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Book Awards » National Book Critics Circle Award - Memoir / Autobiography

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

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Author: Cathy Park Hong
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 2


Other Versions: Paperback

2016

Lab Girl
Lab Girl
Author: Hope Jahren
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 15


Other Versions: Hardcover, Paperback, Hardcover, Paperback

2014

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
Author: Roz Chast
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 19


Other Versions: Paperback

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2013

Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti
Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti
Author: Amy Wilentz
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Other Versions: Paperback

2012

Swimming Studies
Swimming Studies
Author: Leanne Shapton
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Other Versions: Hardcover, Paperback

2011

The Memory Palace
The Memory Palace
Author: Mira Bartok
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 15


Other Versions: Hardcover, Paperback

2010

Half a Life
Half a Life
Author: Darin Strauss
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
 9


Other Versions: Hardcover, Paperback, Paperback

2009

Somewhere Towards the End
Somewhere Towards the End
Author: Diana Athill
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1


Other Versions: Hardcover, Paperback, Paperback

2008

My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for his Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for his Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
Author: Ariel Sabar
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 6


Other Versions: Hardcover, Paperback, Paperback

2007

Brother, I'm Dying (Vintage Contemporaries)
Brother, I'm Dying (Vintage Contemporaries)
Author: Edwidge Danticat
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 18


Other Versions: Hardcover, Paperback, Paperback

2006

The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
Author: Daniel Mendelsohn, Matt Mendelsohn (Photographer)
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 40


Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD (Unabridged)

2005

Them: A Memoir of Parents
Them: A Memoir of Parents
Author: Francine du Plessix Gray
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 9


Other Versions: Hardcover