Every year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English.
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  • Play We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
    AUDIOBOOK
    We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
    UNABRIDGED
    National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, General Nonfiction 1998

    We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 23 mins)
    • By Philip Gourevitch
    • Narrated By Jeff Cummings
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (61)
    Performance
    (17)
    Story
    (17)

    In April of 1994, the government of Rwanda called on everyone in the Hutu majority to kill everyone in the Tutsi minority. Over the next three months, 800,000 Tutsis were murdered in the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews. This haunting work by Philip Gourevitch, staff writer for the New Yorker, is an anatomy of the killings in Rwanda, a vivid history of the genocide's background, and an unforgettable account of what it means to survive in its aftermath.

    Josh says: "Worth your time"
  • Play A Beautiful Mind
    AUDIOBOOK
    A Beautiful Mind
    UNABRIDGED
    National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Autobiography, 1998

    A Beautiful Mind

    • UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 8 mins)
    • By Sylvia Nasar
    • Narrated By Anna Fields
    Overall
    (150)
    Performance
    (81)
    Story
    (79)

    John Forbes Nash, Jr., a prodigy and legend by the age of 30, dazzled the mathematical world by solving a series of deep problems deemed "impossible" by other mathematicians. But at the height of his fame, Nash suffered a catastrophic mental breakdown and began a harrowing descent into insanity, resigning his post at MIT, slipping into a series of bizarre delusions, and eventually becoming a dreamy, ghostlike figure at Princeton, scrawling numerological messages on blackboards.

    Anthony says: "Good Story, Above average overall"
  • Play Angela's Ashes
    AUDIOBOOK
    Angela's Ashes
    UNABRIDGED
    National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Autobiography, 1996

    Angela's Ashes

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 57 mins)
    • By Frank McCourt
    • Narrated By Frank McCourt
    Overall
    (1923)
    Performance
    (760)
    Story
    (763)

    Why we think it’s a great listen: There’s no gentle way to put this – Frank McCourt’s performance of Angela’s Ashes is just better than the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Frank McCourt shares his sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking story of growing up poor, Irish, and Catholic in the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela's Ashes.

    Karen says: "A classic book *and* a classic audiobook"
  • Play Shot in the Heart
    AUDIOBOOK
    Shot in the Heart
    ABRIDGED
    National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Autobiography, 1994

    Shot in the Heart

    • ABRIDGED (3 hrs and 30 mins)
    • By Mikal Gilmore
    • Narrated By Will Patton
    Overall
    (51)
    Performance
    (11)
    Story
    (10)

    In an eloquent, mesmerizing voice, Mikal Gilmore weaves us through generations of his family's history to uncover the sources that led Gary Gilmore to murder, and the crippling aftermath of Gary's deed on his family. A vital and deeply American story, Shot in the Heart raises many compelling issues of concern in a country that grows ever more violent.

    Lisa says: "too bad it's abridged"
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