Lists of Bests: National Book Award Winners: Fiction http://www.listsofbests.com/list/79 On March 15, 1950, a consortium of book publishing groups sponsored the first annual National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Their goal was to enhance the public's awareness of exceptional books written by fellow Americans, and to increase the popularity of reading in general. Since then, The National Book Awards have become the nation's preeminent literary prizes, and The National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner the most important event on our literary calendar. The Winners, selected by five-member, independent judging panels for each genre, receive a $10,000 cash award and a crystal sculpture. 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Powers</div> The Centaur http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13535 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13535"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V2ZZ8WWDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Updike</div> Herzog (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3712 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3712"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AikSo6bVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Saul Bellow</div> The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4094 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4094"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jheB7qlqL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div 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