US EditionHan Kang, Angela Flournoy, Arundhati Roy Nominated for National Book Critics Circle Awards
The National Book Critics Circle selected finalists from hundreds of titles in eight categories and named three honorary winners including Frances Fitzgerald.
- This year the National Book Critics Circle announced nominees in eight competitive categories and three honorary winners, with winners to be revealed March 26.
- Each year, the NBCC presents awards in six core categories but announced finalists in eight competitive categories this year after reviewing many hundreds of titles.
- Across criticism and first-book categories, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Nicholas Boggs are finalists, with Roy and others shortlisted in autobiography, as the NBCC announced 2025 finalists this year.
- The critics association named three honorary winners, including Frances Fitzgerald for lifetime achievement, while NBCC President Adam Dalva said `Each of these books is an artistic achievement.` and emphasized `every one of these writers and translators deserves to be celebrated.`
- Shortlists include debut and genre-spanning entries, featuring Nicholas Boggs, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Kevin Young, with translated works by e. yaewon, Paige Aniyah Morris, and others, selected from many hundreds this year.
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Han Kang, Angela Flournoy, Arundhati Roy nominated for National Book Critics Circle awards
Novels by Nobel laureate Han Kang and Angela Flournoy, along with a memoir by Arundhati Roy, are finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards.
The National Book Critics Circle Finalists
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The 2025 National Book Critics Circle Shortlists The NBCC announced the shortlists for the six awards categories: Autobiography, Biography, Criticism, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. The organization also selected the finalists for their Barrios Book in Translation Prize and the John Leonard Prize. One of the most strik…
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2025
Frances FitzGerald to receive lifetime achievement award New York, NY (Tuesday, January 20)—Today, the National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists in six categories – Autobiography, Biography, Criticism, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry – as well as the finalists for the Barrios Book in Translation Prize and the John Leonard Prize. The winners will be named on March 26 at a ceremony open to the public, during which the NBCC will also ho…
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