Title	Author	Shortlisted
The Field of Vision	Wright Morris	National Book Award for Fiction winner
Russia Leaves the War	George F. Kennan	National Book Award for Nonfiction winner
A Walk on the Wild Side	Nelson Algren	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Giovanni's Room	James Baldwin	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Seize the Day	Saul Bellow	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Greenwillow	B. J. Chute	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
These Thousand Hills	A. B. Guthrie	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
A Single Pebble	John Hersey	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Generations of Men	John Clinton Hunt	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Last Hurrah	Edwin O'Connor	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Presence of Grace	J. F. Powers	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Voice at the Back Door	Elizabeth Spencer	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Further Fables for Our Time	James Thurber	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted