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National Book Critics Circle Award

National Book Critics Circle Award

Awarded for fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, poetry and criticism. Given by nearly 700 active book reviewers.
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz
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Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 352 pages | ISBN 9781594483295 | 02 Sep 2008 | Riverhead | 18 - AND UP
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

The most talked about—and praised—first novel of 2007, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. More...

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz
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Book: Hardcover | 9.25 x 6.25in | 352 pages | ISBN 9781594489587 | 06 Sep 2007 | Riverhead | 18 - AND UP
New York Times Notable Book: Gold Medal 2007
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The Girls Who Went AwayThe Girls Who Went Away
The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the DecadesBefore Roe v. Wade
Ann Fessler
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Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 368 pages | ISBN 9780143038979 | 26 Jun 2007 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
National Book Critics Circle Award: Finalist 2007
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Breaking the SpellBreaking the Spell
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
Daniel C. Dennett
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Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 464 pages | ISBN 9780143038337 | 06 Feb 2007 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
National Book Critics Circle Award: Finalist 2007
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ThemThem
A Memoir of Parents
Francine du Plessix Gray
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Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 544 pages | ISBN 9780143037194 | 06 Jun 2006 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
National Book Critics Circle Award

"A spellbinding, warts-and-all double portrait... a sterling example of the personal memoir exalted to cultural history." -Los Angeles Times More...

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The OmnivoreThe Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan
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Book: Hardcover | 9.01 x 5.98in | 464 pages | ISBN 9781594200823 | 11 Apr 2006 | The Penguin Press | 18 - AND UP
National Book Critics Circle Award: Finalist 2007
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Blue BloodBlue Blood
Edward Conlon
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Book: Paperback | 6.06 x 9.01in | 576 pages | ISBN 9781594480737 | 05 Apr 2005 | Riverhead | 18 - AND UP
Amazon 'Break Out Books'

"Superb. The most stunning memoir ever written about the cop world." — Joseph Wambaugh More...

Alexander HamiltonAlexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow
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Book: Paperback | 6.02 x 9.01in | 832 pages | ISBN 9780143034759 | 29 Mar 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
Forbes Best Books of the Year

From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation. More...

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The ReformationThe Reformation
A House Divided
Diarmaid MacCulloch
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Book: Hardcover | 6.14 x 9.25in | 800 pages | ISBN 9780670032969 | 03 May 2004 | Viking Adult | 18 - AND UP
Wolfson History Prize

The definitive history of the Reformation from an award-winning historian More...

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Alexander HamiltonAlexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow
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Book: Hardcover | 6.14 x 9.25in | 832 pages | ISBN 9781594200090 | 26 Apr 2004 | The Penguin Press | 18 - AND UP
Forbes Best Books of the Year 2004

From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation. More...

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River of ShadowsRiver of Shadows
Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
Rebecca Solnit
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Book: Paperback | 5.55 x 8.34in | 320 pages | ISBN 9780142004104 | 02 Mar 2004 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
National Book Critics Circle Award

"Solnit's best book so far" (Chicago Tribune)—a boldly original portrait of the proto-inventor of motion pictures More...

BoswellBoswell's Presumptuous Task
The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson
Adam Sisman
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Book: Paperback | 5.35 x 7.99in | 368 pages | ISBN 9780142001752 | 24 Sep 2002 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
National Book Critics Circle Award

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award—the story behind the writing of the best biography of all time More...

Selected Non-FictionsSelected Non-Fictions
Volume 3
Eliot Weinberger, Jorge Luis Borges, Eliot Weinberger, Esther Allen, Suzanne Jill Levine
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Book: Paperback | 5.74 x 8.38in | 576 pages | ISBN 9780140290110 | 01 Nov 2000 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
National Book Critics Circle Award
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Shakespeare:Invention of the HumanShakespeare:Invention of the Human
The Invention of the Human
Harold Bloom
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Book: Paperback | 6.10 x 9.25in | 768 pages | ISBN 9781573227513 | 01 Sep 1999 | Riverhead | 18 - AND UP
ALA Notable Book
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In the Time of ButterfliesIn the Time of Butterflies
Julia Alvarez
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Book: Paperback | 5.51 x 7.95in | 352 pages | ISBN 9780452274426 | 01 Aug 1995 | Plume | 18 - AND UP
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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The Stone DiariesThe Stone Diaries
Carol Shields
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Book: Paperback | 5.19 x 7.75in | 400 pages | ISBN 9780140233131 | 01 Apr 1995 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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The Transit of VenusThe Transit of Venus
Shirley Hazzard
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Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 352 pages | ISBN 9780140107470 | 01 Sep 1990 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
National Book Critics Circle Award
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Self-Portrait in a Convex MirrorSelf-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
Poems
Penguin Poets
John Ashbery
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Book: Paperback | 5.62 x 8.38in | 96 pages | ISBN 9780140586688 | 01 Jan 1990 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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IronweedIronweed
William Kennedy
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Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 240 pages | ISBN 9780140070200 | 07 Feb 1984 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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