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We’re happy to report that the NBCC membership has spoken, and the 2016 John Leonard Prize finalists have been chosen. Here’s this year’s terrific list: The Mothers, by Brit Bennett (Riverhead) The Girls, by Emma Cline (Random House) Here Comes the...

Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Vulture, and Signature previewed December's best new books. Stream a new Low holiday song. 39 "best books of 2016" lists were added to the master aggregation at Largehearted Boy Saturday (bringing the total number to 376), including...

The National Book Critics Circle has announced finalists for this year’s John Leonard Prize for a first book in any genre: Brit Bennett (The Mothers), Emma Cline (The Girls), Nicole Dennis-Benn (Here Comes the Sun), Yaa Gyasi (Homegoing), Nathan Hill...

Last night, the National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for the John Leonard prize, their award for first books. Here they are, linked to their Booklist reviews: The Girls, by Emma Cline Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, by Max Porter...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s first novel was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize; her second, “Half of a Yellow Sun,” won the Orange prize. Now her third, the acclaimed “Americanah,” has beaten Donna Tartt’s  &rdquo...