The British Book Awards or Nibbies are

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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

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) and Specsavers National Book Awards (2012–2014) (sponsored by

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). 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 The National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Award is a British literary award, given annually to works of children's literature as part of the Galaxy National Book Awards. It was established in 1996, replacing the British Illustrated ...

. 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'' – Meg Mason * 2021 – '' Hamnet'' –

Maggie O'Farrell Maggie O'Farrell, RSL (born 27 May 1972), is a novelist from Northern Ireland. Her acclaimed first novel, '' After You'd Gone'', won the Betty Trask Award, and a later one, '' The Hand That First Held Mine'', the 2010 Costa Novel Award. She ha ...

* 2020 – ''

Girl, Woman, Other ''Girl, Woman, Other'' is the eighth novel by Bernardine Evaristo. Published in 2019 by Hamish Hamilton, it follows the lives of 12 characters in the United Kingdom over the course of several decades. The book was the co-winner of the 2019 Booker ...

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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 Black ...

* 2019 – ''

Normal People ''Normal People'' is a 2018 novel by the Irish author Sally Rooney. ''Normal People'' is Rooney's second novel, published after ''Conversations with Friends'' (2017). It was first published by Faber & Faber on 30 August 2018. The book became a b ...

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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 adapt ...

* 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 ...

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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 ''The Essex Serpent'' is a 2016 novel by British author Sarah Perry. The book is the second novel by Perry and was released on 27 May 2016 in the United Kingdom through Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books. Set in the Victorian era, in th ...

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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 translated ...

* 2015 – (no award) * 2016 – (no award) * 2014 – '' The Shock of the Fall'' –

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 bee ...

* 2013 – ''

An Officer and a Spy ''An Officer and a Spy'' is a 2013 historical fiction thriller by the English writer and journalist Robert Harris. It tells the true story of the French officer Georges Picquart from 1896 to 1906, as he struggles to expose the truth about the ...

'' – 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, ...

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E. L. James Erika Mitchell (born 7 March 1963), known by her pen name E. L. James, is a British author. She wrote the best-selling erotic romance trilogy ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', ''Fifty Shades Darker'', and ''Fifty Shades Freed'', along with the companio ...

* 2011 – '' A Tiny Bit Marvellous'' –

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 Saunde ...

* 2010 – '' One Day'' – David Nicholls * 2009 – '' Devil May Care'' –

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 ...

(Penguin) * 2008 – ''

The Memory Keeper's Daughter ''The Memory Keeper's Daughter'' is a novel by American author Kim Edwards that tells the story of a man who gives away his newborn daughter, who has Down syndrome, to one of the nurses. Published by Viking Press in June 2005, the novel garnere ...

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Kim Edwards Kim Edwards (born May 4, 1958) is an American author and educator. She was born in Killeen, Texas, grew up in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, and graduated from Colgate University and The University of Iowa, where she earned an MFA ...

(Penguin) * 2006 – '' Anybody Out There?'' –

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, an ...

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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 Caleb Azumah Nelson is a British-Ghanaian writer and photographer. His 2021 debut novel, '' Open Water'', won the Costa Book Award for First Novel. Personal life Azumah Nelson grew up in and currently lives in southeast London ( Bellingham). F ...

* 2021 – ''

Shuggie Bain ''Shuggie Bain'' is the debut novel by Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart, published in 2020. It tells the story of the youngest of three children, Shuggie, growing up with his alcoholic mother Agnes in 1980s post-industrial working-class ...

'' – Douglas Stuart * 2020 – '' Queenie'' by

Candice Carty-Williams Candice Carty-Williams (born 21 July 1989) is a British writer, best known for her 2019 debut novel, ''Queenie (novel), Queenie''. She has written for publications including ''The Guardian'', ''i-D'', ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'', ''The Sunday Ti ...

* 2019 – ''

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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 Gail Honeyman (born 1972) is a Scottish writer whose debut novel, ''Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine'', won the 2017 Costa First Novel Award. Biography Born and raised in Stirling in central Scotland to a mother who worked as a civil serv ...

* 2017 – ''What Belongs to You'' by

Garth Greenwell Garth Greenwell (born March 19, 1978) is an American novelist, poet, literary critic, and educator. He has published the novella ''Mitko'' (2011) and the novels ''What Belongs to You'' (2016) and ''Cleanness'' (2020). He has also published stories ...

* 2015–2016 – ''(no award)'' * 2014 – '' The Miniaturist'' 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 ''When God Was a Rabbit'' is a book by Sarah Winman that was first published in 2011. It won Winman various awards including New Writer of the Year in the Galaxy National Book Awards and was one of the books chosen by Richard & Judy in their 2 ...

'' by

Sarah Winman Sarah Winman (born 24 December 1964 in Ilford, Essex) is a British author and actress. Biography In 2011, Winman's debut novel, ''When God Was a Rabbit'' (2011), became an international bestseller and won Winman several awards including New ...

* 2010 – ''

The Hare with Amber Eyes ''The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance'' (2010) is a family memoir by British ceramicist Edmund de Waal.

'' by

Edmund de Waal Edmund Arthur Lowndes de Waal, (born 10 September 1964) is a contemporary English artist, master potter and author. He is known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels often created in response to collections and archives or th ...

* 2009 – ''

Child 44 ''Child 44'' (published in 2008) is a thriller novel by British writer Tom Rob Smith. This is the first novel in a trilogy featuring former MGB Agent Leo Demidov, who investigates a series of gruesome child murders in Joseph Stalin's Soviet ...

'' by

Tom Rob Smith Tom Rob Smith (born February 19, 1979) is an English author, screenwriter and producer. Personal life and education The son of Swedish mother Barbro and English father Ron, both antiques dealers, Smith was born and raised at Norbury, South Lon ...

* 2008 –

Catherine O'Flynn Catherine O'Flynn (born 1970) is a British writer. She has published three novels for adults, and two for children as well as various articles and short stories. Her debut novel, '' What Was Lost'', won the prestigious first novel prize at the Cos ...

– * 2007 –

Victoria Hislop Victoria Hislop (née Hamson; born 1959) is an English author. Early life Born in Bromley, Kent, she was raised in Tonbridge and attended Tonbridge Grammar School. She studied English at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and worked in publishing and ...

– * 2006 –

Marina Lewycka Marina Lewycka ( ; born 12 October 1946) is a British novelist of Ukrainian origin. Early life Lewycka was born in a refugee camp in Kiel after World War II. Her family subsequently moved to England; she now lives in Sheffield, South Yorkshire ...

– * 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 her ...

– * 2004 – ''

Brick Lane Brick Lane (Bengali: ব্রিক লেন) is a street in the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in Bethnal Green in the north, crosses the Bethnal Green Road before reaching the busiest ...

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Monica Ali Monica Ali FRSL (born 20 October 1967) is a British writer of Bangladeshi and English heritage. In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by ''Granta'' magazine based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut nove ...

* 2003 –

Allison Pearson Judith Allison Pearson (née Lobbett; born 22 July 1960) is a British columnist and author. Pearson has worked for British newspapers such as the '' Daily Mail'', ''The Independent'', the ''Evening Standard'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', and t ...

* 2002 –

Pete McCarthy Peter Charles McCarthy Robinson (9 November 1951 – 6 October 2004) was an English comedian, radio and television presenter and travel writer. He was noted for his best-selling travel books ''McCarthy's Bar'' (2000) and ''The Road to McCarthy'' ...

* 2001 – ''

White Teeth ''White Teeth'' is a 2000 novel by the British author Zadie Smith. It focuses on the later lives of two wartime friends—the Bangladeshi Samad Iqbal and the Englishman Archie Jones—and their families in London. The novel centres on Britain' ...

'' 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 –

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– * 1998 – Daisy & Tom – * 1997 –

Kate Atkinson Kate Atkinson may refer to: * Kate Atkinson (actress) (born 1972), Australian actress * Kate Atkinson (writer) Kate Atkinson (born 20 December 1951) is an English writer of novels, plays and short stories. She is known for creating the Jac ...

