Title	Author	Shortlisted
From Here to Eternity	James Jones	National Book Award for Fiction winner
The Sea Around Us	Rachel Carson	National Book Award for Nonfiction winner
The Morning Watch	James Agee	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Grass Harp	Truman Capote	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Requiem for a Nun	William Faulkner	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Strange Children	Caroline Gordon	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Holy Sinner	Thomas Mann	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Melville Goodwin USA	John P. Marquand	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Catcher in the Rye	J. D. Salinger	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Lie Down in Darkness	William Styron	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Witch Diggers	Jessamyn West	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Caine Mutiny	Herman Wouk	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted