2005 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography Winner
![American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580875837-1060-image-3.jpg)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific pr…
2005 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography Shortlist
![Lee Miller: A Life](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581045866-7358-image-3.jpg)
Lee Miller: A Life
Carolyn Burke
![Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581044789-7269-image-3.jpg)
Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson
Jonathan Coe
![Mark Twain: A Life](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580981298-3722-image-3.jpg)
Mark Twain: A Life
Ron Powers
![Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580846962-58909-image-3.jpg)