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      National Book Critics Circle Award Winners

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      2023 Fiction

      Vengeance Is Mine

      Ndiaye, Marie

      Winner · Fiction

      2022 Fiction

      The Furrows

      Serpell, Namwali

      Winner · Fiction

      2021 Fiction

      The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

      Jeffers, Honoree Fanonne

      Winner · Fiction

      2020 Fiction

      Hamnet

      O'Farrell, Maggie

      Winner · Fiction

      2020 First Book

      Luster

      Leilani, Raven

      Winner · First Book

      2019 Fiction

      Everything Inside: Stories

      Danticat, Edwidge

      Winner · Fiction

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      Fiction

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      National Book Critics Circle Award

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      17 results across this category

      First Book

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      14 results across this category

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      1 result across this category

      Criticism

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      2023 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners

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      National Book Critics Circle Award – National Book Critics Circle Award

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