2008 NBCC Award Winners

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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.

In recent years, the NBCC has made efforts to become a truly national organization by offering forums in locations nationwide.

1. 2666: A Novel by Roberto Bolano
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
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2. The Forever War By Dexter Filkins
   
   
   (history, nonfiction)
   
   


3. The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography Of V.s. Naipaul By Patrick French
   
   
   
   
   


4. My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search For His Jewish Past In Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar
   
   
   (history)
   
   


5. Half The World In Light by Juan Felipe Herrera
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   


6. Sleeping It Off In Rapid City by August Kleinzahler
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   


7. Children’s Literature: A Reader’s History From Aesop To Harry Potter by Seth Lerer
   
   
   (children books, history, literature and fiction, writing)
   
   



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