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Critics Pick the Best of 2002

abstract:Over 700 book reviewers voted to name the top books published in 2002 in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism.

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February 28, 2003 —

National Book Critics Circle Award 2002 Winners

 

Fiction

Atonement, by Ian McEwan

 

General Non-fiction

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, by Samantha Power

 

Biography and Autobiography

 

Charles Darwin: The Power of Place, by Janet Browne

 

Poetry

Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest, by B. H. Fairchild

 

Criticism

Tests of Time, by William Gass

 

For more information about the National Book Critics Circle and previous award winners, visit the NBCC website.