National Book Critics Circle Award2000

Given by National Book Critics Circle

Other Names: John Leonard Award, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist
24 Works 32,096 Books 602 Reviews 4.1
The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 900 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating show more with one another about common concerns... The centerpiece of NBCC activities is the annual awards for the best book in six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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All, 2023 (42), 2022 (17), 2021 (36), 2020 (37), 2019 (33), 2018 (32), 2017 (31), 2016 (31), 2015 (35), 2014 (31), 2013 (31), 2012 (29), 2011 (29), 2010 (31), 2009 (29), 2008 (31), 2007 (29), 2006 (30), 2005 (30), 2004 (24), 2003 (25), 2002 (25), 2001 (25), 2000 (24), 1999 (25), 1998 (24), 1997 (24), 1996 (25), 1995 (25), 1994 (26), 1993 (19), 1992 (24), 1991 (24), 1990 (24), 1989 (26), 1988 (23), 1987 (26), 1986 (23), 1985 (25), 1984 (25), 1983 (25), 1982 (17), 1981 (20), 1980 (20), 1979 (21), 1978 (25), 1977 (16), 1976 (20), 1975 (4)
Announced:
March 21: Winner2023 Recent
January 25: Finalist2023 Recent

Winner 5

WorkCategoryYear
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. BixBiography/Autobiography2000
Quarrel & Quandary: Essays by Cynthia OzickCriticism2000
Being Dead by Jim CraceFiction2000
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted ConoverGeneral Nonfiction2000
Carolina Ghost Woods by Judy JordanPoetry2000

Finalist 24

WorkCategoryYear
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. BixBiography/Autobiography2000
The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics by Robin Marantz HenigBiography/Autobiography2000
I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years 1933-1941 by Victor KlempererBiography/Autobiography2000
The Chief: the Life of William Randolph Hearst by David NasawBiography/Autobiography2000
Marcel Proust: A Life by Jean-Yves TadiéBiography/Autobiography2000
Quarrel & Quandary: Essays by Cynthia OzickCriticism2000
From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life by Jacques BarzunCriticism2000
Passionate Minds: Women Rewriting the World by Claudia Roth PierpontCriticism2000
Critical Entertainments: Music Old and New by Charles RosenCriticism2000
A Poetry of Two Minds (The Life of Poetry) by Sherod SantosCriticism2000
Being Dead by Jim CraceFiction2000
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You by Amy BloomFiction2000
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael ChabonFiction2000
Assorted Fire Events: Stories by David MeansFiction2000
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted ConoverGeneral Nonfiction2000
Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 by Fred AndersonGeneral Nonfiction2000
Way Out There In the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War by Frances FitzGeraldGeneral Nonfiction2000
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health by Laurie GarrettGeneral Nonfiction2000
The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach by Alice KaplanGeneral Nonfiction2000
Carolina Ghost Woods by Judy JordanPoetry2000
Men in the Off Hours by Anne CarsonPoetry2000
The Ledge: Poems by Michael CollierPoetry2000
Talking Dirty to the Gods: Poems by Yusef KomunyakaaPoetry2000
Ultima Thule by Davis McCombsPoetry2000

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The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 900 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns... The centerpiece of NBCC activities is the annual awards for the best book in six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Website

Finalists
(English, Member-written)
The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 900 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns... The centerpiece of NBCC activities is the annual awards for the best book in six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Website

Winners
(English, Member-written)

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