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Literary Awards: 1950- 1959

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

1959 Winners

BEST NOVEL

The Eighth Circle by Stanley Ellin
Call Number: PS3555.L56E3 1958

ISBN: 9780752853314

Publication Date: January 15, 2004

BEST FIRST NOVEL

The Bright Road to Fear by Richard Martin Stern
Call Number: Not available- Request via Interlibrary Loan

Publication Date: 1958

1958 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Room to Swing by Ed Lacy
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9781627553674

Publication Date: 2013-06-01

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Knock and Wait a While by William Rawle Weeks
Call Number: Not available- Request vvia Interlibrary Loan

Publication Date: 1957

1957 Winners

BEST NOVEL

A Dram of Poison by Charlotte Armstrong
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780884115656

Publication Date: March 9, 2012

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Rebecca's Pride by Donald M. Douglass
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780881840704

Publication Date: 1984-07-01

1956 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Beast in View by Margaret Millar
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9781780220222

Publication Date: August 1, 2011

1955 Winners

BEST NOVEL

The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780394757681

Publication Date: 1988-08-12

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Go, Lovely Rose by Jean Potts
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780862207281

Publication Date: June 1988

1954 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Beat Not the Bones by Charlotte Jay
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9781569470473

Publication Date: 1995-11-01

BEST FIRST NOVEL

A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin; Otto Penzler (Introduction by)
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9781605981833

Publication Date: 2011-05-15

1953 Winner

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Don't Cry for Me by William Campbell Gault Dutton
Call Number: Not available- Request via Interlibrary Loan

Publication Date: 1952

1952 Winner

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Strangle Hold by Mary McMullen
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780515097627

Publication Date: 1988-08-01

1951 Winner

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Nightmare in Manhattan by Thomas Walsh
Call Number: PS3545.A593N54 1950

ISBN: 9780241021415

Publication Date: 1951

1950 Winner

BEST FIRST NOVEL

What a Body by Alan Green
Call Number: Not available- Request via Interlibrary Loan

Publication Date: 1949