National Book Critics Circle Awards for Publication Year 2024 - The Winners
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the winners for its prestigious awards celebrating the best books of publishing year 2024. Here are the winners and finalists across six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
30 books

WINNER in Nonfiction
Garrett M. Graff & The Stacks Podcast
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
Adam HigginbothamHardcover, 2024
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
WINNER in Criticism
Christie Tate & National Book Foundation
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif AbdurraqibHardcover, 2024
$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
WINNER in Autobiography
Alexandra Alter & The Atlantic
Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei NavalnyHardcover, 2024
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
WINNER in Biography
Alexandra Jacobs
Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
Cynthia CarrHardcover, 2024
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
WINNER in Poetry
Amber Sparks & Brian Dillon
Wrong Norma
Anne CarsonPaperback, 2024
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Criticism finalist
The Blue Period: Black Writing in the Early Cold War
Jesse McCarthyPaperback, 2024
$25.00Member price:$23.75 + Free shipping5% off
Fiction finalist
Michael Schaub & Alexandra Jacobs
Beautyland
Marie-Helene BertinoHardcover, 2024
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Poetry finalist
The New York Times
Scattered Snows, to the North: Poems
Carl PhillipsHardcover, 2024
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Biography finalist
Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers
Jean StrouseHardcover, 2024
$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book