National Book Award for Fiction 1953

Nominations

WinnerInvisible ManRalph Ellison
Many MansionsIsabel Bolton
Winds of MorningH. L. Davis
The Gathering DarknessThomas Gallagher
The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
Jefferson SelleckCarl Jonas
The LandsmanPeter Martin
A Shower of Summer DaysMay Sarton
The Catherine WheelJean Stafford
East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
The Build-UpWilliam Carlos Williams