National Book Critics Circle Awards Announces First-Ever Longlist for Nonfiction
Mar. 15, 2025A selection of books longlisted for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction.Photo:Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster; Harper; Scribner
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Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster; Harper; Scribner
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“The NBCC is proud to release our longlists for the first time in our 50-year history,” NBCC President Heather Scott Partington said in a previous announcement. “Revealing them allows us to honor more writers, translators and books than we ever have in a single year. The best books of 2024 were narratives of resilience, interrogation and imagination. They asked us to question power, art and genre."
The longlist for Nonfiction includes:
Other award categories include fiction, biography, autobiography, criticism and poetry. The NBCC will also bestow the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize and the John Leonard Prize, for the best debut book in any genre.
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“At a time when the freedom to read is under attack, we’re thrilled to shout these authors’ names from the rooftops,” Partington said. “We celebrate their fearlessness and artistic vision. These are vital words.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The 2024 finalists for the NBCC Awards will be announced on Jan. 23, 2025. Awards will be presented on March 20, 2025.
source: people.com
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