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General fiction for adult readers is a National Book Award category that has been continuous since 1950, with multiple awards for a few years beginning 1980. From 1935 to 1941, there were six annual awards for novels or general fiction and the "Bookseller Discovery", the "Most Original Book"; both awards were sometimes given to a novel.
Among the fiction authors longlisted for a 2022 National Book Award are Tess Gunty, Jonathan Escofferey and Jamil Jan Kochai.
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, established in 1976, [1] is an annual American literary award presented by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English." [2] Books previously published in English are not eligible, such as re-issues and paperback editions.
The National Book Award for Fiction is one of five annual National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens. Since 1987, the awards have been administered and presented by the National Book Foundation , but they are awards "by writers to writers."
Related: National Books Critics Circle Awards Announces First-Ever Longlist From Dec. 16-Dec. 19, the board will reveal the longlists for six genres — fiction, autobiography, biography ...
The Criticism genre longlist — the first of seven total longlists set to be announced this week — marks the start of the NBCC's 50th anniversary celebration National Books Critics Circle ...
The fifth category, the National Book Award for Translated Literature, was added in 2018, recognizing works in translation for the first time since 1983. [12] At the National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner held in New York City each November, the chair of each judging panel announces the winners of the year's National Book Awards.
This year's honorees are a thrilling blend of familiar favorites and rising stars.