– * 1990 – '' The Power of One'' by

Bryce Courtenay Arthur Bryce Courtenay, (14 August 1933 – 22 November 2012) was a South African-Australian advertising director and novelist. He is one of Australia's best-selling authors, notable for his book '' The Power of One''. Background and early ye ...

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 schoo ...

William McIlvanney William McIlvanney (25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was known as Gus by friends and acquaintances. McIlvanney was a champion of gritty yet poetic literature; his works ''Laidlaw'', ' ...

* 2021 – ''

Troubled Blood ''Troubled Blood'' is the fifth novel in the ''Cormoran Strike'' series, written by J. K. Rowling and published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The novel was released on 15 September 2020. Plot ''Troubled Blood'' begins in August 2013 a ...

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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 ''My Sister, the Serial Killer'' is a 2018 thriller novel by Nigerian writer Oyinkan Braithwaite. Braithwaite's debut novel, it was originally published in Nigeria as an e-book entitled ''Thicker Than Water'' in 2017, before being released in th ...

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Oyinkan Braithwaite Oyinkan Braithwaite (born 1988) is a Nigerian-British novelist and writer. She was born in Lagos and spent her childhood in both Nigeria and the UK. Life Braithwaite was born in Lagos in 1988. She spent most of her childhood in the UK after he ...

* 2019 – '' Our House'' –

Louise Candlish Louise Candlish is a British author. In 2019, her crime novel '' Our House'' won the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year award at the British Book Awards. In 2021, the novel was adapted into an ITV drama starring Tuppence Middleton and Martin Comp ...

* 2018 – ''The Dry'' –

Jane Harper Jane Harper (born 1980) is a British–Australian author known for her crime novels '' The Dry'', ''Force of Nature'' and ''The Lost Man'', all set in rural Australia. Early life Born in Manchester in the UK, Harper moved to Australia with her ...

* 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 Ange ...

* 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 ...

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Terry Hayes Terry Hayes (born 8 October 1951) is an English-born Australian screenwriter, producer and author best known for his work with the Kennedy Miller film production house and his debut novel ''I Am Pilgrim''. Biography Born in Sussex, England, Hay ...

* 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 h ...

(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 ...

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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 ''Before I Go to Sleep'' is the first novel by S. J. Watson published in Spring 2011. It became both a ''Sunday Times'' and ''The New York Times'' bestseller and has been translated into over 40 languages, and has become a bestseller in Franc ...

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S. J. Watson Steve "S. J." Watson (born 1971)

* 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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ''The Naming of the Dead'' is a crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the sixteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It is set in Edinburgh in July 2005, in the week of the 31st G8 summit, G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, Gleneagles. Plot summary ...

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(Orion) * 2006 – '' The Take'' –

Martina Cole Eilidh Martina Cole is a British crime writer. she has released twenty-six novels about crime, most of which examine London's gangster underworld. Four of her novels, ''Dangerous Lady'', '' The Jump'', '' The Take'' and '' The Runaway'' have bee ...

(Headline) * 2005 – ''

Fleshmarket Close ''Fleshmarket Close'' is a 2004 crime novel by Ian Rankin, and is named after a real close in Edinburgh between the High Street and Market Street, crossing Cockburn Street. It is the fifteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. "Fleshmarket" is th ...

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(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. One ...

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 Pr ...

* 2021 – ''Skincare: The Ultimate No-Nonsense Guide'' by Caroline Hirons * 2020 – ''Pinch of Nom'' by Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson * 2019 – ''

BOSH! BOSH! is a duo of British vegan chefs from Sheffield consisting of Henry Firth and Ian Theasby. They rose to fame in 2016 with the launch of their YouTube channel, and have gone on to host the ITV1 television programme ''Living on the Veg'' and au ...

'' by Henry Firth & Ian Theasby * 2018 – ''5 Ingredients'' by

Jamie Oliver James Trevor Oliver MBE OSI (born 27 May 1975) is an English chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. He is known for his casual approach to cuisine, which has led him to front numerous television shows and open many restaurants. Oliver reache ...

* 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 bear ...

Non-Fiction: Narrative Book of the Year

* 2022 – '' Empireland'' by

Sathnam Sanghera Sathnam Sanghera (born 1976) is a British journalist and best-selling author. Early life and education Sathnam Sanghera was born to Indian Punjabi parents in Wolverhampton in 1976. His parents had emigrated from India to the UK in 1968.Batt, D ...

* 2021 – ''

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Dara McAnulty Dara Seamus McAnulty (born 2004) is a Northern Irish naturalist, writer and environmental campaigner. He is the youngest ever winner of the RSPB Medal and received the Wainwright Prize for UK nature writing in 2020 after being the youngest au ...

* 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 ''Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race'' is a 2017 debut book by British writer Reni Eddo-Lodge that was published by Bloomsbury Publishing. Synopsis The book explores the links between gender, class and race in Britain and othe ...

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Reni Eddo-Lodge Reni Eddo-Lodge (born 25 September 1989) is a British journalist and author, whose writing primarily focuses on feminism and exposing structural racism. She has written for a range of publications, including ''The New York Times'', ''The Guard ...

* 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 prem ...

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J. K. Rowling Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and Philanthropy, philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to ...

* 1992–2016 – ''(no award)'' * 1991 – ''

Delia Smith's Christmas Delia is a feminine given name, either taken from an epithet of the Greek moon goddess Artemis, or else representing a short form of ''Adelia'', '' Bedelia'', ''Cordelia'' or '' Odelia''. Meanings and origins According to records for the 1901 Ir ...

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Delia Smith Delia Ann Smith (born 18 June 1941) is an English cook and television presenter, known for teaching basic cookery skills in a no-nonsense style. One of the best known celebrity chefs in British popular culture, Smith has influenced viewers t ...

(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 J ...

(Random House) * 2012 – ''My Animals and Other Family'' –

Clare Balding Clare Victoria Balding (born 29 January 1971) is an English broadcaster, journalist, and author. She currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4, BT Sport, is the current president of the Rugby Football League (RFL) and formerly presented the ...

* 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 Del ...

* 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 ...

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Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring ...

* 2009 – ''Dreams from My Father'' – Barack Obama (Canongate) * 2008 – ''My Booky Wook'' – Russell Brand (Hodder & Stoughton) * 2007 – ''The Sound of Laughter'' – Peter Kay (Century) * 2006 – ''Sharon Osbourne Extreme'' – Sharon Osbourne (Time Warner) * 2005 – ''My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography), My Life'' – Bill Clinton (Hutchinson) * 2004 – ''Toast (book), Toast'' – Nigel Slater (Fourth Estate) * 2003 – ''Churchill: A Biography'' – Roy Jenkins (Pan)

Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year

* 2014 – ''Love, Nina'' – Nina Stibbe * 2013 – ''I Am Malala'' – Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb * 2012 – ''Is It Just Me'' – Miranda Hart * 2011 – ''How To Be a Woman'' – Caitlin Moran * 2010 – ''The Making of Modern Britain'' – Andrew Marr

Audiobook of the Year

* 2014 – ''Awful Auntie'' – David Walliams * 2013 – ''The Ocean at the End of the Lane'' – Neil Gaiman, read by the author (Headline) * 2012 – ''The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year'' – Sue Townsend, read by Caroline Quentin * 2011 – ''My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You'' – Louisa Young, read by Dan Stevens * 2005–2010 – ''(no award)'' * 2004 – ''Forgotten Voices of the Great War'' – Max Arthur (Random House) * 2003 – ''Series of Unfortunate Events'' – written by Lemony Snicket, read by Tim Curry (Collins) * 2002 – ''The Laying on of Hands'' – written and read by Alan Bennett (BBC Radio Collection)

Food & Drink Book of the Year

*2014 – ''Plenty More'' – Yotam Ottolenghi *2013 – ''Eat'' – Nigel Slater (HarperCollins) *2012 – ''The Hairy Dieters'' – Hairy Bikers, Si King and Hairy Bikers, Dave Myers *2011 – ''The Good Cook'' – Simon Hopkinson *2010 – ''Plenty'' – Yotam Ottolenghi

Paperback of the Year

*2011 – ''Room (novel), Room'' – Emma Donoghue

Outstanding Achievement

Previously called the Lifetime Achievement Award (1993–2009). Renamed to Outstanding Achievement Award in 2010. * 2014 – Mary Berry * 2013 – ''(no award)'' * 2012 –

* 2011 – Jackie Collins * 2010 – Martin Amis and Terry Pratchett * 2009 – ''(no award)'' * 2008 –

* 2007 – John Grisham * 2006 –

* 2005 – John Mortimer, Sir John Mortimer * 2004 – David Attenborough, Sir David Attenborough * 2003 – Alan Bennett * 2002 – Mark Barty-King * 2001 – Ernest Hecht * 2000 – Spike Milligan * 1999 – Maeve Binchy * 1998 – Jilly Cooper * 1997 – Paul Scherer * 1996 – Wilbur Smith * 1995 –

* 1994 – Catherine Cookson * 1993 – Dr. D. G. Hessayon

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 (novel), Us'' * 2013 –

– ''Life After Life (novel), Life After Life'' * 2012 – Hilary Mantel – ''Bring Up the Bodies'' * 2011 – Alan Hollinghurst – ''The Stranger's Child'' * 2010 – Hilary Mantel – ''Wolf Hall (novel), Wolf Hall'' * 2009 – Aravind Adiga * 2008 – Ian McEwan * 2007 – Richard Dawkins * 2006 – Alan Bennett * 2005 – Sheila Hancock * 2004 – Alexander McCall Smith * 2003 – Sarah Waters * 2002 – Philip Pullman * 2001 – Nigella Lawson * 2000 –

* 1999 – Beryl Bainbridge * 1998 – Louis de Bernières * 1997 – Bill Bryson * 1996 – Salman Rushdie * 1995 –

* 1994 – Roddy Doyle * 1993 – Andrew Morton (writer), Andrew Morton * 1992 – Peter Mayle * 1991 – Peter Ackroyd * 1990 – Prince of Wales

International Author of the Year

*2014 – ''We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves'' – Karen Joy Fowler *2013 – ''Gone Girl (novel), Gone Girl'' – Gillian Flynn *2012 – ''The Snow Child'' – Eowyn Ivey *2011 – ''A Visit From the Goon Squad'' – Jennifer Egan *2010 – ''Freedom (Franzen novel), Freedom'' – Jonathan Franzen

Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year

* 2009 – ''When Will There Be Good News?'' –

(Doubleday) * 2008 – ''A Thousand Splendid Suns'' – Khaled Hosseini (Bloomsbury) * 2007 – ''The Interpretation of Murder'' – Jed Rubenfeld (Headline Review) * 2006 – ''Labyrinth (novel), Labyrinth'' – Kate Mosse (Orion) * 2005 – ''Cloud Atlas (novel), Cloud Atlas'' – David Mitchell (author), David Mitchell (Sceptre) * 2004 – ''The Lovely Bones'' – Alice Sebold (Picador)

The Children's Author of the Year

* 1995 – Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg * 1994 – Anne Fine * 1993 – Raymond Briggs * 1992 – Dick King-Smith * 1991 – Anne Fine * 1990 – Roald Dahl

Illustrated Children's Book of the Year

* 1995 – ''The Most Amazing Pop-Up Science Book'' – Jay Young (Watts Books) * 1994 – ''Mummy Laid an Egg'' – Babette Cole (Jonathan Cape) * 1993 – ''Penguin Small'' – Mick Inkpen (Hodder) * 1992 – ''Farmer Duck'' – Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books) * 1991 – ''The Mousehole Cat'' – Nicola Bayley (Walker Books)

Illustrated Book of the Year

* 2004 – ''England's Thousand Best Houses'' – Simon Jenkins (Allen Lane) * 2003 – ''Sahara'' – Michael Palin (Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated) * 2002 – ''The Blue Planet'' – 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 (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 (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 (novel), Cloud Atlas'' – David Mitchell (author), 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 – ''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

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