1983

• Life & Times of Michael K by J. M. Coetzee
  1983 · Booker Prize · Fiction
• Souls by Joanna Russ
  1983 · Hugo Awards · Best Novella
• Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson
  1983 · Hugo Awards · Best Short Story
• Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov
  1983 · Hugo Awards · Best Novel
• Fire Watch by Connie Willis
  1983 · Hugo Awards · Best Novelette
• The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790 by Rhys L. Isaac
  1983 · Pulitzer Prizes · History
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  1983 · Pulitzer Prizes · Fiction
• Selected Poems by Galway Kinnell
  1983 · Pulitzer Prizes · Poetry
• Night, Mother by Marsha Norman
  1983 · Pulitzer Prizes · Drama
• Is There No Place on Earth for Me? by Susan Sheehan
  1983 · Pulitzer Prizes · General Nonfiction
• Growing Up by Russell Baker
  1983 · Pulitzer Prizes · Biography
• Seaview by Toby Olson
  1983 · PEN/Faulkner Award · Fiction
• The Peacemaker by Gardner Dozois
  1983 · Nebula Awards · Best Short Story
• Startide Rising by David Brin , published by
  1983 · Nebula Awards · Best Novel
• Hardfought by Greg Bear
  1983 · Nebula Awards · Best Novella
• Blood Music by Greg Bear
  1983 · Nebula Awards · Best Novelette
• Shiloh and Other Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason
  1983 · PEN/Hemingway Award · Debut Novel