National Book Critics Circle Award2003

Given by National Book Critics Circle

Other Names: John Leonard Award, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist
25 Works 34,282 Books 672 Reviews ½ 3.8
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, Winner (276), Finalist (1,264)
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Years:
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
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era by William TaubmanBiography/Autobiography2003
River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca SolnitCriticism2003
The Known World by Edward P. JonesFiction2003
Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy by Paul HendricksonGeneral Nonfiction2003
On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection by Susan StewartPoetry2003

Finalist 25

WorkCategoryYear
A Tragic Honesty by Blake BaileyBiography2003
The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage by Paul ElieBiography2003
Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George M. MarsdenBiography2003
Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake by Carol Loeb ShlossBiography2003
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era by William TaubmanBiography/Autobiography2003
River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca SolnitCriticism2003
Gritos: Essays by Dagoberto GilbCriticism2003
31 Songs by Nick HornbyCriticism2003
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross KingCriticism2003
Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan SontagCriticism2003
The Known World by Edward P. JonesFiction2003
Brick Lane by Monica AliFiction2003
A Distant Shore by Caryl PhillipsFiction2003
The Time of Our Singing by Richard PowersFiction2003
Old School by Tobias WolffFiction2003
Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy by Paul HendricksonGeneral Nonfiction2003
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty by Caroline AlexanderGeneral Nonfiction2003
Gulag: A History by Anne ApplebaumGeneral Nonfiction2003
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Adrian Nicole LeBlancGeneral Nonfiction2003
Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means {abridged} by William T. VollmannGeneral Nonfiction2003
On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection by Susan StewartPoetry2003
Blue Hour: Poems by Carolyn ForchéPoetry2003
What Narcissism Means to Me: Poems by Tony HoaglandPoetry2003
Sept pierres pour la femme adultère by Vénus Khoury-GhataPoetry2003
Granted by Mary SzybistPoetry2003

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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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