National Book Critics Circle Award

The Sellout By Beatty, Paul

Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? By Chast, Roz

Citizen An American Lyric By Rankine, Claudia, 1963-

Lila By Robinson, Marilynne

Tennessee Williams Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh By Lahr, John, 1941-

The Essential Ellen Willis By Willis, Ellen

The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation By Davis, David Brion

Americanah By Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

Farewell, Fred Voodoo A Letter From Haiti By Wilentz, Amy

Five Days at Memorial Life and Death in A Storm-ravaged Hospital By Fink, Sheri