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1
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1918

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His Family by Ernest Poole

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1919

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The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington

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1921

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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
* wrote realistic novels during Naturalistic and Symbolistic Period in American Lit
* well known author of novels of manners, satire, and short novel form

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1922

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Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington

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1923

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One of Ours by Willa Cather
* wrote realistic novels during Naturalistic and Symbolistic Period
* 20th century American regionalism
* short novel form

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1924

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The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson

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1925

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So Big by Edna Ferber
* Jewish-American

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1926

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Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
* declined award

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1927

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Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield
* among the expatriates living in Paris after WWI

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1928

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
* was published by little magazines

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1929

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Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin

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1930

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Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge

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1931

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Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes

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1932

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The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
* may be considered a Novel of the Soil

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1933

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The Store by T.S. Stribling

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1934

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Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller

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1935

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Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson

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1936

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Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis

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1937

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Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

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1938

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The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand
* realistic writer
* frequent use of flashback and Horation satire
* novels of manners
* title character is a Brahmin
* epistolary novel

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1939

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The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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1940

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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

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1942

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In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow

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1943

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Dragon’s Teeth by Upton Sinclair
* The Jungle is a muckraking novel and is considered the best example of a sociological novel

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1944

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Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin

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1945

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A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
* known for essays

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1947

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All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
* Major figure among Agrarians
* one of the Vanderbilt contributors to The Fugitive
* one of the editors of The Southern Review
* one of the critics under New Criticism
* most active during the Period of Modernism and Consolidation in American Lit
* a Poet Laureate of the United States
* wrote essay “Pure and Impure Poetry”
* 20th century American regionalism
* World Enough and Time is an example of the diversity among romance works

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1948

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Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
* commericially successful author of popular lit
* his work is often dismissed by serious critics

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1949

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Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens

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1950

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The Way West by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.

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1951

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The Town by Conrad Richter

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1952

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The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
* Jewish-American

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1953

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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
* novelist during Naturalistic and Symbolistic Period in American Lit
* among the expatriates who went to Paris after WWI
* published by little magazines
* one of the writers to develop the short story into a dominant form in the 20th century
* “Papa Hemingway” was his public persona
* used naive narrator in most early work

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1955

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A Fable by William Faulkner
* influenced by the Bible

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1956

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Andersonville by Mackinlay Kantor
* Jewish father

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1958

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A Death in the Family by James Agee

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37
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1959

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The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Roberth Lewis Taylor

38
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1960

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Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
* writer of political novels

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1961

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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1962

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The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O’Connor

41
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1963

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The Reivers by William Faulkner

42
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1965

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The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau

43
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1966

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Collected Short Stories by Katherine Anne Porter

44
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1967

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The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
* Jewish-American
* novelist of Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit
* A New Life is a campus novel

45
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1968

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The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
* novelist of Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit
* The Long March is a novelette

46
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1969

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House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
* Native-American

47
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1970

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Collected Stories by Jean Stafford

48
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1972

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Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

49
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1973

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The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty
* sometimes uses grotesque comically

50
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1975

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The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

51
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1976

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Humboldt’s Gift by Saul Bellow
* Jewish-American
* novelist of Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit
* Seize the Day is carpe diem themed

52
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1978

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Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson
* African-American

53
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1979

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The Stories by John Cheever

54
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1980

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The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer
* Jewish-American
* Period of Modernism and Consolidation in American Lit
* Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit
* carried documentary novel after WWII
* essays, historical novels, new journalism, and nonfiction novel
* An American Dream was a serial publication
* The Naked and the Dead choruses are montages

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1981

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A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

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1982

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Rabbit is Rich by John Updike
* light verse
* Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit
* Rabbit novels are a tetralogy

57
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1983

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The Color Purple by Alice Walker
* African-American
* this novel is an epistolary
* essayist

58
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1984

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Ironweed by William Kennedy
* historical novels

59
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1985

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Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
* Jewish father

60
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1986

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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
* modern frontier literature
* 21st century Western fiction

61
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1987

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A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor

62
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1988

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Beloved by Toni Morrison
* African-American
* antirealistic novel

63
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1989

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Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler

64
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1990

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The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
* Hispanic-American

65
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1991

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Rabbit at Rest by John Updike

66
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1992

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A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

67
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1993

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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler

68
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1994

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The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx

69
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1995

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Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

70
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1996

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Independence Day by Richard Ford

71
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1997

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Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser
* Jewish-American

72
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1998

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American Pastoral by Philip Roth
* Period of Confession and Postmodernism in American Lit
* Ending of Portnoy’s Complaint is a punchline
* Zuckerman tetralogy

73
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1999

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The Hours by Micheal Cunningham

74
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2000

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Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
* Asian-American

75
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2001

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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
* Jewish-American

76
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2002

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Empire Falls by Richard Russo

77
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2003

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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

78
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2004

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The Known World by Edward P. Jones
* African-American

79
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2005

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Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

80
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2006

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March by Geraldine Brooks
* Jewish convert

81
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2007

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The Road by Cormac McCarthy

82
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2008

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

83
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2009

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Oliver Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

84
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2010

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Tinkers by Paul Harding

85
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2011

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A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

86
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2013

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The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson

87
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2014

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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

88
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2015

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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

89
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2015

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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

90
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2016

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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

91
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2017

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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

92
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2018

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Less by Andrew Sean Greer

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