National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction 2021

Winner

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Little, Brown

National Book · 2021 · Winner

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Shortlist & Longlist

Shortlist

Shortlist

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden KeefeShortlist

Shortlist

Orwell's Roses

Rebecca SolnitShortlist

Shortlist

The Family Roe: An American Story

Joshua PragerShortlist

Event Details

Announcement Date: March 1, 2022