National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, established in 1976,[1] is an annual American literary award presented by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English."[2] Awards are presented annually to books published in the U.S. during the preceding calendar year in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Memoir/Autobiography, Biography, and Criticism.
Books previously published in English are not eligible, such as re-issues and paperback editions. They do consider "translations, short story and essay collections, self published books, and any titles that fall under the general categories."[3]
The judges are the volunteer directors of the NBCC who are 24 members serving rotating three-year terms, with eight elected annually by the voting members, namely "professional book review editors and book reviewers."[4] 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.[3]
Recipients[]
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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| 1975 |
Edith Wharton: A Biography |
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| 1976 |
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| 1977 |
Samuel Johnson |
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| 1978 |
Facts of Life |
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| 1978 |
Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence |
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| 1979 |
Munich: The Price of Peace |
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| 1980 |
Walter Lippmann and the American Century |
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| 1981 |
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| 1982 |
The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson |
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| 1983 |
Seymour M. Hersh |
The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House |
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| 1984 |
Weapons and Hope |
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| 1985 |
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families |
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| 1986 |
War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War |
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| 1987 |
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| 1988 |
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954–63 |
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| 1989 |
The Broken Cord |
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| 1990 |
The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America |
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| 1991 |
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| 1992 |
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| 1993 |
The Land Where the Blues Began |
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| 1994 |
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War |
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| 1995 |
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| 1996 |
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| 1997 |
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| 1998 |
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families |
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| 1999 |
Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior |
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| 2000 |
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| 2001 |
Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper |
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| 2002 |
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide |
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| 2003 |
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| 2004 |
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| 2005 |
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster |
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| 2006 |
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution |
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| 2007 |
Winner |
[5][6][7] | ||
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Philip Gura |
American Transcendentalism |
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[6] | |
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Legacy of Ashes: A History of the CIA | ||||
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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America 1815–1848 | ||||
| 2008 |
The Forever War |
Winner | [8] | |
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From Colony to Superpower: US Foreign Relations Since 1776 |
Finalist | [8][9] | ||
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The Dark Side | ||||
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This Republic of Suffering | ||||
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White Protestant Nation | ||||
| 2009 |
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science |
Winner | [10][11][12] | |
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City |
Finalist | [10] | ||
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Strength in What Remains | ||||
| 2010 |
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration |
Winner | [13][14] | |
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Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet |
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[13] | ||
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S.C. Gwynne |
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American | |||
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer | ||||
| 2011 |
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World |
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[15][16] | |
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A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War |
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[17][15][16] | ||
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Pulphead: Essays | ||||
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To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 | ||||
| 2012 |
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity |
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[18][19] | |
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity |
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[18][20][21] | ||
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Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power | ||||
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic | ||||
| 2013 |
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital |
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[22][23] | |
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Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief |
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[22][24] | ||
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The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America | ||||
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Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy |
Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice | |||
| 2014 |
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation |
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[25][26] | |
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Thomas Piketty with Arthur Goldhammer (trans.) |
Finalist |
[25][27] | ||
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Hector Tobar |
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle that Set Them Free | |||
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Peter Finn and Petra Couvee |
The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle over a Forbidden Book | |||
| 2015 |
Dreamland: The True Story of America’s Opiate Epidemic |
Winner |
[28] | |
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Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America |
Finalist |
[28] | ||
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Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America | ||||
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What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing | |||
| 2016 | Winner | [29] | ||
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right |
Finalist | [29] | ||
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Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War | ||||
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America | ||||
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Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File | ||||
| 2017 |
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America |
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[30][31][32] | |
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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes |
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[33][30] | ||
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Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe | ||||
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Gulf: The Making of An American Sea | ||||
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The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | ||||
| 2018 |
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan |
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[34][35][36][37] | |
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God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State |
Finalist |
[34] | ||
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Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt |
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure | |||
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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border | |||
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We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights | ||||
| 2019 |
Say Nothing: The True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland |
Winner |
[38][39] | |
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Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future |
Finalist |
[38] | ||
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No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us | ||||
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Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men's Lives | ||||
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The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution | ||||
| 2020 |
Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire |
Winner |
[40][41][42] | |
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Finalist |
[41] | |||
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Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future | ||||
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She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs | ||||
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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States | ||||
| 2021 |
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America |
Winner | [43] | |
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty |
Finalist |
[44][45][46] | ||
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The Family Roe: An American Story | ||||
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The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth |
See also[]
- Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
- John Leonard Prize
- National Book Critics Circle Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and Autobiography
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
- Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
References[]
- ^ "How We Pick Our Awards". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ a b "Frequently Asked Questions". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ "Membership". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ "National Book Critics Circle Announces 2007 Award Winners". the American Booksellers Association. 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2007 NBCC Winners Announced". National Book Critics Circle. 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Rich, Motoko (2008-03-07). "National Book Critics Circle Awards". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2008". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Magee, C. Max (2009-01-25). "2008 National Book Critics Circle Finalists Announced". The Millions. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2009". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "2009 National Book Critics Circle Awards Ceremony". C-SPAN. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Reid, Calvin (2010-03-12). "Mantel, Holmes, Biss Among 2009 National Book Critics Circle Winners". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2010". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Magee, C. Max (2011-03-11). "2010 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Announced". The Millions. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2011". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "The National Book Critics Circle Awards 2011". Book Reporter. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Magee, C. Max (2012-01-22). "2011 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced". The Millions. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2012". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Habash, Gabe (2013-02-28). "2012 National Book Critics Circle Awards Go to 'Billy Lynn,' Solomon, Caro". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "National Book Critics Awards Shortlist Announced". HuffPost. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced". The Millions. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2013". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Magee, C. Max (2014-03-13). "2013 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Announced". The Millions. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "2013 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced". The Millions. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2014". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Schaub, Michael. "2014 National Book Critics Circle Award winners announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ Schaub, Michael (2015-01-19). "National Book Critics Circle announces 2014 awards finalists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ a b "2015". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2016". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2017". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "2017 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners". The Millions. 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Colyard, K. W. (2018-03-16). "The National Book Critics Circle Award Winners For 2017 Are All Women & You'll Want To Read All Their Books". Bustle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Temple, Emily (2018-01-22). "Here are the Finalists for the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Awards". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2018". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Squires, Bethy (2019-03-14). "National Book Critics Circle Winners Include New York's Christopher Bonanos". Vulture. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ van Koeverden, Jane (2019-03-15). "Anna Burns, Zadie Smith among 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award winners". CBC Books. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ "Congratulations to the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners". Book Marks. 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2019". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Reiter, Amy (2020-03-13). "National Book Critics Circle Announces 2019 Awards". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Beer, Tom (2021-03-25). "National Book Critics Circle Presents Awards". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ a b "2020". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Winners". Powell's Books. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Beer, Tom (2022-03-17). "NBCC Award Winners Revealed at Virtual Ceremony". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ Bancroft, Colette (2022-01-21). "National Book Critics Circle announces awards finalists". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Beer, Tom (2022-01-20). "Finalists for the 2022 NBCC Awards Are Announced". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "2021 National Book Critics Circle Awards". Locus Online. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
External links[]
- Awards established in 1976
- American literary awards
- 20th-century literary awards
- 21st-century literary awards
- English-language literary awards