2012 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner
![Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581020932-5564-image-3.jpg)
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Andrew Solomon
The National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon explores the consequences of extreme personal differences between parents and children, describing his own experiences as a gay child of straight parents while evaluating the circumstances of peop…
2012 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Shortlist
![Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580872157-756-image-3.jpg)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Katherine Boo
![Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580850617-59212-image-3.jpg)
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
Steve Coll
![Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580957946-1831-image-3.jpg)
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
David Quammen
![Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580939864-60128-image-3.jpg)