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

	Nine Continents: A Memoir in and Out of China by Xiaolu Guo 4.09 avg rating — 134 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
	You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages by Carina Chocano (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 522 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
	The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGerald 4.19 avg rating — 540 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
	Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 9,260 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 3.58 avg rating — 960 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
	Whereas by Layli Long Soldier 4.38 avg rating — 720 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
	Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 28,627 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 3.87 avg rating — 14,384 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
	Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 4.41 avg rating — 78,778 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) 3.76 avg rating — 169 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
	White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson 4.41 avg rating — 3,094 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) 4.22 avg rating — 1,157 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
	The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson 4.01 avg rating — 16,786 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
	The Sellout by Paul Beatty 3.78 avg rating — 36,165 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
	Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 10,994 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
	Negroland by Margo Jefferson (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 4,230 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
	Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 1,841 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
	Night at the Fiestas by Kirstin Valdez Quade 4.10 avg rating — 877 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
	Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay 4.18 avg rating — 1,285 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
	Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 612 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (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
	The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation by David Brion Davis 4.13 avg rating — 83 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction (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
	Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast 4.11 avg rating — 21,218 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (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
	Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine 4.29 avg rating — 18,803 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry (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
	Redeployment by Phil Klay 3.97 avg rating — 19,154 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
	The Essential Ellen Willis by Ellen Willis 4.42 avg rating — 95 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (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
	Lila (Gilead, #3) by Marilynne Robinson 3.91 avg rating — 22,541 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (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
	Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World by Leo Damrosch 4.09 avg rating — 138 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2013)	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
	Metaphysical Dog by Frank Bidart 3.95 avg rating — 485 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry (2013)	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
	A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 38,275 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for John Leonard Prize (2013)	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
	Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.28 avg rating — 158,122 ratings National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2013)	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