Honor roll:National Book Award for Fiction authors
From AwardAnnals
Each of these authors has been nominated for a National Book Award for Fiction. They are ranked by honors given those books nominated for a National Book Award for Fiction.
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| 1 | E.L. Doctorow (93.64: 1/4) | 48 | Gail Godwin (12.63: 0/2) | 95 | Mischa Berlinski (6.57: 0/1) |
| 2 | Robert Stone (63.47: 1/4) | 49 | Aleksandar Hemon (12.58: 0/1) | 96 | Dana Spiotta (6.56: 0/1) |
| 3 | Philip Roth (63.46: 1/4) | 50 | Jess Walter (12.56: 0/1) | 97 | Ken Kalfus (6.56: 0/1) |
| 4 | Don DeLillo (59.22: 1/3) | 51 | Marianne Wiggins (12.54: 0/1) | 98 | Mark Z. Danielewski (6.56: 0/1) |
| 5 | Anne Tyler (59.04: 0/3) | 52 | Andre Dubus III (12.49: 0/1) | 99 | Christopher Sorrentino (6.55: 0/1) |
| 6 | Marilynne Robinson (50.91: 0/2) | 53 | Cynthia Ozick (12.49: 0/1) | 100 | René Steinke (6.55: 0/1) |
| 7 | Shirley Hazzard (50.83: 1/2) | 54 | Kent Haruf (12.49: 0/1) | 101 | Christine Schutt (6.54: 0/1) |
| 8 | Jonathan Franzen (50.52: 1/1) | 55 | Ron Hansen (12.47: 0/1) | 102 | Joan Silber (6.54: 0/1) |
| 9 | Edward P. Jones (42.97: 0/2) | 56 | Madison Smartt Bell (12.46: 0/1) | 103 | Kate Walbert (6.54: 0/1) |
| 10 | Alice McDermott (40.86: 1/2) | 57 | Grace Paley (12.45: 0/1) | 104 | Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (6.54: 0/1) |
| 11 | John Updike (36.62: 1/2) | 58 | Amy Bloom (12.43: 0/1) | 105 | T. Coraghessan Boyle (6.53: 0/1) |
| 12 | Ha Jin (32.50: 1/1) | 59 | Amy Tan (12.39: 0/1) | 106 | Brad Watson (6.52: 0/1) |
| 13 | John Cheever (30.31: 1/1) | 60 | Katherine Dunn (12.39: 0/1) | 107 | Martha McPhee (6.52: 0/1) |
| 14 | Joyce Carol Oates (29.11: 1/3) | 61 | Mary McGarry Morris (12.39: 0/1) | 108 | Dan Chaon (6.51: 0/1) |
| 15 | Norman Rush (28.78: 1/2) | 62 | J.F. Powers (12.38: 0/1) | 109 | Jennifer Egan (6.51: 0/1) |
| 16 | Peter Taylor (28.37: 0/1) | 63 | Hugh Nissenson (12.36: 0/1) | 110 | Louise Erdrich (6.51: 0/1) |
| 17 | Walker Percy (28.30: 0/1) | 64 | Ursula K. Le Guin (12.36: 0/1) | 111 | Susan Straight (6.51: 0/1) |
| 18 | William Gaddis (26.70: 2/2) | 65 | Elizabeth Benedict (12.35: 0/1) | 112 | Alan P. Lightman (6.50: 0/1) |
| 19 | Annie Proulx (26.44: 1/1) | 66 | William Wharton (12.32: 0/1) | 113 | Charles Baxter (6.50: 0/1) |
| 20 | Richard Powers (22.99: 1/2) | 67 | Colum McCann (10.59: 1/1) | 114 | Francine Prose (6.50: 0/1) |
| 21 | John Irving (22.62: 1/2) | 68 | Peter Matthiessen (10.58: 1/1) | 115 | Jean Thompson (6.49: 0/1) |
| 22 | Toni Morrison (22.38: 0/1) | 69 | Lily Tuck (10.54: 1/1) | 116 | Patricia Henley (6.49: 0/1) |
| 23 | Alison Lurie (22.35: 0/1) | 70 | Julia Glass (10.52: 1/1) | 117 | Allegra Goodman (6.48: 0/1) |
| 24 | William Maxwell (22.32: 1/1) | 71 | Susan Sontag (10.50: 1/1) | 118 | Gayl Jones (6.48: 0/1) |
| 25 | Norman Mailer (22.30: 0/1) | 72 | John Casey (10.39: 1/1) | 119 | Tom Wolfe (6.48: 0/1) |
| 26 | Cormac McCarthy (20.42: 1/1) | 73 | Larry Heinemann (10.37: 1/1) | 120 | Diane Johnson (6.47: 0/1) |
| 27 | Alice Walker (20.33: 1/1) | 74 | Ellen Gilchrist (10.34: 1/1) | 121 | Ward S. Just (6.47: 0/1) |
| 28 | Stephen Dixon (18.87: 0/2) | 75 | Eudora Welty (10.33: 1/1) | 122 | Elizabeth McCracken (6.46: 0/1) |
| 29 | Mary Gaitskill (18.55: 0/1) | 76 | Wright Morris (10.31: 1/1) | 123 | Janet Peery (6.46: 0/1) |
| 30 | Louis Begley (18.41: 0/1) | 77 | Tim O'Brien (10.29: 1/1) | 124 | Edwidge Danticat (6.45: 0/1) |
| 31 | Bobbie Ann Mason (18.33: 0/1) | 78 | Mary Lee Settle (10.28: 1/1) | 125 | Rosario Ferré (6.45: 0/1) |
| 32 | Mark Helprin (18.32: 0/1) | 79 | Wallace Stegner (10.27: 1/1) | 126 | Ellen Currie (6.44: 0/1) |
| 33 | Denis Johnson (16.57: 1/1) | 80 | Thomas Williams (10.25: 1/1) | 127 | Richard Dooling (6.44: 0/1) |
| 34 | William T. Vollmann (16.55: 1/1) | 81 | Isaac Bashevis Singer (10.24: 1/1) | 128 | Bob Shacochis (6.43: 0/1) |
| 35 | Charles Frazier (16.47: 1/1) | 82 | John Barth (10.23: 1/1) | 129 | Thom Jones (6.43: 0/1) |
| 36 | Steven Millhauser (16.47: 0/1) | 83 | John Edward Williams (10.23: 1/1) | 130 | Cristina Garcia (6.42: 0/1) |
| 37 | Andrea Barrett (16.46: 1/1) | 84 | Flannery O'Connor (10.22: 1/1) | 131 | Dorothy Allison (6.42: 0/1) |
| 38 | Charles Johnson (16.40: 1/1) | 85 | Saul Bellow (10.21: 1/1) | 132 | Sandra Scofield (6.41: 0/1) |
| 39 | Oscar Hijuelos (16.40: 0/1) | 86 | Bonnie Jo Campbell (6.59: 0/1) | 133 | Stanley Elkin (6.41: 0/1) |
| 40 | Pete Dexter (16.38: 1/1) | 87 | Daniyal Mueenuddin (6.59: 0/1) | 134 | Elena Castedo (6.40: 0/1) |
| 41 | David Bradley (16.32: 0/1) | 88 | Jayne Anne Phillips (6.59: 0/1) | 135 | Felipe Alfau (6.40: 0/1) |
| 42 | Paul Theroux (16.31: 0/1) | 89 | Marcel Theroux (6.59: 0/1) | 136 | Jessica Hagedorn (6.40: 0/1) |
| 43 | William Styron (16.30: 1/1) | 90 | Rachel Kushner (6.58: 0/1) | 137 | Cecile Pineda (6.35: 0/1) |
| 44 | Thomas Flanagan (16.29: 0/1) | 91 | Salvatore Scibona (6.58: 0/1) | 138 | Mary Gordon (6.33: 0/1) |
| 45 | Thomas Pynchon (16.24: 1/1) | 92 | Jim Shepard (6.57: 0/1) | 139 | Herman Wouk (6.31: 0/1) |
| 46 | Scott Spencer (12.83: 0/2) | 93 | Joshua Ferris (6.57: 0/1) | 140 | James Baldwin (6.30: 0/1) |
| 47 | Howard Norman (12.81: 0/2) | 94 | Lydia Davis (6.57: 0/1) | 141 | Paul Bowles (6.30: 0/1) |
