Overview
- The critics’ organization selected 30 books across Autobiography, Biography, Criticism, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry.
- Special-prize shortlists were also announced for the John Leonard Prize and the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize.
- Honorary honorees include Frances FitzGerald for lifetime achievement, Elizabeth Taylor for service, and Rhoda Feng for excellence in reviewing.
- Notable finalists feature Han Kang and Angela Flournoy in fiction and Arundhati Roy in autobiography.
- NBCC President Adam Dalva said the “singular and striking” finalists were chosen from many hundreds of titles, and a finalists’ reading will stream March 25 on the NBCC YouTube channel.