National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction

2007 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoJunot DiazLiving with an old-world mother and rebellious sister, an urban New Jersey misfit dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and believes that a long-standing family curse is thwarting his efforts to find love and happiness. A first novel by the author o...Amazon2007 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistIn The Country of MenHisham MatarAmazonSacred GamesVikram ChandraAmazonThe Gravedigger’s DaughterJoyce Carol OatesAmazonThe Shadow CatcherMarianne WigginsAmazon

1997 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerThe Blue FlowerPenelope FitzgeraldPresents a fictionalized account of the relationship between the eighteenth-century German poet known as Novalis and his true love, Sophie...Amazon1997 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistAmerican PastoralPhilip RothAmazonCold MountainCharles FrazierAmazonDreams of My Russian SummersAndrei MakineAmazonUnderworldDon DeLilloAmazon

2009 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerWolf HallHilary MantelEngland in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe oppose him. The ...Amazon2009 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistAmerican SalvageBonnie Jo CampbellAmazonBlameMichelle HunevenAmazonLark and TermiteJayne Anne PhillipsAmazonThe Book of Night WomenMarlon JamesAmazon

2011 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerBinocular VisionEdith PearlmanTenderly, observantly, incisively, Edith Pearlman captures life on the page like few other writers. She is a master of the short story, and this is a spectacular collection....Amazon2011 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistOpen CityTeju ColeAmazonStone ArabiaDana SpiottaAmazonThe Marriage PlotJeffrey EugenidesAmazonThe Stranger’s ChildAlan HollinghurstAmazon

2012 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerBilly Lynn’s Long Halftime WalkBen FountainNew York Times Bestseller Now a Major Motion Picture “Brilliantly done . . . grand, intimate, and joyous.” —New York Times Book Review “Mothers, father, sons, and daughters: read this giant-hearted novel.” —MARIA SEMPLE, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadett...Amazon2012 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistHHhH. tr. by Sam TaylorLaurent BinetAmazonMagnificenceLydia MilletAmazonNWZadie SmithAmazonThe Orphan Master’s SonAdam JohnsonAmazon

2013 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerAmericanahChimamanda Ngozi AdichieFearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning 'Americanah' is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today's globalized world....Amazon2013 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistA Tale For The Time BeingRuth OzekiAmazonSomeoneAlice McDermottAmazonThe GoldfinchDonna TarttAmazonThe InfatuationsJavier MariasAmazon

2014 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerLilaMarilynne RobinsonLila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church-the only available shelter from the rain-and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of a minister and widower, J...Amazon2014 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistA Brief History of Seven KillingsMarlon JamesAmazonAn Unnecessary WomanRabih AlameddineAmazonEuphoriaLily KingAmazonOn Such a Full SeaChang-rae LeeAmazon

2015 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerThe SelloutPaul Beatty**WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016** ‘Outrageous, hilarious and profound.’ Simon Schama, Financial Times ‘The longer you stare at Beatty’s pages, the smarter you’ll get.’ The Guardian ‘The most badass first 100 pages of an American novel I’ve read.’ The...Amazon2015 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistEileenOttessa MoshfeghAmazonFates and FuriesLauren GroffAmazonThe Story of My Teeth, translated by Christina MacSweeneyValeria LuiselliAmazonThe Tsar of Love and TechnoAnthony MarraAmazon

2016 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerLaRoseLouise ErdrichLate summer in North Dakota, 1999: Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the property bordering his own. He shoots with easy confidence but only when he staggers closer does he realise he has killed his neighbour's son. Dusty Ravich, the deceased ...Amazon2016 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistCommonwealthAnn PatchettAmazonImagine Me GoneAdam HaslettAmazonMoonglowMichael ChabonAmazonSwing TimeZadie SmithAmazon