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Literary Awards: 1970- 1979

This guide gives a listing of some of the literary award winners.

1979 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9780061572562
Publication Date: 2007-01-01

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Killed in the Ratings by William L. DeAndrea
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780151469635
Publication Date: 1978-01-01

1978 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Catch Me by William H. Hallahan
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780380379866
Publication Date: 1978-11-01

BEST FIRST NOVEL

A French Finish by Robert Ross
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780399118845
Publication Date: 1977-03-01

1977 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Promised Land by Robert B. Parker
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 0795307322
Publication Date: 2002-01-01

BEST FIRST NOVEL

The Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson
Call Number: PS3566 .A822 T46 1996 eb Ebook
ISBN: 9780759567627
Publication Date: 2006-06-01

1976 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Hopscotch by Brian Garfield
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780765309211
Publication Date: 2004-09-01

BEST FIRST NOVEL

The Alvarez Journal by Rex Burns
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9781468307276
Publication Date: 2013-09-24

1975 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Peter's Pence; a Novel by Jon Cleary
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 0688002528
Publication Date: 1974-01-01

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780375713545
Publication Date: 2002-03-12

1974 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman
Call Number: PS3558.I45D36 1990
ISBN: 0061000027
Publication Date: 1990-04-04

BEST FIRST NOVEL

The Billion Dollar Sure Thing by Paul Erdman
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780684132792
Publication Date: 1973-01-01

1973 Winners

BEST NOVEL

The Lingala Code by Warren Kiefer
Call Number: Not available- Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780394479569
Publication Date: 1972-01-01

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Squaw Point by R. H. Shimer
Call Number: PS3569.H49S6 1972
ISBN: 0060138483
Publication Date: 1972-01-01

1972 Winners

BEST NOVEL

The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Call Number: PR6056.O699D39 1971
ISBN: 0670259365
Publication Date: 1971-08-11

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Finding Maubee by A. H. Z. Carr
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780553075908
Publication Date: January 1, 1973

1971 Winners

BEST NOVEL

The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjöwall; Per Wahlöö; Jonathan Franzen (Introduction by)
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780307390509
Publication Date: 2009-02-10

BEST FIRST NOVEL

The Anderson Tapes by Lawrence Sanders
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780440102175
Publication Date: 1971-01-01

1970 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Forfeit by Dick Francis
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780425201916
Publication Date: 2005-04-05

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Time for Predators by Joe Gores
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780765310507
Publication Date: 2005-03-01