National Book Award for Fiction 1972

Nominations

WinnerGravity's RainbowThomas Pynchon
WinnerDog SoldiersRobert Stone
WinnerChimeraJohn Barth
WinnerThe Complete StoriesFlannery O'Connor
Farragan's RetreatTom McHale
WonderlandJoyce Carol Oates
The Pagan Rabbi and Other StoriesCynthia Ozick
Love in the RuinsWalker Percy
A Garden of SandEarl Thompson
Rabbit ReduxJohn Updike
The Late Great CreatureBrock Brower
HermaphrodeityAlan H. Friedman
Geronimo RexBarry Hannah
The Friends of Eddie CoyleGeorge V. Higgins
The PrinceR. M. Koster
Transparent ThingsVladimir Nabokov
Mumbo JumboIshmael Reed
The Confessions of a Child of the CenturyThomas Rogers
Enemies, A Love StoryIsaac Bashevis Singer
The Optimist's DaughterEudora Welty
Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other StoriesDoris Betts
The World of ApplesJohn Cheever
Apostles of LightEllen Douglas
Searches and SeizuresStanley Elkin
Nickel MountainJohn Gardner
Black ConceitJohn Leonard
Ninety-Two in the ShadeThomas McGuane
People Will Always Be KindWilfrid Sheed
BurrGore Vidal
State of GraceJoy Williams
Guilty PleasuresDonald Barthelme
The Odd WomanGail Godwin
Something HappenedJoseph Heller
SulaToni Morrison
Look at the Harlequins!Vladimir Nabokov
Enormous Changes at the Last MinuteGrace Paley
My Life As a ManPhilip Roth
The Death of the DetectiveMark Smith
Lion CountryFrederick Buechner
The Book of DanielE. L. Doctorow
The Dick Gibson ShowStanley Elkin