The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award is awarded by the Authors' Club to the most promising first novel of the year, written by a British author and published in the UK during the calendar year preceding the year in which the award is presented.

Winner

{, class="wikitable sortable" , +Award recipients ! Year !Author!! Title !! , - ! 1954 , , , ', , , - ! 1955 , , , '' Judith Hearne'', , , - ! 1956 , , , ''Episode'', , , - ! 1957 , , , ''Summer in Retreat'', , , - ! 1958 , , , '' Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'', , , - ! 1959 , , , ''At Fever Pitch'', , , - ! 1960 , , , ', , , - ! 1961 , , , ', , , - ! 1962 , , , ''Gone to Timbuctoo'', , , - ! 1963 , , , ', , , - ! 1964 , , , ''Hot for Certainties'', , , - ! 1965 , , , ''Beggars on Horseback'', , , - ! 1966 , , , ', , , - ! 1967 , , , ''At the Jerusalem'', , , - ! 1968 , , , '' Figures in a Landscape'', , , - ! 1969 , , , ', , , - ! 1970 , , , ''Theft'', , , - ! 1971 , , , ''We Speak No Treason'', , , - ! 1973 , , , ', , , - ! 1975 , , , ', , , - ! 1977 , , , ', , , - ! 1978 , , , ', , , - ! 1979 , , , ', , , - ! 1980 , , , ', , , - ! 1981 , , , ', , , - ! 1982 , , , ''Privileged Children'', , , - ! 1983 , , , ''Summer at the Haven'', , , - ! 1984 , , , ''Lama: A Novel of Tibet'', , , - ! 1985 , , , ''Eightsome Reel'', , , - ! 1986 , , , ''Playing Fields in Winter'', , , - ! 1987 , , , ', , , - ! 1988 , , , ', , , - ! 1989 , , , ', , , - ! 1990 , , , ', , , - ! 1991 , , , ', , , - ! 1992 , , , ', , , - ! 1993 , , , ''Season of the Rainbirds'', , , - ! 1994 , , , ''Pig'', , , - ! 1995 , , , ''Walter and the Resurrection of G'', , , - ! rowspan="2" , 1996 , , , ''Some Kind of Black'' , , , - , , ' , , - ! 1997 , , , ' , , , - ! 1998 , , , ''Trumpet'' , , , - ! 1999 , , , ''Manly Pursuits'' , , , - ! 2000 , , , ' , , , - ! 2001 , , , ''Burning Worm'' , , , - ! 2002 , , , ' , , , - ! 2003 , , , '' Timoleon Vieta Come Home'' , , , - ! 2004 , , , ''Eve Green'' , , , - !2004 , , ''Betrayal in Naples'' , , - ! 2005 , , , ''Sandstorm'' , , , - ! 2006 , , , ' , , , - ! 2007 , , , ''Goodbye Lucille'' , , , - ! 2009 , , , ''Pollard'' , , , - ! 2010 , , , ' , , , - ! 2011 , , , ''London Triptych'' , , , - ! 2012 , , , '' City of Bohane'' , , , - ! rowspan="2" , 2013 , , , ' , , , - , , ''Mountains of the Moon'' , , - ! 2014 , , , ' , , , - ! 2015 , , , ' , , , - ! 2016 , , , ' , , , - ! 2017 , , , ''Harmless Like You'' , , , - ! 2018 , , , '' Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine'' , , , - ! 2019 , , , ''In Our Mad and Furious City'' , , , - ! 2020 , , , ''Golden Child'' , , , - ! 2021 , , , ''Love After Love'' , , , - ! 2022 , , , ''Before My Actual Heart Breaks'' , , , - ! 2023 , , , ''When We Were Birds'' , , , - ! 2024 , Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow, , ''All the Little Bird-Hearts'' , {{Cite web , date=2024-05-22 , title=2024 Best First Novel Award Winner Announced , url=https://www.authorsclub.co.uk/2024-best-first-novel-award-winner-announced/ , access-date=2025-03-22 , website=The Authors' Club Since 1891 , language=en-GB

References

First book awards English literary awards British fiction awards Awards established in 1954 1954 establishments in the United Kingdom Novel awards