Award overlap

Books That Won Both the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Awards

4 books won both the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Awards between 2006 and 2018, most recently Milkman (2018/2018). 21 more were recognized by both without winning both.

Years are award years. Booker Prize · National Book Critics Circle Awards

Won both

Books that won both the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Awards, most recent first.
BookAuthorBooker PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Awards
MilkmanAnna Burns
  • 2018 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2018 Winner (Fiction)
The SelloutPaul Beatty
  • 2016 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2015 Winner (Fiction)
Wolf HallHilary Mantel
  • 2009 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2009 Winner (Fiction)
The Inheritance of LossKiran Desai
  • 2006 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2006 Winner (Fiction)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorBooker PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Awards
AuditionKatie Kitamura
  • 2025 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2025 Finalist (Fiction)
The SouthTash Aw
  • 2025 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2025 Longlist (Fiction)
JamesPercival Everett
  • 2024 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2024 Finalist (Fiction)
My FriendsHisham Matar
  • 2024 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2024 Winner (Fiction)
If I Survive YouJonathan Escoffery
  • 2023 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2022 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
Second PlaceRachel Cusk
  • 2021 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2021 Finalist (Fiction)
How Much of These Hills Is GoldC Pam Zhang
  • 2020 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2020 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
Real LifeBrandon Taylor
  • 2020 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2020 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
Shuggie BainDouglas Stuart
  • 2020 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2020 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
Lost Children ArchiveValeria Luiselli
  • 2019 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2019 Finalist (Fiction)
The Mars RoomRachel Kushner
  • 2018 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2018 Finalist (Fiction)
Exit WestMohsin Hamid
  • 2017 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2017 Finalist (Fiction)
Swing TimeZadie Smith
  • 2017 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2016 Finalist (Fiction)
The Ministry of Utmost HappinessArundhati Roy
  • 2017 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2017 Finalist (Fiction)
EileenOttessa Moshfegh
  • 2016 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2015 Finalist (Fiction)
A Brief History of Seven KillingsMarlon James
  • 2015 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2014 Finalist (Fiction)
LilaMarilynne Robinson
  • 2015 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2014 Winner (Fiction)
A Tale For The Time BeingRuth Ozeki
  • 2013 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2013 Finalist (Fiction)
The Stranger's ChildAlan Hollinghurst
  • 2011 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2011 Finalist (Fiction)
Skippy DiesPaul Murray
  • 2010 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2010 Finalist (Fiction)
In The Country of MenHisham Matar
  • 2006 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2007 Finalist (Fiction)