National Book Critics Circle Award Winners

Every year since 1974, the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) presents awards for the finest books published in English. Awards are presented annuall ...more

Winners

	Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat 3.77 avg rating — 6,244 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth by Josh Levin 3.70 avg rating — 1,440 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith 3.82 avg rating — 5,837 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limon (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 2,392 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug 4.36 avg rating — 4,426 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous by Christopher Bonanos (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 184 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Steve Coll 4.22 avg rating — 2,485 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Milkman by Anna Burns 3.56 avg rating — 44,179 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There There by Tommy Orange (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 125,738 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for John Leonard Prize (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 41,972 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for John Leonard Prize (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Improvement by Joan Silber 3.53 avg rating — 4,482 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Play the Girl: And Other Vexing Stories That Tell Women Who They Are by Carina Chocano (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 1,270 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whereas by Layli Long Soldier 4.41 avg rating — 2,403 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up by Xiaolu Guo 4.13 avg rating — 1,332 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser 3.91 avg rating — 13,724 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGerald 4.16 avg rating — 1,348 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 4.46 avg rating — 199,713 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for John Leonard Prize (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House of Lords and Commons: Poems by Ishion Hutchinson (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 259 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 70,230 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LaRose by Louise Erdrich 3.89 avg rating — 19,857 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson 4.48 avg rating — 10,609 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 4,598 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night at the Fiestas by Kirstin Valdez Quade 4.09 avg rating — 1,236 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for John Leonard Prize (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson 4.02 avg rating — 33,212 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 5,810 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Negroland by Margo Jefferson (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 6,387 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 22,462 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay 4.27 avg rating — 3,077 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sellout by Paul Beatty 3.76 avg rating — 60,445 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Redeployment by Phil Klay (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 21,963 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for John Leonard Prize (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars