Congratulations to our 8 National Book Critics Circle Award finalists!
Founded in 1974, the NBCC now comprises more than 1,000 working critics and book-review editors throughout the country, who annually vote and bestow its awards in six categories, honoring the best books published in the past year in the United States.
Fiction:
- THE LARGESSE OF THE SEA MAIDENÂ by Denis Johnson
Nonfiction:
- THE LINE BECOMES A RIVERÂ by Francisco CantĂş
- DIRECTORATE S: The CIA and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Steve Coll
- THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MINDÂ by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
- GOD SAVE TEXASÂ by Lawrence Wright
Autobiography:
- EDUCATEDÂ by Tara Westover
Criticism:
- FEEL FREEÂ by Zadie Smith
Poetry:
- AMERICAN SONNETS FOR MY PAST AND FUTURE ASSASSINÂ by Terrance Hayes
Author Tommy Orange will receive the annual John Leonard Prize, honoring first books in any genre for his novel THERE, THERE.
See all NBCC nominees here.
Winners of the NBCC awards will be announced on Thursday, March 14 at a ceremony in Manhattan’s New School’s Tishman Auditorium. A finalists’ reading will be held on March 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the same location. Both events are free and open to the public.