1997 National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction Winner
![The Blue Flower](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580869990-577-image-3.jpg)
The Blue Flower
Penelope Fitzgerald
Presents a fictionalized account of the relationship between the eighteenth-century German poet known as Novalis and his true love, Sophie…
1997 National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction Shortlist
![American Pastoral](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580875873-1063-image-3.jpg)
American Pastoral
Philip Roth
![Cold Mountain](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580866844-317-image-3.jpg)
Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier
![Dreams of My Russian Summers](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581025402-5933-image-3.jpg)
Dreams of My Russian Summers
Andrei Makine
![Underworld](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580845888-58820-image-3.jpg)