National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction Winners and Finalists 2000-19

1.
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 259,606 ratings
2.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,968 ratings
3.
Bel Canto
Bel Canto 3.94 avg rating — 312,376 ratings
4.
Exit West
Exit West 3.74 avg rating — 148,013 ratings
5.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,369 ratings
6.
Imagine Me Gone
Imagine Me Gone 3.69 avg rating — 19,788 ratings
7.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,689 ratings
8.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,506 ratings
9.
Freedom
Freedom 3.79 avg rating — 173,389 ratings
10.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,956 ratings
11.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,689 ratings
12.
Brick Lane
Brick Lane 3.46 avg rating — 35,230 ratings
13.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,098 ratings
14.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating — 194,245 ratings
15.
Assorted Fire Events
Assorted Fire Events 3.77 avg rating — 503 ratings
16.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,745 ratings
17.
The Topeka School
The Topeka School 3.51 avg rating — 27,642 ratings
18.
Milkman
Milkman 3.53 avg rating — 68,156 ratings
19.
Slave Old Man
Slave Old Man 3.91 avg rating — 1,083 ratings
20.
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden 3.94 avg rating — 9,291 ratings
21.
The Mars Room
The Mars Room 3.44 avg rating — 46,835 ratings
22.
The House of Broken Angels
The House of Broken Angels 3.88 avg rating — 18,827 ratings
23.
The Ninth Hour
The Ninth Hour 3.59 avg rating — 18,529 ratings
24.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness 3.55 avg rating — 38,035 ratings
25.
Improvement
Improvement 3.52 avg rating — 6,084 ratings
26.
LaRose
LaRose 3.91 avg rating — 24,331 ratings
27.
Moonglow
Moonglow 3.80 avg rating — 34,356 ratings
28.
Commonwealth
Commonwealth 3.83 avg rating — 199,103 ratings
29.
Swing Time
Swing Time 3.56 avg rating — 76,237 ratings
30.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,387 ratings
31.
Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies 3.59 avg rating — 145,772 ratings
32.
The Story of My Teeth
The Story of My Teeth 3.48 avg rating — 9,508 ratings
33.
The Tsar of Love and Techno
The Tsar of Love and Techno 4.27 avg rating — 18,025 ratings
34.
Eileen
Eileen 3.56 avg rating — 122,780 ratings
35.
Lila (Gilead, #3)
Lila (Gilead, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 35,152 ratings
36.
An Unnecessary Woman
An Unnecessary Woman 3.82 avg rating — 13,758 ratings
37.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings 3.89 avg rating — 37,302 ratings
38.
Euphoria
Euphoria
by: Lily King
3.86 avg rating — 97,935 ratings
39.
On Such a Full Sea
On Such a Full Sea 3.49 avg rating — 11,747 ratings
40.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,491 ratings
41.
Someone
Someone 3.78 avg rating — 19,775 ratings
42.
The Infatuations
The Infatuations 3.56 avg rating — 13,896 ratings
43.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 3.79 avg rating — 30,887 ratings
44.
HHhH
HHhH 4.07 avg rating — 27,466 ratings
45.
The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son 4.07 avg rating — 102,949 ratings
46.
Magnificence
Magnificence 3.41 avg rating — 943 ratings
47.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating — 44,462 ratings
48.
Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories
Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories 3.93 avg rating — 2,275 ratings
49.
Open City
Open City
by: Teju Cole
3.49 avg rating — 17,168 ratings
50.
The Marriage Plot
The Marriage Plot 3.47 avg rating — 123,506 ratings
51.
The Stranger's Child
The Stranger's Child 3.33 avg rating — 11,758 ratings
52.
Stone Arabia
Stone Arabia 3.39 avg rating — 3,162 ratings
53.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,154 ratings
54.
To the End of the Land
To the End of the Land 4.01 avg rating — 8,155 ratings
55.
Comedy in a Minor Key
Comedy in a Minor Key 3.72 avg rating — 2,059 ratings
56.
Skippy Dies
Skippy Dies 3.79 avg rating — 26,312 ratings
57.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,520 ratings
58.
American Salvage
American Salvage 3.99 avg rating — 2,853 ratings
59.
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women 4.37 avg rating — 14,807 ratings
60.
Blame
Blame 3.36 avg rating — 4,882 ratings
61.
Lark & Termite
Lark & Termite 3.44 avg rating — 4,167 ratings
62.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating — 46,698 ratings
63.
Home (Gilead, #2)
Home (Gilead, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 29,639 ratings
64.
The Lazarus Project
The Lazarus Project 3.57 avg rating — 6,812 ratings
65.
The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart
The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart 3.96 avg rating — 1,229 ratings
66.
Sacred Games
Sacred Games 3.93 avg rating — 8,970 ratings
67.
In the Country of Men
In the Country of Men 3.75 avg rating — 7,361 ratings
68.
The Gravedigger's Daughter
The Gravedigger's Daughter 3.58 avg rating — 11,149 ratings
69.
The Shadow Catcher
The Shadow Catcher 3.58 avg rating — 1,321 ratings
70.
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss 3.45 avg rating — 54,326 ratings
71.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,451 ratings
72.
What Is the What
What Is the What 4.15 avg rating — 86,451 ratings
73.
The Lay of the Land (Frank Bascombe, #3)
The Lay of the Land (Frank Bascombe, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 4,803 ratings
74.
The March
The March 3.78 avg rating — 13,886 ratings
75.
Veronica
Veronica 3.43 avg rating — 7,561 ratings
76.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,170 ratings
77.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,198 ratings
78.
Europe Central
Europe Central 3.97 avg rating — 3,133 ratings
79.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,014 ratings
80.
The Dew Breaker
The Dew Breaker 3.81 avg rating — 8,256 ratings
81.
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty 3.77 avg rating — 30,643 ratings
82.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,723 ratings
83.
The Plot Against America
The Plot Against America 3.81 avg rating — 67,296 ratings
84.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,321 ratings
85.
The Time of Our Singing
The Time of Our Singing 4.26 avg rating — 4,147 ratings
86.
Old School
Old School 3.84 avg rating — 13,741 ratings
87.
A Distant Shore
A Distant Shore 3.62 avg rating — 843 ratings
88.
Nowhere Man
Nowhere Man 3.70 avg rating — 2,614 ratings
89.
Roscoe
Roscoe 3.82 avg rating — 503 ratings
90.
The Darts of Cupid: Stories
The Darts of Cupid: Stories 3.44 avg rating — 81 ratings
91.
Austerlitz
Austerlitz 3.98 avg rating — 25,612 ratings
92.
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories 4.02 avg rating — 22,466 ratings
93.
John Henry Days
John Henry Days 3.63 avg rating — 3,370 ratings
94.
Being Dead
Being Dead
by: Jim Crace
3.73 avg rating — 5,342 ratings
95.
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories
by: Amy Bloom
3.86 avg rating — 2,887 ratings
96.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,874 ratings
97.
Everything Inside
Everything Inside 3.69 avg rating — 11,977 ratings
98.
Feast Your Eyes
Feast Your Eyes 4.14 avg rating — 2,510 ratings
99.
Lost Children Archive
Lost Children Archive 3.81 avg rating — 24,773 ratings
100.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 291,000 ratings