Costa (Whitbread) Book Awards: Best Novel

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The Whitbread is one of the longest-running and most prestigious book awards in the UK. Since its launch in 1971, its structure has evolved; but it has never diverted from its original ethos of identifying and celebrating some of the most enjoyable books published in the UK each year across a number of different genres.

Note: the award is now called the Costa Book Award.

  1. 1971
    The destiny waltz
    by Gerda Charles
  2. 1972
    ?
    The Bird of Night
    by Susan Hill
  3. 1973
    The Chip-chip Gatherers
    by Shiva Naipaul
  4. 1974
    The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (Penguin Books)
    by Iris Murdoch
  5. 1975
    Docherty
    by William McIlvanney
  6. 1976
    ?
    The Children of Dynmouth
    by William Trevor
  7. 1977
    ?
    Injury Time
    by Beryl Bainbridge
  8. 1978
    Picture Palace
    by Paul Theroux
  9. 1979
    ?
    The old jest
    by Jennifer Johnston
  10. 1980
    How Far Can You Go?
    by David Lodge
  11. 1981
    Silver's City
    by Maurice Leitch
  12. 1982
    ?
    Young shoulders
    by John Wain
  13. 1983
    Fools of Fortune
    by William Trevor
  14. 1984
    Kruger's Alp
    by Christopher Hope
  15. 1985
    ?
    Hawksmoor
    by Peter Ackroyd
  16. 1986
    An Artist of the Floating World
    by Kazuo Ishiguro
  17. 1987
    The Child in Time
    by Ian McEwan
  18. 1988
    The Satanic Verses: A Novel (Bestselling Backlist)
    by Salman Rushdie
  19. 1989
    The Chymical Wedding
    by Lindsay Clarke
  20. 1990
    Hopeful Monsters
    by Nicholas Mosley
  21. 1991
    The Queen of the Tambourine
    by Jane Gardam
  22. 1992
    Poor Things (British Literature)
    by Alasdair Gray
  23. 1993
    Theory of War
    by Joan Brady
  24. 1994
    Felicia's Journey: (movie tie-in edition)
    by William Trevor
  25. 1995
    The Moor's Last Sigh
    by Salman Rushdie
  26. 1996
    Every Man for Himself
    by Beryl Bainbridge
  27. 1997
    Quarantine: A Novel
    by Jim Crace
  28. 1998
    Leading the Cheers
    by Justin Cartwright
  29. 1999
    Music & Silence
    by Rose Tremain
  30. 2000
    English Passengers: A Novel
    by Matthew Kneale
  31. 2001
    Twelve Bar Blues
    by Patrick Neate
  32. 2002
    Spies: A Novel
    by Michael Frayn
  33. 2003
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    by Mark Haddon
  34. 2004
    Small Island: A Novel
    by Andrea Levy
  35. 2005
    The Accidental: A novel
    by Ali Smith
  36. 2006
    Restless: A Novel
    by William Boyd
  37. 2007
    ?
    Day: A novel
    by A.L. Kennedy
  38. 2008
    ?
    The Secret Scripture
    by Sebastian Barry
  39. 2009
    Brooklyn: A Novel
    by Colm Toibin
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Created by Robot Co-op on Nov 30, 2005.
 

Comments

bah

Untitled — 5 years ago

Just added the 2006 winner. I also changed some of the editions to ones with pictures, unless someone had already marked them as read – those I left alone to avoid annoyance. :)

Jan 12, 04:46AM | 2 comments | Reply to this



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