1995 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner

A Civil Action
Jonathan Harr
This true story of an epic courtroom showdown, where two of the nation’s largest corporations were accused of causing the deaths of children from water contamination, was a #1 national bestseller and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Descri…
1995 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Shortlist

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
Nicholas Basbanes

All God’s Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence
Fox Butterfield

In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle
Madeleine Blais
