NBCC Awards

The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".There are six awards to books published in the U.S. during the preceding calendar year, in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Memoir/Autobiography, Biography, and Criticism.Winners of the awards are announced each year at the NBCC awards ceremony in conjunction with the yearly membership meeting, which takes place in March.

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Hamnet (Hardcover)

By Maggie O'Farrell
$21.56
ISBN: 9780525657606
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Published: Knopf - July 21st, 2020

National Book Critic Circle Award 2020 for Fiction

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Hamnet (Paperback)

By Maggie O'Farrell
$16.95
ISBN: 9781984898876
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Published: Vintage - May 18th, 2021

National Book Critic Circle Award 2020 for Fiction- preorder your copy today!

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Luster: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Raven Leilani
$26.00
ISBN: 9780374194321
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 4th, 2020

John Leonard Award 2020- Award for a best book in any genre. 

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Luster: A Novel (Paperback)

By Raven Leilani
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250798671
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Published: Picador - June 8th, 2021

John Leonard Award 2020- Award for a best book in any genre, preorder your copy today!!

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Here is the Sweet Hand: Poems (Paperback)

By francine j. harris
$15.00
ISBN: 9780374602901
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 3rd, 2021

National Book Critic Circle Award 2020 for Poetry

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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (Paperback)

By Cathy Park Hong
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984820389
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Published: One World - March 2nd, 2021

National Book Critic Circle Award 2020 for Memoir

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Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire (Hardcover)

By Tom Zoellner
$29.95
ISBN: 9780674984301
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Published: Harvard University Press - May 12th, 2020

National Book Critic Circle Award 2020 for General Nonfiction

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Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World (Paperback)

By Amy Stanley
$18.00
ISBN: 9781501188534
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Published: Scribner - July 6th, 2021

National Book Critic Circle Award 2020 for Biography

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Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration (Hardcover)

By Nicole R. Fleetwood
$39.95
ISBN: 9780674919228
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Published: Harvard University Press - April 28th, 2020

National Book Critic Circle Award 2020 for Criticism

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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Paperback)

By Patrick Radden Keefe
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307279286
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Published: Anchor - February 25th, 2020

National Book Critic Circle Award 2019 for General Nonfiction

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The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner) (Paperback)

By Sarah M. Broom
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802149039
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Published: Grove Press - June 30th, 2020

John Leonard Award 2019- Award for a best book in any genre. 

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Magical Negro (Paperback)

By Morgan Parker
$15.95
ISBN: 9781947793187
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Published: Tin House Books - February 5th, 2019

National Book Critic Circle Award 2019 or Poetry

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Know My Name: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Chanel Miller
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735223721
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Published: Penguin Books - August 18th, 2020

National Book Critic Circle Award 2019 for Memoir

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Everything Inside: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Edwidge Danticat
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525563051
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Published: Vintage - July 7th, 2020

National Book Critic Circle Award 2019 for Fiction

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The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth (Paperback)

By Josh Levin
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316513289
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Published: Back Bay Books - April 14th, 2020

National Book Critic Circle Award 2019 for Biography

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals Cover Image

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals (Paperback)

By Saidiya Hartman
$17.95
ISBN: 9780393357622
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - January 14th, 2020

National Book Critic Circle Award 2019 for Criticism