Books › Prize winners › National Book Award for Fiction

• 2025The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)Rabih Alameddine
• 2024JamesPercival Everett
• 2023BlackoutsJustin Torres
• The Rabbit Hutch2022The Rabbit HutchTess Gunty
• 2021Hell of a BookJason Mott
• 2020Interior ChinatownCharles Yu
• 2020Invisible ManRalph Ellison
• 2019Trust ExerciseSusan Choi
• 2018The FriendSigrid Nunez
• 2017Sing, Unburied, SingJesmyn Ward
• 2016The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead
• 2015Fortune SmilesAdam Johnson
• 2014RedeploymentPhil Klay
• 2013The Good Lord BirdJames McBride
• 2012The Round HouseLouise Erdrich
• 2011Salvage the BonesJesmyn Ward
• 2010Lord of MisruleJaimy Gordon
• 2009Let the Great World SpinColum McCann
• 2008Shadow CountryPeter Matthiessen
• 2007Tree of SmokeDenis Johnson
• 2006The Echo MakerRichard Powers
• 2005Europe CentralWilliam T. Vollmann
• 2004The News from ParaguayLily Tuck
• 2003The Great FireShirley Hazzard
• 2002Three JunesJulia Glass
• 2001The CorrectionsJonathan Franzen
• 2000In AmericaSusan Sontag
• 1999WaitingHa Jin
• 1998Charming BillyAlice McDermott
• 1997Cold MountainCharles Frazier