1961

winners

Discover honored books by category:

WINNER

The Waters of Kronos

Conrad Richter

FINALISTS

The House of Five Talents

Louis Auchincloss

Generation Without a Farewell

Kay Boyle

The Child Buyer

John Hersey

A Separate Peace

John Knowles

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Ceremony in Lone Tree

Wright Morris

The Violent Bear It Away

Flannery O'Connor

The Light in the Piazza and Other Italian Tales

Elizabeth Spencer

The Christening Party

Francis Steegmuller

Rabbit, Run

John Updike

The Body of a Young Man

Mildred Walker

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