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National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists 2024

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The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature. Each March, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English the previous calendar year. These are the only national literary awards chosen by critics themselves. The finalists were announced January 19, and the winners were announced on March 20.

For more information check out the National Book Critics Circle Awards.

Here are the NBCC Award Finalists for the 2024 publishing year that are in the TBP collection.

Fiction

ANTHROPOLOGISTS by Ayşegül Savaş (DB 123838)
BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino (DB 119680)
GODWIN by Joseph O’Neill (DB 121915)
GREAT EXPECTIONS by Vinson Cunningham (DB 121347)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436)
MY FRIENDS by Hisham Matar (DB 124799)

Autobiography

LAST FIRE SEASON: A PERSONAL AND PYRONATURAL HISTORY by Manjula Martin (DB 119115)
PATRIOT: A MEMOIR by Alekseĭ Navalʹnyĭ (DB 125530)

Biography

JOHN LEWIS: A LIFE by David Greenberg (DB 125436, BR 25696 IN PROCESS)
MONET: THE RESTLESS VISION by Jackie Wullschläger (DB 124423 IN PROCESS)
REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND by Max Boot (DB 125355)
TRUE BELIEVER: HUBERT HUMPHREY’S QUEST FOR A MORE JUST AMERICA by James Traub (DB 120753)

Nonfiction

ACHILLES TRAP: SADDAM HUSSEIN, THE C.I.A., AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICA’S INVASION OF IRAQ by Steve Coll (DB 119811)
CHALLENGER: A TRUE STORY OF HEROISM AND DISASTER ON THE EDGE OF SPACE by Adam Higginbotham (DB 122096, LB 0000857)
KENT STATE: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Brian VanDeMark (DB 124654)
LIGHT EATERS: HOW THE UNSEEN WORLD OF PLANT INTELLIGENCE OFFERS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE ON EARTH by Zoë Schlanger (DB 121476)
THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib (DB 120391)

Translation

HERSCHT 07769: Florian Herscht’s Bach novel by László Krasznahorkai and translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet (DB 125872 IN PROCESS)
V13: CHRONICLE OF A TRIAL by Emmanuel Carrère and translated from the French by John Lambert (DB 127283 IN PROCESS, en español DB 121177)

Bram Stoker Awards Finalists 2023

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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the finalists for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® for Superior Achievement. The HWA is the premier writers’ organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, and they have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987. The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® will be announced on June 1.

For more information, see the Awards website.

Here are the finalists for 2023 that are in the TBP collection.

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT: AN INDIGENOUS DARK FICTION ANTHOLOGY Ed. by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Last, Jr. (DB 117262)
OUT THERE SCREAMING: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW BLACK HORROR Ed. by Jordan Peele (DB 116396)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

SPIN A BLACK YARN: NOVELLAS by Josh Malerman (DB 117976)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

SPITE HOUSE by Johnny Compton (DB 115899)
EVERYTHING THE DARKNESS EATS by Eric LaRocca (DB 116576)
MAEVE FLY by C. J. Leede (DB 116087)
EDENVILLE by Sam Rebelein (IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

 “Rumpus Room” (WISHING POOL AND OTHER STORIES) by Tananarive Due (DB 117607)

Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction

BLACK GUY DIES FIRST: BLACK HORROR CINEMA FROM FODDER TO ASCAR by Robin R. Means Coleman (DB 117346)
101 HORROR BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU’RE MURDERED by Sadie Hartmann (DB 116186)

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel

FELICE AND THE WAILING WOMAN by Diana Lopez (IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Novel

REFORMATORY by Tananarive Due (DB 117786)
HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE by Grady Hendrix (DB 112120, LB 14730)
LONE WOMEN by Victor LaValle (DB 114718)
BLACK RIVER ORCHARD by Chuck Wendig (DB 117649 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

FUNERAL SONGS FOR DYING GIRLS by Cherie Dimaline (DB 114346)
FIND HIM WHERE YOU LEFT HIM DEAD by Kristen Simmons (DB 117813)
HARVEST HOUSE by Cynthia Leitich Smith (DB 114339)
CAMP DAMASCUS by Chuck Tingle (DB 117023)
SHE IS A HAUNTING by Trang Tranh Tran (DB 114283)