2020 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners

Awards List

Fiction

Hamnet (Winner)
Maggie O'Farrell

Jul-2020
/ Literary

How to Pronounce Knife: Stories (Finalist)
Souvankham Thammavongsa

Apr-2020
/ General Fiction

If I Had Two Wings (Finalist)
Randall Kenan

Aug-2020
/ General Fiction

Inside Story (Finalist)
Martin Amis

Sep-2020
/ General Fiction

Memorial (Finalist)
Bryan Washington

Nov-2020
/ General Fiction

First Book

Luster (Winner)
Raven Leilani

Aug-2020
/ Literary

Real Life (Finalist)
Brandon Taylor

Feb-2020
/ Literary

Shuggie Bain (Finalist)
Douglas Stuart

Feb-2020
/ Literary

How Much of These Hills Is Gold (Finalist)
C. Pam Zhang

Apr-2020
/ Literary

A Burning (Finalist)
Megha Majumdar

Jun-2020
/ Literary

Award Categories

Biography/Autobiography

Criticism

Fiction

First Book

National Book Critics Circle Award

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

2020 National Book Critics Circle Award (Awarded by National Book Critics Circle)

Awards List

Fiction

First Book

Award Categories

Award Years