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The 32 pages that link to National Book Award, each with the reason it gives.

• Pulitzer PrizeCompared with: It recognizes books across genres but is organized separately from the Pulitzers.

• National Book FoundationBroader topic: The awards are the Foundation’s best-known program and its central public honor.

• The Grapes of WrathCompared with: The novel’s major recognition came through the Pulitzer, not a National Book Award, which began later.

• Marianne MooreRelated: Moore won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1952 for her Collected Poems.

• National Book Award for PoetryNarrower topic: The Poetry prize is one category within this larger awards program.

• National Book Critics Circle AwardCompared with: Unlike this broader publishing-community award, the NBCC prize is selected by critics.

• Philip RothRelated: Roth won the award for fiction in 1960 for Goodbye, Columbus.

• The CantosRelated: Pound received the 1968 award for the final installments of The Cantos, renewing controversy over his legacy.

• The CorrectionsRelated: The novel won the 2001 award, marking its critical recognition in the United States.

• Saul BellowRelated: Bellow received the award for fiction three times, across different stages of his career.

• David Foster WallaceRelated: Wallace’s The Pale King was a finalist for the award after his death.

• Invisible ManRelated: Invisible Man won the 1953 award for fiction, bringing Ellison broad recognition.

• Don DeLilloRelated: DeLillo received the award for White Noise in 1985.

• Ralph EllisonRelated: Ellison won the 1953 award for Invisible Man, bringing the novel wide recognition.

• Faith RinggoldRelated: Ringgold received a 1992 award for her children’s book Tar Beach.

• Cormac McCarthyRelated: McCarthy received a National Book Award for All the Pretty Horses in 1992.

• Eudora WeltyRelated: Welty received a National Book Award for Fiction in 1983 for The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty.

• John IrvingRelated: Irving received the 1980 award for fiction for The World According to Garp.

• Joyce Carol OatesRelated: Oates received the 1970 National Book Award for them.

• Allan NevinsRelated: Nevins received the 1960 award in history for the first volume of The Emergence of Lincoln.

• Barbara W. TuchmanRelated: Tuchman received the National Book Award for History for A Distant Mirror.

• Gravity's RainbowRelated: Gravity's Rainbow won the 1974 award in the fiction category.

• Ibram X. KendiRelated: Stamped from the Beginning received the 2016 National Book Award for nonfiction.

• John CheeverRelated: Cheever won the 1981 award for fiction for The Stories of John Cheever.

• Louise ErdrichRelated: Erdrich received the award for fiction for The Round House in 2012.

• Nelson AlgrenRelated: Algren received the 1950 award for fiction for The Man with the Golden Arm.

• Ron ChernowRelated: The House of Morgan won the 1990 National Book Award for nonfiction.

• Studs TerkelRelated: Terkel’s Working received the 1975 National Book Award in the contemporary affairs category.

• Walker PercyRelated: The Moviegoer received the 1962 National Book Award for Fiction.

• Orson Scott CardRelated: Card won the 1986 award for young people's literature for Ender's Game.

• Peter MatthiessenRelated: Matthiessen won the 2008 award for fiction for Shadow Country.

• William GaddisRelated: Gaddis received the 1976 award for fiction for JR.