Award overlap

Books That Won Both the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Awards

4 books won both the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Awards between 2007 and 2020, most recently Luster (2020/2020). 13 more were recognized by both without winning both.

Years are award years. The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize · National Book Critics Circle Awards

Won both

Books that won both the The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Awards, most recent first.
BookAuthorThe Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Awards
LusterRaven Leilani
  • 2020 Winner (First Novel)
  • 2020 Winner (John Leonard Prize)
There ThereTommy Orange
  • 2018 Winner (First Novel)
  • 2018 Winner (John Leonard Prize)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkBen Fountain
  • 2012 Winner (First Novel)
  • 2012 Winner (Fiction)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoJunot Diaz
  • 2007 Winner (First Novel)
  • 2007 Winner (Fiction)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorThe Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Awards
CrownEvanthia Bromiley
  • 2025 Longlist (First Novel)
  • 2025 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
The Immortal King RaoVauhini Vara
  • 2022 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2022 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
The School for Good MothersJessamine Chan
  • 2022 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2022 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonorée Fanonne Jeffers
  • 2021 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2021 Winner (Fiction)
How Much of These Hills Is GoldC Pam Zhang
  • 2020 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2020 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
MemorialBryan Washington
  • 2020 Longlist (First Novel)
  • 2020 Finalist (Fiction)
Real LifeBrandon Taylor
  • 2020 Longlist (First Novel)
  • 2020 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
Shuggie BainDouglas Stuart
  • 2020 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2020 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
Disappearing EarthJulia Phillips
  • 2019 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2019 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
The UnpassingChia-Chia Lin
  • 2019 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2019 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
HomegoingYaa Gyasi
  • 2016 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2016 Winner (John Leonard Prize)
EileenOttessa Moshfegh
  • 2015 Longlist (First Novel)
  • 2015 Finalist (Fiction)
A Constellation Of Vital PhenomenaAnthony Marra
  • 2013 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2013 Winner (John Leonard Prize)