Lists of Bests: Costa (Whitbread) Book Awards: Best First Novel http://www.listsofbests.com/list/76 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._ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:25:28 GMT en-us 0 50 31 0 0 The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66317 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claire Tomalin</div> The improbable puritan: A life of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 1605-1675 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66318 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Spalding</div> How Far Can You Go? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2541 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2541"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140057463.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lodge</div> A Good Man in Africa: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66320 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66320"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400030021.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Boyd</div> On the Black Hill http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54124 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54124"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140068961.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bruce Chatwin</div> Flying to nowhere : a tale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66321 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Fuller</div> A Parish of Rich Women http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66322 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66322"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1569246920.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Buchan</div> Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Winterson, Jeanette) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24088 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24088"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802135161.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeanette Winterson</div> Continent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27167 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27167"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0880014989.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Crace</div> Other Garden http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66323 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Wyndham</div> Comforts of Madness (Fiction - General) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2283 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Sayers</div> Gerontius http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66324 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66324"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0939149699.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056508781_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Hamilton-Paterson</div> The Buddha of Suburbia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2647 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2647"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014013168X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1129165267_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hanif Kureishi</div> Alma Cogan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66325 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gordon Burn</div> Swing Hammer Swing! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1032682 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1032682"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156001977.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056422621_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Torrington</div> Saving Agnes: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6018 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6018"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/031227193X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rachel Cusk</div> The Longest Memory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/832030 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred D'Aguiar</div> Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5819 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5819"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312150601.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Atkinson</div> The Debt to Pleasure: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6377 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6377"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312420366.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Lanchester</div> The Ventriloquist's Tale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42804 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42804"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582340269.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pauline Melville</div> The Last King of Scotland http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9063 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9063"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703314.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giles Foden</div> White city blue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66327 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66327"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670875953.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Lott</div> White Teeth: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9073 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9073"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703861.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> Something Like a House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66328 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66328"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330480871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sid Smith</div> The Song of Names http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37962 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37962"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400034892.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Lebrecht</div> Vernon God Little http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4072 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4072"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156029987.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1084947726_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by DBC Pierre</div> Eve Green http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/488942 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/488942"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007190409.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39858243_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Fletcher</div> The Harmony Silk Factory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/292207 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/292207"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BTH4TA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tash Aw</div> The Tenderness of Wolves http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2588978 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2588978"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1847240674.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44820086_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stef Penney</div> What Was Lost: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3352917 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3352917"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11psHqtAjTL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Catherine O'Flynn</div> The Outcast: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6204658 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6204658"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fLhUXdmNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sadie Jones</div>