National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction

2017 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerImprovementJoan SilberReyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet as she visits him throughout his three-month stint in prison, their bond grows tighter. Kiki, now settled in New York after a journey that took her to Turkey and around the world, admires her niece'...Amazon2017 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistExit WestMohsin HamidAmazonSing, Unburied, SingJesmyn WardAmazonThe Ministry of Utomst HappinessArundhati RoyAmazonThe Ninth HourAlice McDermottAmazon

2018 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerMilkmanAnna BurnsMilkman is persistent, the word is spreading, and she is no longer in control . . ....Amazon2018 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistSlave Old Man, translated by Linda CoverdalePatrick ChamoiseauAmazonThe House of Broken AngelsLuis Alberto UrreaAmazonThe Largesse of the Sea MaidenDenis JohnsonAmazonThe Mars RoomRachel KushnerAmazon

1986 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerKate VaidenReynolds Price...Amazon1986 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistA Summons to MemphisPeter TaylorAmazonRoger’s VersionJohn UpdikeAmazonThe Beet QueenLouise ErdrichAmazonThe Moon PinnacleThomas WilliamsAmazon

1976 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerOctober LightJohn GardnerAs Sally becomes immersed in the book, the story envelops the narrative of the siblings’ dysfunctional relationship, and Gardner explores a wide array of themes from human autonomy to self-definition to political extremism....Amazon1976 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistBloodshed and Three NovellasCynthia OzickAmazonDetails of a Sunset and Other StoriesVladimir NabokovAmazonSpeedboatRenata AdlerAmazonThe Easter ParadeRichard YatesAmazon

1977 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerSong of SolomonToni MorrisonNew York Times Bestseller Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. With this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tr...Amazon1977 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistA Book of Common PrayerJoan DidionAmazonFalconerJohn CheeverAmazonThe Professor of DesirePhilip RothAmazonUnion DuesJohn SaylesAmazon

1978 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerThe Stories of John CheeverJohn CheeverNATIONAL BESTSELLER Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the National Book Award When The Stories of John Cheever was originally published, it became an immediate national bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize. In the years since, it has become a classic...Amazon1978 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistFinal PaymentsMary GordonAmazonThe CoupJohn UpdikeAmazonThe World According to GarpJohn IrvingAmazonWrinklesCharles SimmonsAmazon

1979 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerThe Year of the FrenchThomas FlanaganIn 1798, Irish patriots, committed to freeing their country from England, landed with a company of French troops in County Mayo, in westernmost Ireland. They were supposed to be an advance guard, followed by other French ships with the leader of the rebell...Amazon1979 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistKing of the Jews: A Novel of the HolocaustLeslie EpsteinAmazonSleepless NightsElizabeth HardwickAmazonSophie’s ChoiceWilliam StyronAmazonThe Executioner’s Song: A True Life NovelNorman MailerAmazonThe Ghost WriterPhilip RothAmazon

1980 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerThe Transit of VenusShirley HazzardAdventurous Caro is one of two Australian sisters who have come to post-war England to seek their fortunes. Courted long and hopelessly by young scientist Ted, she is to find that love brings sorrow as well as passion whilst her sister, the milder Grace, s...Amazon1980 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistLoon LakeE.L. DoctorowAmazonMorgan’s PassingAnne TylerAmazonSo Long, See You TomorrowWilliam MaxwellAmazonThe Second ComingWalker PercyAmazon

1981 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerRabbit is RichJohn UpdikeWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award The hero of John Updike’s Rabbit, Run, ten years after the events of Rabbit Redux, has come to enjoy considerable prosperity as the chief sales representative...Amazon1981 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistA Flag for SunriseRobert StoneAmazonRiddley WalkerRussell HobanAmazonSixty StoriesDonald BarthelmeAmazonThe Men’s ClubLeonard MichaelsAmazon

1982 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction WinnerGeorge MillsStanley ElkinElkin’s National Book Critics Circle Award–winning classic: A compelling novel of one man’s journey to break free from a thousand-year-old family curse Since the time of the First Crusade, every generation of the Mills family has been consigned by fate to ...Amazon1982 National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction ShortlistDinner at the Homesick RestaurantAnne TylerAmazonLevitation: Five FictionsCynthia OzickAmazonShiloh and Other StoriesBobbie Ann MasonAmazonThe Color PurpleAlice WalkerAmazon