National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)

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The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) is an association of book reviewers in the United States. With a membership of nearly 700 active book critics, the NBCC was founded in 1974. Each year, the NBCC presents awards for the finest books published in the English language. Shown below are NBCC Award winners in the category of Fiction since it was first awarded in 1975.

  1. 1975
    Ragtime
    by E. L. Doctorow

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  2. 1976
    October Light
    by John Gardner

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  3. 1977
    Song of Solomon
    by Toni Morrison

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  4. 1978
    The Stories of John Cheever
    by John Cheever

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  5. 1979
    The Year of the French
    by Thomas Flanagan

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  6. 1980
    The Transit of Venus
    by Shirley Hazzard

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  7. 1981
    Rabbit Is Rich
    by John Updike

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  8. 1982
    George Mills (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))
    by Stanley Elkin

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  9. 1983
    Ironweed
    by William J. Kennedy

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  10. 1984
    Love Medicine
    by Louise Erdrich

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  11. 1985

  12. 1986
    Kate Vaiden
    by Reynolds Price

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  13. 1987
    The Counterlife
    by Philip Roth

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  14. 1988
    The Middleman and Other Stories
    by Bharati Mukherjee

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  15. 1989
    Billy Bathgate
    by E. L. Doctorow

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  16. 1990
    Rabbit at Rest
    by John Updike

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  17. 1991
    Thousand Acres
    by Jane Smiley

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  18. 1992
    All the Pretty Horses (Vintage International)
    by Cormac Mccarthy

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  19. 1993
    A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club)
    by Ernest J. Gaines

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  20. 1994
    The Stone Diaries
    by Carol Shields

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  21. 1995
    Mrs. Ted Bliss (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))
    by Stanley Elkin

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  22. 1996
    Women in Their Beds: New and Selected Stories
    by Gina Berriault

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  23. 1997
    The Blue Flower
    by Penelope Fitzgerald

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  24. 1998
    The Love of a Good Woman : Stories
    by Alice Munro

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  25. 1999
    Motherless Brooklyn
    by Jonathan Lethem

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  26. 2000
    Being Dead: A Novel
    by Jim Crace

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  27. 2001
    Austerlitz
    by W. G. Sebald

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  28. 2002
    Atonement: A Novel
    by Ian McEwan

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  29. 2003
    The Known World: A Novel
    by Edward P. Jones

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  30. 2004
    Gilead: A Novel
    by Marilynne Robinson

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  31. 2005
    The March: A Novel
    by E.L. Doctorow

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  32. 2006
    The Inheritance of Loss
    by Kiran Desai

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  33. 2007
    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
    by Junot Diaz

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  34. 2008
    2666: A Novel
    by Roberto Bolano

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Comments

penguinmdh
Pittsburgh

2008 Winner 2666 by Roberto Bolano — 12 weeks ago

Added.


1986? — 1 year ago

I’m confused about the 1986 winner. On this and other lists (Powell’s, Amazon’s, etc.), Kate Vaiden is listed as the winner. However, on the NBCC website, A Summons to Memphis is listed as the winner and Kate Vaiden is listed as a finalist. I always had Kate Vaiden down as the winner on my list and now I’m very confused. Any ideas?


Added — 2 years ago

Added the 2006 winner.


ggchickapee
Portland

Are there more to add? — 2 years ago

According to the National Book Critics’ own web page (cited as the source of this list), the list is under construction. According to Powell’s web page, the award was first given in 1976. Powell’s list includes these additional five books:

1980 The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

1979 The Year of the French by Thomas Flanagan

1978 The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever

1977 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

1976 October Light by John C Gardner