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The John Leonard Prize for Best First Book, established in 2013, is an annual literary award presented by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) for authors' first books in any genre.[1] Unlike other NBCC awards, recipients are selected by members, not the board.[1]

The prize is named after John Leonard, a renowned literary critic and NBCC co-founder.[1]

Recipients

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John Leonard Prize winners and honors
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2013 Anthony Marra A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Winner [2]
2014 Phil Klay Redeployment Winner [3][4]
2015 Kirstin Valdez Quade Night at the Fiestas Winner [5]
2016 Yaa Gyasi Homegoing Winner [6]
Brit Bennett The Mothers Finalist [7]
Emma Cline The Girls
Nicole Dennis-Benn Here Comes the Sun
Nathan Hill The Nix
Max Porter Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
2017 Carmen Maria Machado Her Body and Other Parties Winner [8][9][10]
Lesley Nneka Arimah What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky Finalist [11]
Julie Buntin Marlena
Zinzi Clemmons What We Lose
Layli Long Soldier Whereas
Gabriel Tallent My Absolute Darling
2018 Tommy Orange There There Winner [12][13][14]
2019 Sarah M. Broom The Yellow House Winner [15][16]
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Fleishman Is in Trouble Finalist [17]
Chia-Chia Lin The Unpassing
T Kira Madden Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir
Julia Phillips Disappearing Earth
Jia Tolentino Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Bryan Washington Lot: Stories
2020 Raven Leilani Luster Winner [18][19]
Megha Majumdar A Burning Finalist [20]
C Pam Zhang How Much of These Hills Is Gold
Kerri Arsenault Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains
Brandon Taylor Real Life
Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio The Undocumented Americans
2021 Anthony Veasna So Afterparties: Stories Winner [21][22]
Torrey Peters Detransition, Baby Finalist [23][24][25]
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson My Monticello
Devon Walker-Figueroa Philomath: Poems
Larissa Pham Pop Song: Adventures in Art & Intimacy
Ashley C. Ford Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir
2022 Morgan Talty Night of the Living Rez Winner [26]
Jessamine Chan The School for Good Mothers Finalist [27]
Jonathan Escoffery If I Survive You
Tess Gunty The Rabbit Hutch
Zain Khalid Brother Alive
Maud Newton Ancestor Trouble
Vauhini Vara The Immortal King Rao
2023 Tahir Hamut Izgil Waiting to Be Arrested at Night Winner [28]
Ariana Benson Black Pastoral Finalist [28]
Emilie Boone A Nimble Arc
Victor Heringer
trans. James Young 		The Love of Singular Men
2024 Tessa Hulls Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir Winner [29]
Carrie Courogen Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius Finalist [30]
Vinson Cunningham Great Expectations
John Ganz When The Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
Cindy Juyoung Ok Ward Toward
Rebecca Nagle By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight For Justice on Native Land

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "John Leonard Prize". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "2013". National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Awards: NBCC Finalists; Kay Sexton Winner". Shelf Awareness. January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  4. ^ Schaub, Michael (March 13, 2015). "2014 National Book Critics Circle Award winners announced". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "Awards: DSC Winner; NBCC Finalists; Erasmus Winner". Shelf Awareness . January 19, 2016. Archived from the original on October 11, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  6. ^ "Awards: NBCC Finalists; Plutarch Nominees; Arabic Fiction Longlist". Shelf Awareness . January 17, 2017. Archived from the original on August 10, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  7. ^ "Awards: NBCC John Leonard; Foyles, Waterstones Books of the Year". Shelf Awareness . December 1, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  8. ^ "Awards: NBCC Finalists". Shelf Awareness. January 23, 2018. Archived from the original on January 2, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  9. ^ "NBCC Announces 2017 Finalists". The Millions. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  10. ^ Colyard, K. W. (March 16, 2018). "The National Book Critics Circle Award Winners For 2017 Are All Women & You'll Want To Read All Their Books". Bustle. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  11. ^ "Awards: NBCC John Leonard; Ruth Rendell". Shelf Awareness . December 13, 2017. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  12. ^ "Awards: Scott O'Dell; Jerusalem; Story Prize Spotlight; NBCC". Shelf Awareness. January 22, 2019. Archived from the original on January 15, 2025. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  13. ^ Squires, Bethy (March 14, 2019). "National Book Critics Circle Winners Include New York's Christopher Bonanos". Vulture. Archived from the original on July 6, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  14. ^ "Congratulations to the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners". Book Marks. March 15, 2019. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  15. ^ "Awards: NBCC Winners". Shelf Awareness. March 13, 2020. Archived from the original on March 16, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  16. ^ Reiter, Amy (March 13, 2020). "National Book Critics Circle Announces 2019 Awards". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  17. ^ "Awards: NBCC John Leonard First Book Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. December 9, 2019. Archived from the original on February 18, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  18. ^ Beer, Tom (March 25, 2021). "National Book Critics Circle Presents Awards". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  19. ^ "Awards: NBCC and Rathbones Folio Winners; Dylan Thomas and Stella Shortlists". Shelf Awareness . March 26, 2021. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  20. ^ "2020". National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on August 28, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  21. ^ "Announcing the Winners of the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Awards". Book Critics. March 17, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  22. ^ "Awards: NBCC, SCWI Golden Kite, Jane Grigson Trust Winners". Shelf Awareness. March 18, 2022. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  23. ^ "Announcing the Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards". National Book Critics Circle. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  24. ^ Pineda, Dorany (January 21, 2022). "Here are the finalists for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Awards". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  25. ^ Stewart, Sophia (January 20, 2022). "NBCC Awards Finalists Announced". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  26. ^ "Awards: NBCC Winners; Dylan Thomas Shortlist". Shelf Awareness . March 24, 2023. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  27. ^ "NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2022". National Book Critics Circle. January 31, 2023. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  28. ^ a b "2023". National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  29. ^ "Awards: NBCC Winners". Shelf Awareness . March 21, 2025. Archived from the original on March 23, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  30. ^ "2024". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
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