Thursday, November 21

Costa Book Award – Novel

2018 Costa Book Award – Novel

Normal People Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

2017 Costa Book Award – Novel

Reservoir 13 Jon McGregor

Reservoir 13

Jon McGregor

2016 Costa Book Award – Novel

Days Without End Sebastian Barry

Days Without End

Sebastian Barry

2015 Costa Book Award – Novel

A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson

A God in Ruins

Kate Atkinson

2014 Costa Book Award – Novel

How To Be Both Ali Smith

How To Be Both

Ali Smith

2013 Costa Book Award – Novel

Life After Life Kate Atkinson

Life After Life

Kate Atkinson

2012 Costa Book Award – Novel

Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel

2011 Costa Book Award – Novel

Pure Andrew Miller

Pure

Andrew Miller

2010 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Hand That First Held Mine Maggie O'Farrell

The Hand That First Held Mine

Maggie O’Farrell

2009 Costa Book Award – Novel

Brooklyn Colm Toibin

Brooklyn

Colm Toibin

2008 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry

The Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry

2007 Costa Book Award – Novel

Day A. L. Kennedy

Day

A. L. Kennedy

2006 Costa Book Award – Novel

Restless William Boyd

Restless

William Boyd

2005 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Accidental Ali Smith

The Accidental

Ali Smith

2004 Costa Book Award – Novel

Small Island Andrea Levy

Small Island

Andrea Levy

2003 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

2002 Costa Book Award – Novel

Spies Michael Frayn

Spies

Michael Frayn

2001 Costa Book Award – Novel

Twelve Bar Blues Patrick Neate

Twelve Bar Blues

Patrick Neate

2000 Costa Book Award – Novel

English Passengers Matthew Kneale

English Passengers

Matthew Kneale

1999 Costa Book Award – Novel

Music and Silence Rose Tremain

Music and Silence

Rose Tremain

1998 Costa Book Award – Novel

Leading the Cheers Justin Cartwright

Leading the Cheers

Justin Cartwright

1997 Costa Book Award – Novel

Quarantine Jim Crace

Quarantine

Jim Crace

1996 Costa Book Award – Novel

Every Man for Himself Beryl Bainbridge

Every Man for Himself

Beryl Bainbridge

1995 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Moor's Last Sigh Salman Rushdie

The Moor’s Last Sigh

Salman Rushdie

1994 Costa Book Award – Novel

Felicia's Journey William Trevor

Felicia’s Journey

William Trevor

1993 Costa Book Award – Novel

Theory of War Joan Brady

Theory of War

Joan Brady

1992 Costa Book Award – Novel

Poor Things Alasdair Gray

Poor Things

Alasdair Gray

1991 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Queen of the Tambourine Jane Gardam

The Queen of the Tambourine

Jane Gardam

1990 Costa Book Award – Novel

Hopeful Monsters Nicholas Mosley

Hopeful Monsters

Nicholas Mosley

1989 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Chymical Wedding Lindsay Clarke

The Chymical Wedding

Lindsay Clarke

1988 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie

1987 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Child in Time Ian McEwan

The Child in Time

Ian McEwan

1986 Costa Book Award – Novel

An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro

1985 Costa Book Award – Novel

Hawksmoor Peter Ackroyd

Hawksmoor

Peter Ackroyd

1984 Costa Book Award – Novel

Kruger's Alp Christopher Hope

Kruger’s Alp

Christopher Hope

1983 Costa Book Award – Novel

Fools of Fortune William Trevor

Fools of Fortune

William Trevor

1982 Costa Book Award – Novel

Young Shoulders John Wain

Young Shoulders

John Wain

1981 Costa Book Award – Novel

Silver's City Maurice Leitch

Silver’s City

Maurice Leitch

1980 Costa Book Award – Novel

How Far Can You Go? David Lodge

How Far Can You Go?

David Lodge

1979 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Old Jest Jennifer Johnston

The Old Jest

Jennifer Johnston

1978 Costa Book Award – Novel

Picture Palace Paul Theroux

Picture Palace

Paul Theroux

1977 Costa Book Award – Novel

Injury Time Beryl Bainbridge

Injury Time

Beryl Bainbridge

1976 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Children of Dynmouth William Trevor

The Children of Dynmouth

William Trevor

1975 Costa Book Award – Novel

Docherty William McIlvanney

Docherty

William McIlvanney

1974 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Sacred & Profane Love Machine Iris Murdoch

The Sacred & Profane Love Machine

Iris Murdoch

1973 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Chip Chip Gatherers Shiva Naipaul

The Chip Chip Gatherers

Shiva Naipaul

1972 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Bird of Night Susan Hill

The Bird of Night

Susan Hill

1971 Costa Book Award – Novel

The Destiny Waltz Gerda Charles

The Destiny Waltz

Gerda Charles