National Book Award for Fiction 1982

Nominations

WinnerSo Long, See You TomorrowWilliam Maxwell
WinnerRabbit is RichJohn Updike
Ellis Island and Other StoriesMark Helprin
The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving
A Flag for SunriseRobert Stone
DadWilliam Wharton
Loon LakeE. L. Doctorow
The Transit of VenusShirley Hazzard
Morgan's PassingAnne Tyler
The Second ComingWalker Percy