Tonight the National Book Critics Circle announced the recipients of its book awards for publishing year 2025. As NBCC President Adam Dalva declared in his opening remarks, this year’s NBCC Awards are marked by a moment when “the very concept of the free press is under attack. And yet here we are, defiantly carrying on the NBCC’s mission: to seek the right for our members, and for critics around the world, to think freely. To never be afraid to voice their opinions, even in these turbulent times.” Article continues after advertisement Here are the winners: AUTOBIOGRAPHY Arundhati Roy, Mother Mary Comes to Me (Scribner) BIOGRAPHY Alex Green, A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s Disabled (Bellevue Literary Press) CRITICISM Quinn Slobodian, Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right (Zone Books) FICTION Han Kang, translated from the Korean by e.…