Books 1979

TitleAuthorShortlisted
OffshorePenelope Fitzgerald
Booker Prize for Fiction winner
The Old JestJennifer Johnston
Costa Book Award for Novel winner
DreamsnakeVonda N. McIntyre
Hugo Award for Best Novel winner
Going After CacciatoTim O'Brien
National Book Award for Fiction winner
Robert Kennedy and His TimesArthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
National Book Award for Nonfiction winner
The Snow LeopardPeter Matthiessen
National Book Award for Nonfiction winner
Partidas DobradasMário Donato
Prêmio Jabuti Romance Literário winner
ConfederatesThomas Keneally
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
A Bend in the RiverV. S. Naipaul
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
JosephJulian Rathbone
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
PraxisFay Weldon
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
The White DragonAnne McCaffrey
Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
The Faded Sun: KesrithC. J. Cherryh
Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
Blind VoicesTom Reamy
Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
The Stories of John CheeverJohn Cheever
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The World According to GarpJohn Irving
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Lying LowDiane Johnson
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The FamilyDavid Plante
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Remembering PoetsDonald Hall
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthurWilliam Manchester
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
Prodigal Father: The Life of John Butler YeatsWilliam M. Murphy
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
Woman of Letters: A Life of Virginia WoolfPhyllis Rose
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
Stable PeaceKenneth E. Boulding
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
This House of Sky: Landscapes of the Western WindIvan Doig
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
New York JewAlfred Kazin
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
Modern Art: 19th and 20th CenturiesMeyer Schapiro
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted