The British Book Awards or Nibbies are
literary award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author.
Organizations
Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. ...
s for the best UK writers and their works, administered by ''
The Bookseller
''The Bookseller'' is a British magazine reporting news on the publishing industry. Philip Jones is editor-in-chief of the weekly print edition of the magazine and the website. The magazine is home to the ''Bookseller''/Diagram Prize for Oddest ...
''. The awards have had several previous names, owners and sponsors since being launched in 1990, including the National Book Awards from 2010 to 2014.
Book award history
The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, ran from 1990 to 2009 and were founded by the editor of ''Publishing News''.
The award was then acquired by
Agile Marketing which renamed it the National Book Awards with headline sponsors Galaxy National Book Awards (2010–2011) (sponsored by
Galaxy
A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek ' (), literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar Sys ...
) and Specsavers National Book Awards (2012–2014) (sponsored by
Specsavers). There were no National Book Awards after 2014. In 2017 the award was acquired by ''The Bookseller'' and renamed to the original British Book Awards or Nibbies.
In 2005, ''The Bookseller'' launched a separate scheme, The Bookseller Retail Awards (winners not listed in this article). In 2010, running parallel to the National Book Awards, ''The Bookseller'' combined The Nibbies with its retail awards to produce The Bookseller Industry Awards (winners not listed in this article). In 2017 The British Book Industry Awards were renamed as The British Book Awards after it acquired the National Book Awards from Agile Marketing.
It is known as the ''Nibbies'' because of the golden
nib-shaped trophy given to winners.
Award winners
Author of the Year
Book of the Year
Prior to 2010 the Best was a unique winner. Starting in 2010, the Best was chosen by the public via open internet vote from among the winning books in the other categories.
Children's Book of the Year
Previously called
British Children's Book of the Year. Renamed to Children's Book of the Year in 2010.
Fiction Book of the Year
Previously called Popular Fiction Award. Name changed to Popular Fiction Book of the Year in 2010. Name changed to Fiction Book of the Year in 2017.
* 2022 – ''
Sorrow and Bliss
Sorrow may refer to:
* Sorrow (emotion)
* ''Sorrow'' (Van Gogh), an 1882 drawing by Vincent van Gogh
* "Sorrow" (Bad Religion song), 2001
* "Sorrow" (The McCoys song), also covered by The Merseys and David Bowie
* "Sorrow" (Pink Floyd song), ...
'' –
Meg Mason
Meg Mason (born New Zealand) is an Australian author. Her novel ''Sorrow and Bliss,'' was short listed for the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction.
She was a journalist for ''Financial Times'', ''Vogue'' and ''The'' ''New Yorker''.
She was influence ...
* 2021 – ''
Hamnet'' –
Maggie O'Farrell
* 2020 – ''
Girl, Woman, Other'' –
Bernardine Evaristo
Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo, (born 28 May 1959) is a British author and academic. Her novel '' Girl, Woman, Other'', jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood's '' The Testaments'', making her the first woman with Bla ...
* 2019 – ''
Normal People'' –
Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney (born 20 February 1991) is an Irish author and screenwriter. She has published three novels: '' Conversations with Friends'' (2017), '' Normal People'' (2018), and '' Beautiful World, Where Are You'' (2021). ''Normal People'' was ad ...
* 2018 – ''
Reservoir 13
Jon McGregor (born 1976) is a British novelist and short story writer. In 2002, his first novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize, making him then the youngest ever contender. His second and fourth novels were longlisted for the Booker Prize ...
'' –
Jon McGregor
Jon McGregor (born 1976) is a British novelist and short story writer. In 2002, his first novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize, making him then the youngest ever contender. His second and fourth novels were longlisted for the Booker Prize ...
* 2017 – ''
The Essex Serpent'' –
Sarah Perry
Sarah Grace Perry (born 28 November 1979) is an English author. She has had three novels published, all by Serpent's Tail: ''After Me Comes the Flood'' (2014), '' The Essex Serpent'' (2016) and ''Melmoth'' (2018). Her work has been translate ...
* 2015 – (no award)
* 2016 – (no award)
* 2014 – ''
The Shock of the Fall
''The Shock of the Fall'' is British author Nathan Filer's debut novel, published by 2013. The book tells the story of Matthew Homes, a 19-year-old boy from Bristol, dealing with the death of his older brother. It explores the central themes of ...
'' –
Nathan Filer
Nathan Filer is a British writer best known for his debut novel, ''The Shock of the Fall''. This won several major literary awards, including the Costa Book of the Year and the Betty Trask Prize. It was a ''Sunday Times'' Bestseller, and has be ...
* 2013 – ''
An Officer and a Spy'' –
Robert Harris
* 2012 – ''
Fifty Shades of Grey
''Fifty Shades of Grey'' is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It became the first instalment in the ''Fifty Shades'' novel series that follows the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, ...
'' –
E. L. James
* 2011 – ''
A Tiny Bit Marvellous
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...
'' –
Dawn French
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, presenter and writer. French is known for writing and starring on the BBC comedy sketch show '' French and Saunders'' with her best friend and comedy partner, Jennifer Sau ...
* 2010 – ''
One Day'' –
David Nicholls
* 2009 – ''
Devil May Care
Devil May Care may refer to:
Music
* ''Devil May Care'', an album by Bob Dorough, 1956
** "Devil May Care", the title song, covered by Jamie Cullum on ''Pointless Nostalgic'', 2002
* ''Devil May Care'' (album), by Teri Thornton, 1961
* ''Devil Ma ...
'' –
Sebastian Faulks
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(Penguin)
* 2008 – ''
The Memory Keeper's Daughter'' –
Kim Edwards (Penguin)
* 2006 – ''
Anybody Out There?
''Anybody Out There?'' is a 2007 novel by Marian Keyes.
It is about Anna Walsh, a woman who is recovering from an injury whilst in her parents' residence in Dublin, Ireland, and is reminiscing about the life she once lived in New York. Anna is ...
'' –
Marian Keyes
Marian Keyes (born 10 September 1963) is an Irish author and radio presenter. She is principally known for her popular fiction.
Keyes became known for her novels ''Watermelon'', ''Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married'', ''Rachel's Holiday'', ''Last ...
(Michael Joseph)
* 2006 – ''
The Time Traveler's Wife
''The Time Traveler's Wife'' is the debut novel by American author Audrey Niffenegger, published in 2003. It is a love story about Henry, a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and about Clare, his wife, a ...
'' –
Audrey Niffenegger
Audrey Niffenegger (born June 13, 1963) is an American writer, artist and academic. Her debut novel, ''The Time Traveler's Wife'', published in 2003, was a bestseller.
Biography
Audrey Niffenegger was born in 1963 in South Haven, Michigan. Then ...
(Vintage)
Début Book of the Year
Previously called the ''Newcomer of the Year''. Name changed to ''New Writer of the Year'' in 2010. Name changed to "Début Book of the Year" in 2017.
* 2022 – ''
Open Water'' –
Caleb Azumah Nelson
* 2021 – ''
Shuggie Bain'' –
Douglas Stuart
* 2020 – ''
Queenie
Queenie may refer to: Arts and entertainment
* ''Queenie'' (film), a 1921 American silent drama film
*Queenie (Melbourne elephant), an elephant at Melbourne Zoo
*Queenie (waterskiing elephant)
*''Queenie'', a 1985 novel by Michael Korda
** ''Queeni ...
'' by
Candice Carty-Williams
* 2019 – ''
Lullaby
A lullaby (), or cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies they are used to pass down cultural knowledg ...
'' by
Leïla Slimani
Leïla Slimani (born 3 October 1981) is a Franco-Moroccan writer and journalist. She is also a French diplomat in her capacity as the personal representative of the French president Emmanuel Macron to the '' Organisation internationale de la Fran ...
, translated by Sam Taylor
* 2018 – ''Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine'' by
Gail Honeyman
* 2017 – ''What Belongs to You'' by
Garth Greenwell
* 2015–2016 – ''(no award)''
* 2014 – ''
The Miniaturist
''The Miniaturist'' is the 2014 debut novel of English actor and author Jessie Burton. An international bestseller, it was the focus of a publishers' bidding war at the 2013 London Book Fair. Set in Amsterdam in 1686–87, the novel was inspired ...
'' by
Jessie Burton
Jessica Kathryn Burton (born 17 August 1982)Inside back cover of 2015 Picador UK paperback edition of ''The Miniaturist'' is an English author and actress. , she has published four novels, ''The Miniaturist'', ''The Muse'', ''The Confession'', ...
* 2013 – ''Tigers in Red Weather'' by Liza Klaussman
[
* 2012 – '']The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
''The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry'' is a novel by Rachel Joyce, published in 2012. Joyce's first novel, it was a long-list finalist (top 12) for the 2012 Man Booker Prize,Wakin, Daniel J. (25 July 2012). AshantMan Booker Prize Finalists A ...
'' by Rachel Joyce[
* 2011 – '' When God Was a Rabbit'' by Sarah Winman
* 2010 – '' The Hare with Amber Eyes'' by ]Edmund de Waal
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* 2009 – '' Child 44'' by Tom Rob Smith
* 2008 – Catherine O'Flynn –
* 2007 – Victoria Hislop –
* 2006 – Marina Lewycka –
* 2005 – Susanna Clarke
Susanna Mary Clarke (born 1 November 1959) is an English author known for her debut novel '' Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'' (2004), a Hugo Award-winning alternative history. Clarke began ''Jonathan Strange'' in 1993 and worked on it during h ...
–
* 2004 – ''Brick Lane
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'' by Monica Ali
* 2003 – Allison Pearson
* 2002 – Pete McCarthy
* 2001 – '' White Teeth'' by Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith FRSL (born Sadie; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, ''White Teeth'' (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards. She has been a tenured professor ...
* 2000 – ''Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia'' by Chris Stewart
* 1999 – Borders UK –
* 1998 – Daisy & Tom –
* 1997 – Kate Atkinson –
* 1990 – '' The Power of One'' by Bryce Courtenay
Crime & Thriller Book of the Year
Previously called the Crime Thriller of the Year. Name changed to Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year in 2011. Name changed to Crime & Thriller Book of the Year in 2017.
* 2022 – '' The Dark Remains'' – Ian Rankin
Sir Ian James Rankin (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
Early life
Rankin was born in Cardenden, Fife. His father, James, owned a grocery shop, and his mother, Isobel, worked in a scho ...
, William McIlvanney
* 2021 – '' Troubled Blood'' – JK Rowling
Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The ser ...
* 2020 – '' My Sister, the Serial Killer'' – Oyinkan Braithwaite
* 2019 – ''Our House Our House may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Our House'' (2003 film) or ''Duplex'', an American film by Danny DeVito
* ''Our House'' (2006 film), a television movie starring Doris Roberts
* ''Our House'' (2018 film), an American-Canadian-Ge ...
'' – Louise Candlish
* 2018 – ''The Dry'' – Jane Harper
* 2017 – ''Dodgers'' – Bill Beverly
William Beverly (born 1965) is an American crime writer, author of the 2016 novel ''Dodgers'', winner of the Gold Dagger, an award given by the Crime Writers' Association for the best crime novel of the year. In 2017 ''Dodgers'' won the Los Angel ...
* 2015 – (no award)
* 2016 – (no award)
* 2014 – ''I Am Pilgrim
''I Am Pilgrim'' is the debut novel by former journalist and screenwriter, Terry Hayes. It was published on 18 July 2013 in the United Kingdom.
Synopsis
"Pilgrim" is an American former intelligence agent known as the "Rider of the Blue" who lat ...
'' – Terry Hayes[
* 2013 – ''The Carrier'' – ]Sophie Hannah
Sophie Hannah (born 1971) is a British poet and novelist. From 1997 to 1999 she was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, and between 1999 and 2001 a junior research fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. She lives with ...
(Hodder)[
* 2012 – '']A Wanted Man
''A Wanted Man'' is the seventeenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published on 30 August 2012 in the United Kingdom, Australia, & New Zealand and on 11 September 2012 in the USA & Canada. ''A Wanted Man'' won the ...
'' – Lee Child
James Dover Grant (born 29 October 1954), primarily known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British author who writes thriller novels, and is best known for his '' Jack Reacher'' novel series. The books follow the adventures of a former American ...
[
* 2011 – '' Before I Go to Sleep'' –
* 2010 – (no award)
* 2009 – '']The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (original title in sv, Män som hatar kvinnor , lit=''Men Who Hate Women'') is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson (1954–2004). It was published posthumously in 2 ...
'' – Stieg Larsson
Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, starting in 2 ...
* 2008 – ''Book of the Dead
The ''Book of the Dead'' ( egy, 𓂋𓏤𓈒𓈒𓈒𓏌𓏤𓉐𓂋𓏏𓂻𓅓𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤, ''rw n(y)w prt m hrw(w)'') is an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom ...
'' – Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, 1956) is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in ...
(Little, Brown)
* 2007 – '' The Naming of the Dead'' – Ian Rankin
Sir Ian James Rankin (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
Early life
Rankin was born in Cardenden, Fife. His father, James, owned a grocery shop, and his mother, Isobel, worked in a scho ...
(Orion)
* 2006 – '' The Take'' – Martina Cole (Headline)
* 2005 – '' Fleshmarket Close'' – Ian Rankin
Sir Ian James Rankin (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
Early life
Rankin was born in Cardenden, Fife. His father, James, owned a grocery shop, and his mother, Isobel, worked in a scho ...
(Orion)
Non-Fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year
* 2022 – '' The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present'' by Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. On ...
, Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon (born 20 June 1951) is an Irish poet. He has published more than thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. At Princeton University he is currently both the Howard G. B. Clark '21 University P ...
* 2021 – ''Skincare: The Ultimate No-Nonsense Guide'' by Caroline Hirons
* 2020 – ''Pinch of Nom'' by Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson
* 2019 – '' BOSH!'' by Henry Firth & Ian Theasby
* 2018 – ''5 Ingredients'' by Jamie Oliver
* 2017 – ''Hello, is this planet Earth?'' by Tim Peake
Major Timothy Nigel Peake (born 7 April 1972) is a British Army Air Corps officer, European Space Agency astronaut and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member.
He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second astronaut to bea ...
Non-Fiction: Narrative Book of the Year
* 2022 – '' Empireland'' by Sathnam Sanghera
* 2021 – '' Diary of a Young Naturalist'' by Dara McAnulty
* 2020 – '' Three Women'' by Lisa Taddeo
Lisa Taddeo is an American author and journalist known for her book '' Three Women''. Taddeo's work has appeared in ''The Best American Political Writing'' and ''The Best American Sports Writing'' anthologies.
Early life
Taddeo was born in Short ...
* 2019 – '' Becoming'' by Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position. She is married t ...
* 2018 – '' Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race'' by Reni Eddo-Lodge
* 2017 – ''East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity'' by Philippe Sands
Philippe Joseph Sands, KC (born 17 October 1960) is a British and French writer and lawyer a11 King's Bench Walkand Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London. A specialist in ...
Bestseller Award
Named ''Bestseller of the Year'' in 1991. Renamed ''Bestseller Award'' in 2017.
* 2017 – ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' is a play written by Jack Thorne from an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Thorne. Previews of the play began at the Palace Theatre, London, on 7 June 2016 as a two-part play, and it pr ...
'' – J. K. Rowling
Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The ser ...
* 1992–2016 – ''(no award)''
* 1991 – '' Delia Smith's Christmas'' – Delia Smith (BBC Books)
Retired awards
The following awards are no longer active.
Biography/Autobiography of the Year
Previously called Biography of the Year. Name changed to Biography/Autobiography of the Year in 2010.
* 2014 – '' Please, Mister Postman'' – Alan Johnson
Alan Arthur Johnson (born 17 May 1950) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2006 to 2007, Secretary of State for Health from 2007 to 2009, Home Secretary from 2009 to 2010, and Shadow Chancel ...
[
* 2013 – ''David Jason: My Life'' – ]David Jason
Sir David John White (born 2 February 1940), known professionally by his stage name David Jason, is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the BBC sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'', Detective Inspector ...
(Random House)[
* 2012 – ''My Animals and Other Family'' – ]Clare Balding
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[
* 2011 – ''Charles Dickens'' – ]Claire Tomalin
Claire Tomalin (née Delavenay; born 20 June 1933) is an English journalist and biographer, known for her biographies of Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys, Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft.
Early life
Tomalin was born Claire De ...
* 2010 – ''The Fry Chronicles
''The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography'' is the 2010 autobiography of Stephen Fry. The book is a continuation from the end of his 1997 publication of his first autobiography, '' Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography''. Though without a strict ch ...
'' – Stephen Fry
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* 2009 – '' Dreams from My Father'' – Barack Obama
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(Canongate)
* 2008 – ''My Booky Wook
''My Booky Wook'' is a memoir, written by English comedian and actor Russell Brand, published in 2007 by Hodder & Stoughton. It was released in North America and Australia in 2009 by HarperCollins Publishers.
Summary
This warts-and-all account ...
'' – Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand (born 4 June 1975) is an English comedian and actor known for his flamboyant, loquacious style and manner. Brand has received three British Comedy Awards: Best Newcomer (2006), Best Live Stand-Up (2008), and the award for ...
(Hodder & Stoughton)
* 2007 – ''The Sound of Laughter
''The Sound of Laughter'' was British comedian Peter Kay's initial volume of autobiography, released on 5 October 2006. The book was a bestseller.
''The Sound of Laughter'' was a success with 278,000 copies sold in its first day (including pre-or ...
'' – Peter Kay (Century)
* 2006 – ''Sharon Osbourne Extreme
Sharon ( he, שָׁרוֹן ''Šārôn'' "plain") is a given name as well as an Israeli surname.
In English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name. However, historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In ...
'' – Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, later Arden; born 9 October 1952) is a British-American television personality, music manager and author. She is married to heavy metal singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne and came to prominence while appearing ...
(Time Warner)
* 2005 – ''My Life My Life may refer to:
Autobiographies
* ''Mein Leben'' (Wagner) (''My Life''), by Richard Wagner, 1870
* ''My Life'' (Clinton autobiography), by Bill Clinton, 2004
* ''My Life'' (Meir autobiography), by Golda Meir, 1973
* ''My Life'' (Mosley a ...
'' – Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (Birth name, né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 ...
(Hutchinson)
* 2004 – '' Toast'' – Nigel Slater (Fourth Estate)
* 2003 – '' Churchill: A Biography'' – Roy Jenkins
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, (11 November 1920 – 5 January 2003) was a British politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981. At various times a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), ...
(Pan)
Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year
* 2014 – ''Love, Nina'' – Nina Stibbe
Nina Stibbe (born 1962) is a British writer born in Willoughby Waterleys and raised in Fleckney, Leicestershire. She became a nanny in the household of Mary-Kay Wilmers, editor of the ''London Review of Books.'' Her letters home to her sister bec ...
[
* 2013 – '' I Am Malala'' – ]Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai ( ur, , , pronunciation: ; born 12 July 1997), is a Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Awarded when she was 17, she is the world's youngest Nobel Prize laureate, and the second Pa ...
and Christina Lamb
Christina Lamb OBE (born 15 May 1965) is a British journalist and author. She is the chief foreign correspondent of ''The Sunday Times''.
Lamb has won sixteen major awards including four British Press Awards and the European Prix Bayeux-Calva ...
[
* 2012 – '']Is It Just Me
''DNA'' is the ninth studio album (eighth in the US) by the Backstreet Boys. The album was first released in Japan on January 23, 2019, and everywhere else on January 25, 2019, through a collaboration with the group's own K-BAHN record label and ...
'' – Miranda Hart
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[
* 2011 – '']How To Be a Woman
''How to Be a Woman'' is a 2011 non-fiction memoir by British writer Caitlin Moran. The book documents Moran's early life (from teens until mid-thirties) including her views on feminism. As of July 2014, it had sold over a million copies.
Ove ...
'' – Caitlin Moran
Catherine Elizabeth Moran (; born 5 April 1975) is an English journalist, author, and broadcaster at ''The Times'', where she writes three columns a week: one for the Saturday Magazine, a TV review column, and the satirical Friday column "Celeb ...
* 2010 – ''The Making of Modern Britain
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'' – Andrew Marr
Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a British journalist and broadcaster. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited '' The Independent'' newspaper from 1996 to 1998 and was political editor of BBC ...
Audiobook of the Year
* 2014 – ''Awful Auntie'' – David Walliams
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* 2013 – '' The Ocean at the End of the Lane'' – Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...
, read by the author (Headline)[
* 2012 – '' The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year'' – ]Sue Townsend
Susan Lillian Townsend, FRSL (née Johnstone, 2 April 194610 April 2014), was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole.
After writing ...
, read by Caroline Quentin
Caroline Quentin (born Caroline Jones; 11 July 1960) is an English actress, broadcaster and television presenter. Quentin became known for her television appearances: portraying Dorothy in '' Men Behaving Badly'' (1992–1998), Maddie Magellan in ...
[
* 2011 – '']My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You
My or MY may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station
* Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe
* ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak
* ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon
Business
* Market ...
'' – Louisa Young, read by Dan Stevens
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* 2005–2010 – ''(no award)''
* 2004 – ''Forgotten Voices of the Great War
''Forgotten Voices of the Great War'' is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the First World War.The book is part of the Imperial War Museum's oral archive.
In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous and important t ...
'' – Max Arthur
Max Arthur OBE (25 February 1939 – 2 May 2019) was a military historian, author and actor who specialised in first-hand recollections of the twentieth century. In particular his works focussed on the First and Second World War.
In the earlier ...
(Random House)
* 2003 – '' Series of Unfortunate Events'' – written by Lemony Snicket
Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American author Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970). Handler has published several children's books under the name, most notably ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'', which has sold over 60 million copies and s ...
, read by Tim Curry
Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the film '' The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 Londo ...
(Collins)
* 2002 – '' The Laying on of Hands'' – written and read by Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. Over his distinguished entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two ...
(BBC Radio Collection)
Food & Drink Book of the Year
*2014 – ''Plenty More'' – Yotam Ottolenghi
Yotam Assaf Ottolenghi (born 14 December 1968) is an Israeli-born British chef, restaurateur, and food writer. He is the co-owner of seven delis and restaurants in London and the author of several bestselling cookery books, including ''Ottolengh ...
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*2013 – ''Eat'' – Nigel Slater (HarperCollins)][
*2012 – '']The Hairy Dieters
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'' – Si King and Dave Myers[
*2011 – ''The Good Cook'' – Simon Hopkinson
*2010 – ''Plenty'' – ]Yotam Ottolenghi
Yotam Assaf Ottolenghi (born 14 December 1968) is an Israeli-born British chef, restaurateur, and food writer. He is the co-owner of seven delis and restaurants in London and the author of several bestselling cookery books, including ''Ottolengh ...
Paperback of the Year
*2011 – ''Room
In a building or large vehicle, like a ship, a room is any enclosed space within a number of walls to which entry is possible only via a door or other dividing structure that connects it to either a passageway, another room, or the outdoors, that ...
'' – Emma Donoghue
Outstanding Achievement
Previously called the Lifetime Achievement Award (1993–2009). Renamed to Outstanding Achievement Award in 2010.
* 2014 – Mary Berry
Dame Mary Rosa Alleyne Hunnings (; born 24 March 1935), known professionally as Mary Berry, is an English food writer, chef, baker and television presenter. After being encouraged in domestic science classes at school, she studied catering at ...
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* 2013 – ''(no award)''
* 2012 – ]Ian Rankin
Sir Ian James Rankin (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
Early life
Rankin was born in Cardenden, Fife. His father, James, owned a grocery shop, and his mother, Isobel, worked in a scho ...
* 2011 – Jackie Collins
Jacqueline Jill Collins (4 October 1937 – 19 September 2015) was an English romance novelist and actress. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on ''The New York Time ...
* 2010 – Martin Amis
Martin Louis Amis (born 25 August 1949) is a British novelist, essayist, memoirist, and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels ''Money'' (1984) and ''London Fields'' (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir '' ...
and Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comic fantasy, comical works. He is best known for his ''Discworld'' series of 41 novels.
Pratchet ...
* 2009 – ''(no award)''
* 2008 – J. K. Rowling
Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The ser ...
* 2007 – John Grisham
John Ray Grisham Jr. (; born February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas) is an American novelist, lawyer and former member of the 7th district of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his popular legal thrillers. According to the Am ...
* 2006 – Jamie Oliver
* 2005 – Sir John Mortimer
Sir John Clifford Mortimer (21 April 1923 – 16 January 2009) was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. He is best known for novels about a barrister named Horace Rumpole.
Early life
Mortimer was born in Hampstead, London, ...
* 2004 – Sir David Attenborough
* 2003 – Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. Over his distinguished entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two ...
* 2002 – Mark Barty-King
Mark may refer to:
Currency
* Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic
* Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927
* Fi ...
* 2001 – Ernest Hecht
* 2000 – Spike Milligan
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish actor, comedian, writer, musician, poet, and playwright. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British Colonial India, where he spent his ...
* 1999 – Maeve Binchy
Anne Maeve Binchy Snell (28 May 1939Born 1939 as per biography, ''Maeve Binchy'' by Piers Dudgeon, Thomas Dunne Books 2013; (hardcover), pp. 4, 280, 302; (ebook) – 30 July 2012) was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, colum ...
* 1998 – Jilly Cooper
* 1997 – Paul Scherer
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
*Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...
* 1996 – Wilbur Smith
Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Zambian-born British-South African novelist specialising in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries, seen from the viewpoints ...
* 1995 – Delia Smith
* 1994 – Catherine Cookson
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson, DBE (''née'' McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998) was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while retaining a relatively low profile i ...
* 1993 – Dr. D. G. Hessayon
David Gerald Hessayon OBE (born 1928) is a British author and botanist of Cypriot descent who is known for a best-selling series of paperback gardening manuals known as the "Expert Guides" under his title Dr. D. G. Hessayon. The series started i ...
UK Author of the Year
Previously called Author of the Year. Renamed to UK Author of the Year in 2010, notwithstanding the fact the award has been given to non-UK authors.
* 2014 – David Nicholls – '' Us''
* 2013 – Kate Atkinson – ''Life After Life Life After Life may refer to:
Film
*''Life After Life'' (再生人), a 1981 film Hong Kong film; see 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards
* ''Chances Are'' (film), a 1989 film that was known while under production as ''Life After Life''
*''Life After Life'', ...
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* 2012 – Hilary Mantel
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel ( ; born Thompson; 6 July 1952 – 22 September 2022) was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. Her first published novel, '' Every Day Is Mother's Day'', was relea ...
– '' Bring Up the Bodies''[
* 2011 – Alan Hollinghurst – '']The Stranger's Child
''The Stranger's Child'' is the fifth novel by Alan Hollinghurst, first published in June 2011. The book tells the story of a minor poet, Cecil Valance, who is killed in the First World War. In 1913, he visits a Cambridge friend, George Sawle, ...
''
* 2010 – Hilary Mantel
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel ( ; born Thompson; 6 July 1952 – 22 September 2022) was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. Her first published novel, '' Every Day Is Mother's Day'', was relea ...
– '' Wolf Hall''
* 2009 – Aravind Adiga
* 2008 – Ian McEwan
Ian Russell McEwan, (born 21 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, ''The Times'' featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked him number 19 in its list of th ...
* 2007 – Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. An at ...
* 2006 – Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. Over his distinguished entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two ...
* 2005 – Sheila Hancock
Dame Sheila Cameron Hancock (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress, singer, and author. Hancock trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before starting her career in repertory theatre. Hancock went on to perform in plays and musica ...
* 2004 – Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British writer. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and formerly Professor of Medical Law at the Univers ...
* 2003 – Sarah Waters
Sarah Ann Waters (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as '' Tipping the Velvet'' and '' Fingersmith''.
Life and education
Early life
Sa ...
* 2002 – Philip Pullman
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer. His books include the fantasy trilogy '' His Dark Materials'' and ''The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ'', a fictionalised biography of Jesus. In 2008, ''Th ...
* 2001 – Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960) is an English food writer and television cook.
She attended Godolphin and Latymer School, London. After graduating from the University of Oxford, where she was a member of Lady Margaret Hall, Lawson st ...
* 2000 – J. K. Rowling
Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The ser ...
* 1999 – Beryl Bainbridge
* 1998 – Louis de Bernières
Louis de Bernières (born 8 December 1954) is an English novelist. He is known for his 1994 historical war novel '' Captain Corelli's Mandolin''. In 1993 de Bernières was selected as one of the "20 Best of Young British Novelists", part of a ...
* 1997 – Bill Bryson
William McGuire Bryson (; born 8 December 1951) is an American–British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has b ...
* 1996 – Salman Rushdie
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (; born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and W ...
* 1995 – Sebastian Faulks
Sebastian Charles Faulks (born 20 April 1953) is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He is best known for his historical novels set in France – ''The Girl at the Lion d'Or'', '' Birdsong'' and '' Charlotte Gray''. He has also pub ...
* 1994 – Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle (born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been ma ...
* 1993 – Andrew Morton
* 1992 – Peter Mayle
* 1991 – Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William ...
* 1990 – Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales ( cy, Tywysog Cymru, ; la, Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. Prior to the conquest by Edward I in the 13th century, it was used by the rule ...
International Author of the Year
*2014 – ''We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves'' – Karen Joy Fowler[
*2013 – '' Gone Girl'' – Gillian Flynn][
*2012 – '']The Snow Child
''The Snow Child'' is the debut novel by Eowyn Ivey. It was first published on February 1, 2012, by Little, Brown and Company. The novel was a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was generally well received by critics.
''Th ...
'' – Eowyn Ivey[
*2011 – '']A Visit From the Goon Squad
''A Visit from the Goon Squad'' is a 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction by American author Jennifer Egan. The book is a set of thirteen interrelated stories with a large set of characters all connected to Bennie Salazar, a record compan ...
'' – Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short-story writer. Egan's novel '' A Visit from the Goon Squad'' won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. As of February 28, 2018, she is the Presiden ...
*2010 – '' Freedom'' – Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel '' The Corrections'', a sprawling, satirical family drama, drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Pr ...
Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year
* 2009 – '' When Will There Be Good News?'' – Kate Atkinson (Doubleday)
* 2008 – '' A Thousand Splendid Suns'' – Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini (;Pashto/Dari ; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan-American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel ''The Kite Runner'' (2003) was a critical and commercial success; the book and his subsequent ...
(Bloomsbury)
* 2007 – ''The Interpretation of Murder
''The Interpretation of Murder'', published in 2006, is the first novel by the American law professor Jed Rubenfeld. The book is written in the first person perspective of Dr. Stratham Younger, supposedly an American psychoanalyst. Other events ...
'' – Jed Rubenfeld
Jed L. Rubenfeld (born February 15, 1959) is an American lawyer, constitutional scholar, and novelist. He is the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He is an expert on constitutional law, privacy, and the First Amendment to th ...
(Headline Review)
* 2006 – ''Labyrinth
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (, ) was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the ...
'' – Kate Mosse (Orion)
* 2005 – '' Cloud Atlas'' – David Mitchell (Sceptre)
* 2004 – ''The Lovely Bones
''The Lovely Bones'' is a 2002 novel by American writer Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from her personal Heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while sh ...
'' – Alice Sebold (Picador)
The Children's Author of the Year
* 1995 – Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg
* 1994 – Anne Fine
Anne Fine OBE FRSL (born 7 December 1947) is an English writer. Although best known for children's books, she also writes for adults. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and she was appointed an OBE in 2003.
Fine has written mor ...
* 1993 – Raymond Briggs
Raymond Redvers Briggs (18 January 1934 – 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author. Achieving critical and popular success among adults and children, he is best known in Britain for his 1978 story ...
* 1992 – Dick King-Smith
* 1991 – Anne Fine
Anne Fine OBE FRSL (born 7 December 1947) is an English writer. Although best known for children's books, she also writes for adults. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and she was appointed an OBE in 2003.
Fine has written mor ...
* 1990 – Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has b ...
Illustrated Children's Book of the Year
* 1995 – ''The Most Amazing Pop-Up Science Book
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'' – Jay Young (Watts Books)
* 1994 – ''Mummy Laid an Egg
''Mummy Laid an Egg: or, Where do Babies Come From?'' is a children's book by English author Babette Cole. It was published in 1994 and won the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year in that year.
It has also been published as ''Mommy ...
'' – Babette Cole (Jonathan Cape)
* 1993 – ''Penguin Small
Penguins (order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adap ...
'' – Mick Inkpen (Hodder)
* 1992 – ''Farmer Duck
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mig ...
'' – Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books)
* 1991 – ''The Mousehole Cat
''The Mousehole Cat'' is a children's book written by Antonia Barber and illustrated by Nicola Bayley. Based on the legend of Cornish fisherman Tom Bawcock and the stargazy pie, it tells the tale of a cat who goes with its owner on a fishing ex ...
'' – Nicola Bayley
Nicola Bayley (born August 18, 1949) is a Singaporean-born British children's book illustrator and author. She is most known for her illustrations of cats, including in the books ''The Tyger Voyage'' by Richard Adams, ''The Mousehole Cat'' by An ...
(Walker Books)
Illustrated Book of the Year
* 2004 – ''England's Thousand Best Houses
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by th ...
'' – Simon Jenkins
Sir Simon David Jenkins (born 10 June 1943) is a British author, a newspaper columnist and editor. He was editor of the ''Evening Standard'' from 1976 to 1978 and of ''The Times'' from 1990 to 1992.
Jenkins chaired the National Trust from 20 ...
(Allen Lane)
* 2003 – ''Sahara
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'' – Michael Palin
Sir Michael Edward Palin (; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, television presenter, and public speaker. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. Since 1980, he has made a number of travel documentaries.
Palin ...
(Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated)
* 2002 – ''The Blue Planet
''The Blue Planet'' is a British nature documentary series created and produced by the BBC. It premiered on 12 September 2001 in the United Kingdom. It is narrated by David Attenborough.
Described as "the first ever comprehensive series on t ...
'' – Andrew Byatt, Alastair Fothergill, Martha Holmes (broadcaster), Martha Holmes (BBC Worldwide)
* 2001 – ''The Beatles Anthology'' (Cassell)
* 2000 – ''Century (book), Century'' – Bruce Bernard (Phaidon Press)
* 1999 – ''Ethel and Ernest'' – Raymond Briggs
Raymond Redvers Briggs (18 January 1934 – 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author. Achieving critical and popular success among adults and children, he is best known in Britain for his 1978 story ...
(Jonathan Cape)
* 1998 – ''Lost Gardens of Heligan, The Lost Gardens of Heligan'' – Tim Smit (Gollancz)
* 1997 – ''Flora Britannica'' – Richard Mabey (Sinclair-Stevenson)
* 1996 – ''The River Cafe Cookbook'' – Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers (Ebury Press)
* 1995 – ''The Art Book'' (Phaidon Press)
The TV and Film Book of the Year
* 2007 – ''The Devil Wears Prada (novel), The Devil Wears Prada'' – Lauren Weisberger (HarperCollins)
* 2006 – ''The Constant Gardener'' – John le Carré (Hodder & Stoughton)
* 2005 – ''Himalaya (book), Himalaya'' – Michael Palin
Sir Michael Edward Palin (; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, television presenter, and public speaker. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. Since 1980, he has made a number of travel documentaries.
Palin ...
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
* 2004 – ''How Clean Is Your House? (book), How Clean Is Your House?'' – Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie (Michael Joseph)
* 2003 – ''What Not to Wear (book), What Not to Wear'' – Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
The Literary Fiction Award
* 2005 – '' Cloud Atlas'' – David Mitchell (Sceptre)
* 2004 – ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' – Mark Haddon (Jonathan Cape)
The History Book of the Year
* 2005 – ''William Pitt the Younger: A Biography'' – William Hague (HarperCollins)
* 2004 – ''Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar'' – Simon Sebag Montefiore (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
The Sports Book of the Year
* 2007 – ''Gerrard: My Autobiography'' – Steven Gerrard (Bantam)
* 2006 – ''Being Freddie'' – Andrew Flintoff (Hodder & Stoughton)
* 2005 – ''Gazza: My Story'' – Paul Gascoigne (Headline)
* 2004 – ''Martin Johnson: The Autobiography'' – Martin Johnson (rugby union), Martin Johnson (Headline)
The deciBel Writer of the Year
* 2007 – Jackie Kay
* 2006 – Diana Evans
* 2005 – Hari Kunzru
The Fastest Selling Biography of All Time
* 2004 – ''David Beckham: My Side, My Side'' – David Beckham (CollinsWillow)
The Travel Writer of the Year
* 1993 – Michael Palin
Sir Michael Edward Palin (; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, television presenter, and public speaker. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. Since 1980, he has made a number of travel documentaries.
Palin ...
– ''Pole to Pole'' (BBC Books)
* 1992 – Mark Shand – ''Travels on my Elephant'' (Jonathan Cape)
* 1991 – V. S. Naipaul – ''India'' (Heinemann)
* 1990 – Peter Mayle – ''A Year in Provence'' (Hamish Hamilton)
The Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year
* 1994 – Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comic fantasy, comical works. He is best known for his ''Discworld'' series of 41 novels.
Pratchet ...
See also
* List of British literary awards
* List of literary awards
* English literature
* British literature
References
External links
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Audiobook awards
Literary awards honoring writers
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First book awards
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