National Book Critic Circles Award
The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 900 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns.
2012 Winners
Fiction
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Non-Fiction
Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon
Biography
The Passage of Power by Robert Caro
Autobiography
Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton
Poetry
Useless Landscape by D.A. Powell
Criticism
Stranger Magic by Marina Warner