1997 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner
![The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580847975-58993-image-3.jpg)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Anne Fadiman
A study in the collision between Western medicine and the beliefs of a traditional culture focuses on a hospitalized child of Laotian immigrants whose belief that illness is a spiritual matter comes into conflict with doctors’ methods….
1997 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Shortlist
![American Scripture](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580875764-1054-image-3.jpg)
American Scripture
Pauline Maier
![How the Mind Works](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580856341-59683-image-3.jpg)
How the Mind Works
Stephen Pinker
![Into Thin Air](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581050034-7694-image-3.jpg)
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
![The Bible as It Was](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581037651-6944-image-3.jpg)