Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Published by Delacorte)
Nominated for Best Novel in 1969
Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.