Awards & Winners

1989 National Book Award

Check winners and nominations of 1989 National Book Award. Check awards winners of 1989 National Book Awards Ceremony. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1989 National Book Awards Ceremony

National Book Award for Fiction

John Casey

Honored for : Spartina

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Casey Spartina
E. L. Doctorow Billy Bathgate
Katherine Dunn Geek Love
Oscar Hijuelos The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Amy Tan The Joy Luck Club
National Book Award for Nonfiction

Thomas L. Friedman

Honored for : From Beirut to Jerusalem

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas L. Friedman From Beirut to Jerusalem
Taylor Branch Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963
McGeorge Bundy Danger and Survival
William Pfaff Barbarian Sentiments
Marilynne Robinson Mother Country