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 4.08 avg rating — 1,464 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 3.68 avg rating — 1,207 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 — 5,070 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 — 1,881 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 4.35 avg rating — 3,489 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) 3.99 avg rating — 158 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 — 2,195 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 3.57 avg rating — 37,607 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 — 101,126 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) 3.92 avg rating — 34,673 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 — 4,091 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) 3.88 avg rating — 1,178 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 4.38 avg rating — 2,057 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 4.11 avg rating — 1,195 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
	The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGerald 4.17 avg rating — 1,223 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 4.44 avg rating — 156,952 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) 3.73 avg rating — 240 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) 4.48 avg rating — 60,612 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 3.88 avg rating — 18,935 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 4.47 avg rating — 7,665 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) 4.29 avg rating — 2,116 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 — 1,144 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 4.03 avg rating — 28,272 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) 4.40 avg rating — 3,382 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 — 5,884 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 — 20,779 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 4.25 avg rating — 2,489 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 3.77 avg rating — 52,997 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 3.97 avg rating — 21,320 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 4.39 avg rating — 114 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