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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Nonfiction
national book critics circle 2025 LONGLIST NONFICTION America, América: A New History of the New World, by Greg Grandin (Penguin Press) Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins, by Barbara Demick (Random House) Empire of Al: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAl, by Karen Hao (Penguin Press) The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story, by Brandy Schillace (W.W. Norton) King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution, a Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation, by Scott Anderson (Doubleday) Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings, by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (Harper) No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson, by Gardiner Harris (Random House) A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile, by Aatish Taser (Catapult) Sick and Dirty: Hollywood's Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness, by Michael Koresky (Bloomsbury) Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America, by Michael Luo (Doubleday) national book critics circle 2025 LONGLIST NONFICTION America, América: A New History of the New World, by Greg Grandin (Penguin Press) Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins, by Barbara Demick (Random House) Empire of Al: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAl, by Karen Hao (Penguin Press) The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story, by Brandy Schillace (W.W. Norton) King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution, a Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation, by Scott Anderson (Doubleday) Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings, by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (Harper) No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson, by Gardiner Harris (Random House) A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile, by Aatish Taser (Catapult) Sick and Dirty: Hollywood's Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness, by Michael Koresky (Bloomsbury) Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America, by Michael Luo (Doubleday)
December 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Poetry
national book critics circle 2025 LONGLIST POETRY After You Were, I Am, by Camille Ralphs (McSweeney's) Chronicle of Drifting, by Yuki Tanaka (Copper Canyon) Death of the First Idea, by Rickey Laurentiis (Knopf) Into the Hush, by Arthur Sze (Copper Canyon) Night Watch, by Kevin Young (Knopf) The Other Love, by Henri Cole (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Salvage, by Hedgie Choi (University of Wisconsin) small lives, by Gary Jackson (University of New Mexico) Stay Dead, by Natalie Shapero (Copper Canyon) Unravel, by Tolu Oloruntoba (McClelland & Stewart) national book critics circle 2025 LONGLIST POETRY After You Were, I Am, by Camille Ralphs (McSweeney's) Chronicle of Drifting, by Yuki Tanaka (Copper Canyon) Death of the First Idea, by Rickey Laurentiis (Knopf) Into the Hush, by Arthur Sze (Copper Canyon) Night Watch, by Kevin Young (Knopf) The Other Love, by Henri Cole (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Salvage, by Hedgie Choi (University of Wisconsin) small lives, by Gary Jackson (University of New Mexico) Stay Dead, by Natalie Shapero (Copper Canyon) Unravel, by Tolu Oloruntoba (McClelland & Stewart)
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Biography
2025 LONGLIST BIOGRAPHY Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, by Sam Tanenhaus (Random House) Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography, by Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star, by Mayukh Sen (W.W Norton) A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America's Disabled, by Alex Green (Bellevue Literary Press) Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution, by Amanda Vaill (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, by Ashley D. Farmer (Pantheon) Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, by Claire Hoffman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford, by Carla Kaplan (Harper) Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin, by Sue Prideaux (W. W. Norton) William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, by Philip Hoare (Pegasus Books) 2025 LONGLIST BIOGRAPHY Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, by Sam Tanenhaus (Random House) Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography, by Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star, by Mayukh Sen (W.W Norton) A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America's Disabled, by Alex Green (Bellevue Literary Press) Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution, by Amanda Vaill (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, by Ashley D. Farmer (Pantheon) Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, by Claire Hoffman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford, by Carla Kaplan (Harper) Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin, by Sue Prideaux (W. W. Norton) William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, by Philip Hoare (Pegasus Books)
December 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
bookcritics.bsky.social National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · Dec 16
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Biography
2025 LONGLIST BIOGRAPHY Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, by Sam Tanenhaus (Random House) Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography, by Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star, by Mayukh Sen (W.W Norton) A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America's Disabled, by Alex Green (Bellevue Literary Press) Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution, by Amanda Vaill (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, by Ashley D. Farmer (Pantheon) Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, by Claire Hoffman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford, by Carla Kaplan (Harper) Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin, by Sue Prideaux (W. W. Norton) William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, by Philip Hoare (Pegasus Books) 2025 LONGLIST BIOGRAPHY Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, by Sam Tanenhaus (Random House) Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography, by Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star, by Mayukh Sen (W.W Norton) A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America's Disabled, by Alex Green (Bellevue Literary Press) Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution, by Amanda Vaill (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, by Ashley D. Farmer (Pantheon) Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, by Claire Hoffman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford, by Carla Kaplan (Harper) Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin, by Sue Prideaux (W. W. Norton) William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, by Philip Hoare (Pegasus Books)
December 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Autobiography
national book critics circle 2025 LONGLIST AUTOBIOGRAPHY Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts, by Margaret Atwood (Doubleday) The Broken King, by Michael Thomas (Grove) I'II Tell You When I'm Home, by Hala Alyan (Avid Reader Press) Memorial Days, by Geraldine Brooks (Viking) Mother Mary Comes to Me, by Arundhati Roy (Scribner) Paper Girl, by Beth Macy (Penguin) Shattered, by Hanif Kureishi (Ecco) Things in Nature Merely Grow, by Yiyun Li (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) A Truce That Is Not Peace, by Miriam Toews (Bloomsbury) Twice Born: Finding My Father In the Margins of Biography, by Hester Kaplan (Catapult) national book critics circle 2025 LONGLIST AUTOBIOGRAPHY Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts, by Margaret Atwood (Doubleday) The Broken King, by Michael Thomas (Grove) I'II Tell You When I'm Home, by Hala Alyan (Avid Reader Press) Memorial Days, by Geraldine Brooks (Viking) Mother Mary Comes to Me, by Arundhati Roy (Scribner) Paper Girl, by Beth Macy (Penguin) Shattered, by Hanif Kureishi (Ecco) Things in Nature Merely Grow, by Yiyun Li (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) A Truce That Is Not Peace, by Miriam Toews (Bloomsbury) Twice Born: Finding My Father In the Margins of Biography, by Hester Kaplan (Catapult)
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A wonderful year for biography!
bookcritics.bsky.social National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · Dec 17
We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Biography! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/17/2...
Covers of the books on the longlist for the NBCC Award for Biography.
December 17, 2024 at 7:10 PM