Award overlap

Books That Won Both the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project and the National Book Critics Circle Awards

4 books won both the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project and the National Book Critics Circle Awards between 2010 and 2014, most recently Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (2014/2013). 11 more were recognized by both without winning both.

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Won both

Books that won both the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project and the National Book Critics Circle Awards, most recent first.
BookAuthorJ. Anthony Lukas Book Prize ProjectNational Book Critics Circle Awards
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged HospitalSheri Fink
  • 2014 Winner (J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize)
  • 2013 Winner (General Nonfiction)
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for IdentityAndrew Solomon
  • 2013 Winner (J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize)
  • 2012 Winner (General Nonfiction)
The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert A. Caro
  • 2013 Winner (Mark Lynton History Prize)
  • 2012 Winner (Biography)
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great MigrationIsabel Wilkerson
  • 2011 Winner (Mark Lynton History Prize)
  • 2010 Winner (General Nonfiction)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project and the National Book Critics Circle Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorJ. Anthony Lukas Book Prize ProjectNational Book Critics Circle Awards
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native LandRebecca Nagle
  • 2025 Winner (J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize)
  • 2024 Finalist (John Leonard Prize)
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep StateKerry Howley
  • 2024 Finalist (J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize)
  • 2023 Finalist (Nonfiction)
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire & Revolution in the BorderlandsKelly Lytle Hernández
  • 2023 Finalist (Mark Lynton History Prize)
  • 2022 Finalist (Nonfiction)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler DynastyPatrick Radden Keefe
  • 2022 Finalist (J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize)
  • 2021 Finalist (Nonfiction)
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls WilderCaroline Fraser
  • 2018 Finalist (Mark Lynton History Prize)
  • 2017 Winner (Biography)
Malcolm X: A Life of ReinventionManning Marable
  • 2012 Finalist (J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize)
  • 2011 Finalist (Biography)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of CancerSiddhartha Mukherjee
  • 2011 Finalist (J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize)
  • 2010 Finalist (General Nonfiction)
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American IdealsJane Mayer
  • 2009 Winner (J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize)
  • 2008 Finalist (General Nonfiction)
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American FamilyAnnette Gordon-Reed
  • 2009 Finalist (Mark Lynton History Prize)
  • 2008 Finalist (Biography)
The World Without UsAlan Weisman
  • 2008 Finalist (J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize)
  • 2007 Finalist (General Nonfiction)
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968Taylor Branch
  • 2007 Finalist (J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize)
  • 2006 Finalist (Biography)