Jan 25 2024
The National Book Critics Circle has announced 30 finalists in six categories—autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, general nonfiction, and poetry—for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards, which recognizes books from the publishing year 2023.
In addition, finalists for the John Leonard Prize for Best First Book and Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize have been announced, along with the winners of the Nona Balakian Citation for a working book critic, the Toni Morrison award for an institution, the NBCC Service Award, and the Ivan Sandrof lifetime achievement award.
The House on Biscayne Bay
by Chanel Cleeton
As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and present collide.
The Flower Sisters
by Michelle Collins Anderson
From the new Fannie Flagg of the Ozarks, a richly-woven story of family, forgiveness, and reinvention.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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