Award year

2020 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners

Browse the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.

National Book Critics Circle Award Awarded by National Book Critics Circle 2 categories shown

Fiction

Winner and nominees for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction category.

View category archive

Winner

Hamnet

O'Farrell, Maggie

Standalone · Literary

Jul-2020 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award winner

Finalist

How to Pronounce Knife: Stories

Thammavongsa, Souvankham

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2020 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

Finalist

If I Had Two Wings

Kenan, Randall

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2020 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

Finalist

Inside Story

Amis, Martin

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2020 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

Finalist

Memorial

Washington, Bryan

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2020 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

Stuart, Douglas

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2020 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

Browse Award Categories

Fiction Archive National Book Critics Circle Award Archive First Book Archive Biography/Autobiography Archive Criticism Archive

Browse Award Years

2023 Full results 2022 Full results 2021 Full results 2020 Current page 2019 Full results 2018 Full results View all Historical archive