National Book Critics Circle Award Winning Books & Authors (Biography)

Book Awards » National Book Critics Circle Award - Biography

Categories: General Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir / Autobiography, Biography, Criticism, Poetry, Autobiography / Biography
The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a nonprofit organization consisting of more than 600 active book reviewers from all over the country who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns. Each year in March, they present awards to the best books published in English in six categories: Fiction, General Nonfiction, Biography, Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism. *In 2005 the category Autobiography/Biography was separated into Memoir/Autobiography and Biography.

2020	Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World Author: Amy Stanley ? *Other Versions:* Paperback
2019	The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth Author: Josh Levin ? *Other Versions:* Paperback, Audio CD (Unabridged AUDIO)
2018	Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous Author: Christopher Bonanos Currently 5/5 Stars. 1 *Other Versions:* Paperback
2017	Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder Author: Caroline Fraser Currently 3.5/5 Stars. 5 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Hardcover
2016	Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life Author: Ruth Franklin Currently 3/5 Stars. 3 *Other Versions:* Paperback
2014	Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh Author: John Lahr ? *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Audio CD (Abridged), Paperback, Audio CD (Unabridged)
2013	Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World Author: Prof. Leo Damrosch ? *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Audio CD (Abridged), Paperback, Audio CD (Unabridged)
2012	The Passage of Power (Years of Lyndon Johnson, Bk 4) Author: Robert A. Caro Currently 4.8/5 Stars. 4 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Audio CD (Abridged), Paperback, Audio CD (Unabridged) The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members! Retail Price: ~~$35.00~~ Buy New: $22.59 (save 35%) or Become a PBS member and pay $18.69+1 PBS book credit (save 46%)
2011	George F. Kennan: An American Life Author: John Lewis Gaddis Currently 5/5 Stars. 1 *Other Versions:* Audio CD (Unabridged), Audio CD (Unabridged MP3CD), Paperback
2010	How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer Author: Sarah Bakewell Currently 3.1/5 Stars. 9 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Paperback
2009	Cheever: A Life Author: Blake Bailey Currently 4/5 Stars. 1 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Paperback, Audio CD (Unabridged)
2008	The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul Author: Patrick French ? *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Paperback, Paperback
2007	Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer Author: Tim Jeal Currently 5/5 Stars. 1 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Hardcover, Paperback
2006	James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon Author: Julie Phillips Currently 4.1/5 Stars. 14 *Other Versions:* Paperback
2005	American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Author: Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin Currently 4/5 Stars. 12 *Other Versions:* Audio CD (Unabridged), Hardcover, Hardcover

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