{"id":7482,"date":"2026-02-11T09:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/?p=7482"},"modified":"2026-02-04T18:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:47:27","slug":"national-book-critics-circle-award-finalists-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/2026\/02\/11\/national-book-critics-circle-award-finalists-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Book Critics Circle 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 20, and the winners will be announced on March 26. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookcritics.org\/awards\/\">National Book Critics Circle Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the NBCC Award Finalists for the 2025 publishing year that are in the TBP collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>ANTIDOTE by Karen Russell (DB 128240, BR 26309 IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AUDITION by Katie Kitamura (DB 128873)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME, BOOK III by Solvej Balle and translated from the Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell (DB 133345 IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WE DO NOT PART by Kang Han and translated from the Korean by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris (DB 126775)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WILDERNESS by Angela Flournoy (DB 132815 IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Autobiography<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>MEMORIAL DAYS by Geraldine Brooks (DB 127658, BR 26364 IN PROCESS, LB 0001491)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME by Arundhati Roy (DB 132952 IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PAPER GIRL: A MEMOIR OF HOME AND FAMILY IN A FRACTURED AMERICA by Beth Macy (DB 133313)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>LOVE, QUEENIE: MERLE OBERON, HOLLYWOOD\u2019S FIRST SOUTH ASIAN STAR by Mayukh Sen (DB 128319)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PRIDE AND PLEASURE: THE SCHUYLER SISTERS IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION by Amanda Vaill (DB 133023 IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TROUBLEMAKER: THE FIERCE, UNRULY LIFE OF JESSICA MITFORD by Carla Kaplan (IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nonfiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>AMERICA, AM\u00c9RICA: A NEW HISTORY OF THE NEW WORLD by Greg Grandin (DB 129520)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DAUGHTERS OF THE BAMBOO GROVE: FROM CHINA TO AMERICA, A TRUE STORY OF ABDUCTION, ADOPTION, AND SEPARATED TWINS by Barbara Demick (DB 131346)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>EMPIRE OF AI: DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES IN SAM ALTMAN\u2019S OPENAI by Karen Hao (DB 129721)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>KING OF KINGS: THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION: A STORY OF HUBRIS, DELUSION AND CATASTRIOPHIC MISCALCULATION by Scott Anderson (DB 131982)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NO MORE TEARS: THE DARK STORY OF JOHNSON &amp; JOHNSON by Gardiner Harris (DB 128599)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Poems<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>NIGHT WATCH: POEMS by Kevin Young (DB 132834 IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Criticism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS by Omar El Akkad (DB 127850, LB 0001346)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TO SAVE AND TO DESTROY: WRITING AS AN OTHER by Viet Thanh Nguyen (DB 132412 IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gregg Barrios Book in Translation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>SAD TIGER by Neige Sinno and translated from the French by Natasha Lehrer (DB 129828)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>John Leonard Prize for Best First Book<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs (DB 131983 IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HUNCHBACK by Sa\u014d Ichikawa and translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton (DB 129296)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MOOD MACHINE: THE RISE OF SPOTIFY AND THE COSTS OF THE PERFECT PLAYLIST by Liz Pelly (DB 127671)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SLIP by Lucas Schaefer (DB 130508)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Book Critics Circle 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. 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