The Nineties in America - Salem Press (2009)

1998
Fiction:American Pastoralby Philip Roth
Drama:How I Learned to Driveby Paula Vogel
History:Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and
America’s Continuing Debate over Science and
Religionby Edward J. Larson
Biography or Autobiography:Personal Histor yby
Katharine Graham
Poetry:Black Zodiacby Charles Wright

1999
Fiction:The Hoursby Michael Cunningham
Drama:Witby Margaret Edson
History:Gotham: A Histor y of New York City to 1898
by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
Biography or Autobiography:Lindberghby A. Scott
Berg
Poetry:Blizzard of Oneby Mark Strand

National Book Awards

1990
Fiction:Middle Passageby Charles Johnson
Nonfiction:The House of Morgan: An American
Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Financeby
Ron Chernow

1991
Fiction:Matingby Norman Rush
Nonfiction:Freedomby Orlando Patterson
Poetry:What Work Isby Philip Levine

1992
Fiction:All the Pretty Horsesby Cormac McCarthy
Nonfiction:Becoming a Man: Half a Life Stor yby
Paul Monette
Poetry:New and Selected Poemsby Mary Oliver

1993
Fiction:The Shipping Newsby E. Annie Proulx
Nonfiction:United States: Essays, 1952-1992by Gore
Vidal
Poetry:Garbageby A. R. Ammons

1994
Fiction:A Frolic of His Ownby William Gaddis
Nonfiction:How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final
Chapterby Sherwin B. Nuland
Poetry:A Worshipful Company of Fletchersby James
Tate

1995

Fiction:Sabbath’s Theaterby Philip Roth

Nonfiction:The Haunted Land: Facing Europe’s

Ghosts After Communismby Tina Rosenberg

Poetry:Passing Through: The Later Poemsby Stanley

Kunitz

1996

Fiction:Ship Fever, and Other Storiesby Andrea

Barrett

Nonfiction:An American Requiem: God, My Father,

and the War That Came Between Usby James

Carroll

Poetry:Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey: Poems, 1991-

1995 by Hayden Carruth

Young People’s Literature:Parrott in the Oven: Mi

Vidaby Victor Martinez

1997

Fiction:Cold Mountainby Charles Frazier

Nonfiction:American Sphinx: The Character of

Thomas Jeffersonby Joseph J. Ellis

Poetry:Effort at Speech: New and Selected Poemsby

William Meredith

Young People’s Literature:Dancing on the Edgeby

Han Nolan

1998

Fiction:Charming Billyby Alice McDermott

Nonfiction:Slaves in the Familyby Edward Ball

Poetry:This Time: New and Selected Poemsby Gerald

Stern

Young People’s Literature:Holesby Louis Sachar

1999

Fiction:Waitingby Ha Jin

Nonfiction:Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of

World War IIby John W. Dower

Poetry:Vice: New and Selected Poemsby Ai

Young People’s Literature:When Zachar y Beaver

Came to Townby Kimberly Willis Holt

Newbery Medal for Best Children’s Book

of the Year

1990:Number the Starsby Lois Lowry

1991:Maniac Mageeby Jerry Spinelli

1992:Shilohby Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1993:Missing Mayby Cynthia Rylant

1994:The Giverby Lois Lowry

1995:Walk Two Moonsby Sharon Creech

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