Books 1961

TitleAuthorShortlisted
A Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. Miller, Jr.
Hugo Award for Best Novel winner
The Waters of KronosConrad Richter
National Book Award for Fiction winner
The Rise and Fall of the Third ReichWilliam L. Shirer
National Book Award for Nonfiction winner
Rua AugustaMaria de Lourdes Teixeira
Prêmio Jabuti Romance Literário winner
The High CrusadePoul Anderson
Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
Rogue MoonAlgis Budrys
Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
DeathworldHarry Harrison
Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
Venus Plus XTheodore Sturgeon
Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
The House of Five TalentsLouis Auchincloss
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Generation Without FarewellKay Boyle
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Child BuyerJohn Hersey
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
A Separate PeaceJohn Knowles
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Ceremony in Lone TreeWright Morris
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Violent Bear It AwayFlannery O'Connor
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Light in the Piazza and Other Italian TalesElizabeth Spencer
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Christening PartyFrancis Steegmuller
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Rabbit, RunJohn Updike
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The Body of a Young ManMildred Walker
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted