National Book Critics Circle Award Winners (Fiction)

1.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,500 ratings
2.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,938 ratings
3.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,009 ratings
4.
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres 3.82 avg rating — 71,369 ratings
5.
Ragtime
Ragtime 3.89 avg rating — 45,692 ratings
6.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,943 ratings
7.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,053 ratings
8.
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 140,258 ratings
9.
The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist 3.90 avg rating — 107,776 ratings
10.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,919 ratings
11.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,139 ratings
11.
Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3)
Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 17,702 ratings
13.
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1)
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 28,024 ratings
14.
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss 3.45 avg rating — 54,325 ratings
14.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,484 ratings
16.
Rabbit at Rest (Rabbit Angstrom, #4)
Rabbit at Rest (Rabbit Angstrom, #4) 4.01 avg rating — 16,293 ratings
17.
The March
The March 3.78 avg rating — 13,886 ratings
18.
Austerlitz
Austerlitz 3.98 avg rating — 25,605 ratings
19.
The Blue Flower
The Blue Flower 3.43 avg rating — 6,492 ratings
20.
Billy Bathgate
Billy Bathgate 3.82 avg rating — 7,701 ratings
21.
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn 3.86 avg rating — 42,129 ratings
22.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,457 ratings
23.
The Love of a Good Woman
The Love of a Good Woman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,550 ratings
24.
Ironweed
Ironweed 3.87 avg rating — 17,431 ratings
25.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,316 ratings
26.
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever 4.26 avg rating — 15,587 ratings
27.
Being Dead
Being Dead
by: Jim Crace
3.73 avg rating — 5,342 ratings
28.
The Transit of Venus
The Transit of Venus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,873 ratings
29.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 3.79 avg rating — 30,887 ratings
30.
Kate Vaiden
Kate Vaiden 3.89 avg rating — 1,553 ratings
31.
October Light
October Light 3.86 avg rating — 1,163 ratings
32.
Lila
Lila 3.95 avg rating — 35,151 ratings
33.
The Year of the French
The Year of the French 4.09 avg rating — 1,173 ratings
34.
Women in Their Beds: New and Selected Stories
Women in Their Beds: New and Selected Stories 3.79 avg rating — 545 ratings
35.
Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories
Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories 3.93 avg rating — 2,275 ratings
36.
George Mills
George Mills 3.75 avg rating — 147 ratings
37.
The Counterlife
The Counterlife 3.92 avg rating — 5,446 ratings
38.
Mrs. Ted Bliss
Mrs. Ted Bliss 3.17 avg rating — 378 ratings
39.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating — 46,694 ratings
40.
The Middleman and Other Stories
The Middleman and Other Stories 3.59 avg rating — 642 ratings
41.
Improvement
Improvement 3.52 avg rating — 6,083 ratings
42.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,384 ratings
43.
Milkman
Milkman 3.53 avg rating — 68,147 ratings
44.
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home 3.29 avg rating — 6,471 ratings
45.
LaRose
LaRose 3.91 avg rating — 24,330 ratings
46.
Everything Inside
Everything Inside 3.69 avg rating — 11,974 ratings
47.
Hamnet
Hamnet 4.19 avg rating — 310,866 ratings
48.
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois 4.51 avg rating — 39,947 ratings
49.
Bliss Montage
Bliss Montage
by: Ling Ma
3.89 avg rating — 24,227 ratings