National Book Award for Nonfiction 1987

Nominations

WinnerThe Making of the Atomic BombRichard Rhodes
Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas WolfeDavid Herbert Donald
Chaos: Making a New ScienceJames Gleick
Mothers in the FatherlandClaudia Koonz
New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World WarsRobert A.M. Stern