National Book Critics Circle

2008 (Criticism)   Seth Lerer Children’s Literature: A Reader’s History from Aesop to Harry Potter (University of Chicago Press) Review »		2008 (Criticism)   Seth Lerer Children’s Literature: A Reader’s History from Aesop to Harry Potter (University of Chicago Press) Review »		2008 (Poetry)   August Kleinzahler Sleeping It Off in Rapid City (Farrar, Strauss) Review »
2008 (Poetry)   Juan Felipe Herrera Half the World in Light(University of Arizona Press) Review »		2008 (Autobiography)   Ariel Sabar My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq Review »		2008 (Biography)   Patrick French The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul Review »
2008 (General Nonfiction)   Dexter Filkins The Forever War Review »		2008 (Fiction)   Roberto Bolaño 2666 Review »		2008 (Fiction)   Junot Diaz The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Review »
2008 (Nonfiction)   Harriet Washington Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experiments on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Review »		2008 (Biography)   Tim Jeal Stanley, the Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer		2007 (Fiction)   Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss Review »
2007 (Nonfiction)   Simon Schama Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution Review »		2007 (Biography)   Julie Phillips James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon Review »		2006 (Fiction)   E. L. Doctorow The March Review »
2006 (Nonfiction)   Svetlana Alexievich Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of Nuclear Disaster Review »		2006 (Biography)   Kai Bird American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Review »		2005 (Fiction)   Marilynne Robinson Gilead Review »
2005 (Nonfiction)   Diarmaid MacCulloch The Reformation: A History Review »		2005 (Biography)   Mark Stevens De Kooning: An American Master Review »		2004 (Fiction)   Edward P. Jones The Known World
2004 (Nonfiction)   Paul Hendrickson Sons of Mississippi Review »		2004 (Biography)   William Taubman Khrushchev: The Man and His Era Review »		2003 (Fiction)   Ian McEwan Atonement
2003 (Nonfiction)   Samantha Power A Problem From Hell Review »		2003 (Biography)   Janet Browne Charles Darwin Review »		2002 (Fiction)   W. G. Sebald Austerlitz Review »
2002 (Nonfiction)   Nicholson Baker Double Fold Review »		2002 (Biography)   Adam Sisman Boswell's Presumptious Task Review »		2001 (Fiction)   Jim Crace Being Dead Review »
2001 (Nonfiction)   Ted Conover Newjack: Guarding Sing-Sing Review »		2001 (Biography)   Herbert Bix Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan		2000 (Fiction)   Jonathan Lethem Motherless Brooklyn Review »
2000 (Nonfiction)   Jonathan Weiner Time, Love, Memory Review »		2000 (Biography)   Henry Wiencek The Hairstons Review »		1999 (Fiction)   Alice Munro The Love of a Good Woman Review »
1999 (Nonfiction)   Philip Gourevitch We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families Review »		1999 (Biography)   Sylvia Nasar A Beautiful MInd Review »		1998 (Fiction)   Penelope Fitzgerald The Blue Flower Review »
1998 (Nonfiction)   Anne Fadiman The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Review »		1998 (Biography)   James Tobin Ernie Pyle's War Review »		1997 (Fiction)   Gina Berriault Women in their Beds Review »
1997 (Nonfiction)   Jonathan Raban Bad Land Review »		1997 (Biography)   Frank McCourt Angela's Ashes Review »		1996 (Fiction)   Stanley Elkin Mrs. Ted Bliss Review »
1996 (Nonfiction)   Jonathan Harr A Civil Action Review »		1996 (Biography)   Robert Polito Savage Art Review »		1995 (Fiction)   Carol Shields The Stone Diaries Review »
1995 (Nonfiction)   Lynn Nicholas The Rape of Europa Review »		1995 (Biography)   Mikal Gilmore Shot in the Heart Review »

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