James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice; Robert Cantwell, The Land of Plenty; Edward Dahlberg, Those Who Perish; James T. Farrell, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan;F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night; Waldo Frank, The Death and Birth of David Markand: An American Story; Daniel Fuchs, Summer in Williamsburg; Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man; Josephine Herbst, The Executioner Waits; Edward Newhouse, You Can't Sleep Here;John O'Hara, Appointment in Samarra; Henry Roth, Call It Sleep; William Saroyan, Daring Young Man; Tess Slesinger, The Unpossessed; Irving Stone, Lust for Life; Rex Stout, Ferde- lance; Jerome Weidman, I Can Get It for You Wholesale; Nathanael West, A Cool Million.