Costa Book Award

2012 Costa Book Award - Novel WinnerBring Up the BodiesHilary MantelBy 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith’s son, is far from his humble origins. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome and created his own church. But H...Amazon2012 Costa Book Award - Novel ShortlistDays of the Bagnold SummerJoff WinterhartAmazonLife! Death! Prizes!Stephen MayAmazonThe Heart Broke InJames MeekAmazon

2011 Costa Book Award - Novel WinnerPureAndrew Miller...Amazon2011 Costa Book Award - Novel ShortlistA Summer of DrowningJohn BurnsideAmazonMy Dear I Wanted to Tell YouLouisa YoungAmazonThe Sense of an EndingJulian BarnesAmazon

2009 Costa Book Award - Novel WinnerBrooklynColm ToibinColm Tóibín’s New York Times bestselling novel—soon to be a film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent from the award-winning team that produced An Education—is “a moving, deeply satisfying read” (Entertainment Weekly) about a young Irish immigrant in B...Amazon2009 Costa Book Award - Novel ShortlistFamily AlbumPenelope LivelyAmazonThe Elephant KeeperChristopher NicholsonAmazonWolf HallHilary MantelAmazon

2008 Costa Book Award - Novel WinnerThe Secret ScriptureSebastian BarryNearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over the weeks leading up to this upheaval, she talks often wi...Amazon2008 Costa Book Award - Novel ShortlistA Partisan's DaughterLouis de BernieresAmazonThe Other HandChris CleaveAmazonTraumaPatrick McGrathAmazon

2007 Costa Book Award - Novel WinnerDayA. L. KennedyAlfred Day wanted his war. In its turmoil he found his proper purpose as the tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew, and - most extraordinary of all - he found Joyce, a woman to love. But that's all gone now - the...Amazon2007 Costa Book Award - Novel ShortlistDeath of a MurdererRupert ThomsonAmazonSkin LaneNeil BartlettAmazonThe Road HomeRose TremainAmazon

2006 Costa Book Award - Novel WinnerRestlessWilliam BoydShe continued her cross-examination and watched Romer's pleasure grow; he was enjoying this, she saw, and his enjoyment began to anger her. This wasn't some pastime, some idle flirtation – her brother was dead. Eva Delectorskaya, a beautiful Russian émigré...Amazon2006 Costa Book Award - Novel ShortlistA Spot of BotherMark HaddonAmazonBlack Swan GreenDavid MitchellAmazonSaving CaravaggioNeil GriffithsAmazon

2005 Costa Book Award - Novel WinnerThe AccidentalAli SmithFrom the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted, Baileys Women's Prize-winning author of How to be both and the critically acclaimed Seasonal quartet 'Brilliant and engaging, frequently hilarious. . . Smith makes one look at the world afresh' Sunday Telegraph 'A beg...Amazon2005 Costa Book Award - Novel ShortlistA Long Way DownNick HornbyAmazonShalimar the ClownSalman RushdieAmazonThe Ballad of Lee CottonChristopher WilsonAmazon

2004 Costa Book Award - Novel WinnerSmall IslandAndrea LevyWinner of the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction A Picador Original Trade Paperback Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war exp...Amazon2004 Costa Book Award - Novel ShortlistCase Histories Louis de Bernières: Birds Without WingsKate AtkinsonAmazonSmall IslandAndrea LevyAmazonThe Line of BeautyAlan HollinghurstAmazon

2003 Costa Book Award - Novel WinnerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeMark HaddonLots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them'This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are also no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yello...Amazon2003 Costa Book Award - Novel ShortlistFrankie & StankieBarbara TrapidoAmazonHeligolandShena MackayAmazonThe Lucky OnesRachel CuskAmazon