2012 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Andrew Solomon
The National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon explores the consequences of extreme personal differences between parents and children, describing his own experiences as a gay child of straight parents while evaluating the circumstances of peop…
2012 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Shortlist
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Katherine Boo
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
Steve Coll
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
David Quammen
