6.47)
30Cormac McCarthy (20.42)81Lily Tuck (10.54)132Elizabeth McCracken (6.46)
31Alice Walker (20.33)82Julia Glass (10.52)133Janet Peery (6.46)
32Stephen Dixon (18.87)83Susan Sontag (10.5)134Rosario Ferré (6.45)
33Daniyal Mueenuddin (18.6)84Larry Heinemann (10.37)135Edwidge Danticat (6.45)
34Mary Gaitskill (18.55)85Ellen Gilchrist (10.34)136Richard Dooling (6.44)
35Louis Begley (18.41)86Eudora Welty (10.33)137Ellen Currie (6.44)
36Amy Tan (18.39)87Wright Morris (10.31)138Bob Shacochis (6.43)
37Bobbie Ann Mason (18.33)88Tim O'Brien (10.29)139Thom Jones (6.43)
38Mark Helprin (18.32)89Mary Lee Settle (10.28)140Cristina Garcia (6.42)
39Téa Obreht (16.61)90Wallace Stegner (10.27)141Dorothy Allison (6.42)
40Jaimy Gordon (16.61)91Thomas Williams (10.25)142Sandra Scofield (6.41)
41Denis Johnson (16.58)92Isaac Bashevis Singer (10.24)143Stanley Elkin (6.41)
42William T. Vollmann (16.55)93John Barth (10.23)144Felipe Alfau (6.4)
43Steven Millhauser (16.47)94John Edward Williams (10.23)145Elena Castedo (6.4)
44Charles Frazier (16.47)95Flannery O'Connor (10.22)146Jessica Hagedorn (6.4)
45Andrea Barrett (16.46)96Saul Bellow (10.21)147Cecile Pineda (6.35)
46Charles Johnson (16.4)97Andrew Krivak (6.61)148Mary Gordon (6.33)
47John Casey (16.39)98Lionel Shriver (6.6)149Herman Wouk (6.31)
48Pete Dexter (16.38)99Karen Tei Yamashita (6.6)150James Baldwin (6.3)
49Paul Theroux (16.33)100Salvatore Scibona (6.58)151Paul Bowles (6.3)
50David Bradley (16.33)101Rachel Kushner (6.58)
51Thomas Flanagan (16.31)102Mischa Berlinski (6.57)
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