The National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, established in 1976,The National Book Critics Circle Journal 2:1, Spring 1976 , NBCC. Retrieved February 2, 2012. is an annual American literary award presented by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English."
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."
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." 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. Recipients +National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction winners and finalistsYear Author Title Result 1975 Ragtime Winner 1976 October Light Winner Bloodshed and Three NovellasFinalist Details of a Sunset and Other Stories Speedboat 1977 Song of Solomon Winner Finalist Falconer Union Dues1978 Winner Final PaymentsFinalist Wrinkles1979 Winner King of the Jews: A Novel of the HolocaustFinalist Sleepless Nights Sophie's Choice 1980 Winner Loon LakeFinalist Morgan's Passing So Long, See You Tomorrow1981 Rabbit Is Rich Winner Finalist Riddley Walker Sixty Stories 1982 George Mills Winner Dinner at the Homesick RestaurantFinalist Levitation: Five Fictions Shiloh and Other Stories 1983 Ironweed Winner CathedralFinalist During the Reign of the Queen of Persia Magnetic Field (s) 1984 Love Medicine Winner Family DancingFinalist Foreign Affairs Machine Dreams Stones for Ibarra1985 Winner Lonesome DoveFinalist Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance White Noise1986 Kate Vaiden Winner Finalist Roger's Version 1987 Winner BelovedFinalistCrossing to Safety1988 Winner LibraFinalistParis TroutWheat That Springeth GreenWhere I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories1989 Billy Bathgate Winner Ordinary Love & Good WillFinalistSpartina1990 Rabbit at Rest Winner Collected StoriesFinalistFamily PicturesMiddle Passage1991 Winner MatingFinalistTypical AmericanWartime Lies1992 All the Pretty Horses Winner Black WaterFinalistClockersLet the Dead Bury Their DeadOuterbridge Reach1993 Winner Feather CrownsFinalistVindication1994 Winner FinalistAnd All Our Wounds ForgivenIn the Time of the Butterflies1995Mrs. Ted BlissWinnerGalatea 2.2FinalistIndependence DayMoo1996Women in Their BedsWinnerAbout SchmidtFinalistDancing After HoursFrom Bondage1997WinnerAmerican PastoralFinalistCold MountainDreams of My Russian SummersUnderworld1998WinnerBirds of AmericaFinalistNo Lease on LifePreston Falls1999Motherless BrooklynWinnerDisgraceFinalistMidnight ChampagneWonders of the Invisible World2000 Being DeadWinnerFinalistAssorted Fire EventsWhite Teeth2001 with Anthea Bell (trans.)AusterlitzWinner2002 AtonementWinner2003 Winner2004GileadWinner2005 Winner2006Winner2007 Winner In the Country of MenFinalist Sacred Games2008 with Natasha Wimmer (trans.) 2666 Winner Finalist Olive Kitteridge Home2009 Wolf Hall Winner American Salvage Finalist Lark and Termite Blame2010 Winner To the End of the Land Finalist Comedy in a Minor Key Freedom Skippy Dies2011 Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories Winner Finalist Stone Arabia Open City2012Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkWinnerFinalist with Sam Taylor (trans.)HHhHMagnificenceNW2013AmericanahWinnerSomeoneFinalist with Margaret Jull Costa (trans.)2014LilaWinnerOn Such a Full SeaFinalistEuphoriaAn Unnecessary Woman2015WinnerFinalistFates and FuriesEileen2016LaRoseWinnerImagine Me GoneFinalistCommonwealthMoonglow: A NovelSwing Time2017ImprovementWinnerFinalistSing, Unburied, SingExit West2018MilkmanWinner Finalist with Linda Coverdale (trans.) Slave Old Man 2019 Everything InsideWinner Finalist Feast Your Eyes Lost Children Archive2020HamnetWinner MemorialFinalist Inside Story If I Had Two Wings How to Pronounce Knife2021WinnerHarlem ShuffleFinalist Second PlaceBurntcoat2022Bliss MontageWinnerDr. NoFinalist with Damion Searls (trans.) with Sam Bett and David Boyd (trans.)All the Lovers in the Night2023I Am Homeless if This Is Not My HomeWinnerTremorFinalistNorth Woods with Jordan Stump (trans.)Vengeance Is MineBlackouts2024My FriendsWinnerBeautylandFinalistJamesUs FoolsGodwin 2025 with e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris (trans.)We Do Not PartWinnerFinalistAudition with Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell (trans.)On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) The Wilderness
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