The Modern Library

BOOKER PRIZE

Author must be a citizen of the Commonwealth, Pakistan, or the Republic of Ireland. No short stories or novellas. No English translation. Formerly named the Booker McConnell Prize.

1969 Something to Answer For P. H. Newby

1970 The Elected Member Bernice Rubens

1971 In a Free State V. S. Naipaul

1972 G John Berger

1973 The Siege of Krishnapur J. G. Farrell

1974 The Conservationist Nadine Gordimer Holiday Stanley Middleton

1975 Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

1976 Saville David Storey

1977 Staying On Paul Scott

1978 The Sea, the Sea Iris Murdoch

1979 Offshore Penelope Fitzgerald

1980 Rites of Passage William Golding

1981 Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie

1982 Schindler’s Ark Thomas Keneally (US: Schindler’s List)

1983 Life and Times of Michael K J. M. Coetzee

1984 Hôtel du Lac Anita Brookner

1985 The Bone People Keri Hulme

1986 The Old Devils Kingsley Amis

1987 Moon Tiger Penelope Lively

1988 Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey

1989 The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro

1990 Possession A. S. Byatt

1991 The Famished Road Ben Okri

1992 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje Sacred Hunger Barry Unsworth

1993 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Roddy Doyle

1994 How Late It Was, How Late James Kelman

1995 The Ghost Road Pat Barker

1996 Last Orders Graham Swift

1997 The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy

1998 Amsterdam Ian McEwan

1999 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee

2000 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood

2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey

2002 Life of Pi Yann Martel

2003 Vernon God Little D. B. C. Pierre

2004 The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst

2005 The Sea John Banville

2006 The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai

2007 The Gathering Anne Enright

2008 The White Tiger Aravind Adiga

2009 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel

2010 The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson

THE CNA AWARD

Authors must be of South African birth or registered permanent residents of South Africa. Books entered for the award must be published in a South African edition. Any original work written in any of the indigenous or official languages of South Africa is eligible for consideration.

1961 The Desert Place Siegfried Stander

1962 The Bull from the Sea Mary Renault

1963 The Seed and the Sower Laurens van der Post

1964 Hofmeyr Alan Paton

1965 British Supremacy in South Africa 1899–1907 G. H. le May

1966 No Ordinary Woman Thelma Gutsche

1967 The Hunter and the Whale Laurens van der Post

1968 The Horse Thief Siegfried Stander

1969 No award

1970 The Stone Fish John McIntosh

1971 The Rain-Maker Jack Cope

1972 The Castaways Sheila Fugard

1973 Apartheid and the Archbishop Alan Paton

1974 The Conservationist Nadine Gordimer

1975 Selected Poems Guy Butler

1976 Border Anthony Delius

1977 In the Heart of the Country J. M. Coetzee

1978 Rumours of Rain André Brink

1979 Burger’s Daughter Nadine Gordimer

1980 Waiting for the Barbarians J. M. Coetzee

1981 July’s People Nadine Gordimer

1982 A Chain of Voices André Brink

1983 Life and Times of Michael K J. M. Coetzee

1984 Selected Poems Douglas Livingstone

1985 Call Me Woman Ellen Kuzwayo

1986 The Twenty-Ninth Parallel David Robbins

1987 Phoebe and Nio E. M. Macphail

1988 White Boy Running Christopher Hope

1989 Memory of Snow and of Dust Breyten Breytenbach

1990 My Son’s Story Nadine Gordimer

1991 The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs Damon Galut

1992 Tramp Royal Tim Couzens

1993 The Folly Ivan Vladislavic

1994 Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela

1995 Other Places Sarah Ruden (Creative Literature)

1995 The Calling of Katie Makanya Margaret McCord (Non-fiction)

COMMONWEALTH PRIZE

Any work of prose fiction first published in year prior to the award. Author must be a member of a Commonwealth country.

1987 Summer Lightning Olive Senior

1988 Heroes Festus Iyayi

1989 The Carpathians Janet Frame Women of Influence Bonnie Burnard

1990 Solomon Gursky Mordecai Richler Visitors John Cranna

1991 The Great World David Malouf Shape-Shifter Pauline Melville

1992 Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry Divina Trace Robert Antoni

1993 The Ancestor Game Alex Miller The Thousand Faces of the Night Githa Hariharan

1994 A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth The Case of Emily V. Keith Oatley

1995 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernières Seasonal Adjustments Adib Khan

1996 A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry Red Earth and Pouring Rain Vikram Chandra

1997 Salt Earl Lovelace Fall on Your Knees Ann-Marie MacDonald

1998 Jack Maggs Peter Carey Angel Falls Tim Wynveen

1999 Eucalyptus Murray Bail The Electrical Field Kerri Sakamoto

2000 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain Jeffrey Moore

2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey White Teeth Zadie Smith

2002 Gould’s Book of Fish Richard Flanagan Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade Manu Herbstein

2003 The Polished Hoe Austin Clarke Haweswater Sarah Hall

2004 The Distant Shore Caryl Phillips The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon

2005 Small Island Andrea Levy Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2006 The Secret River Kate Grenville Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement Mark MacWatt

2007 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones Vandal Love D. Y. Bechard

2008 The Book of Negroes Lawrence Hill A Golden Age Tahmima Anam

2009 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas A Case of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif

2010 Solo Rana Dasgupta Siddon Rock Glenda Guest

GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD

Selected by the Canada Council and given for outstanding Englishand French-language works.

1950 The Outlander (translation) Germaine Guevremont

1951 The Loved and the Lost Morley Callaghan

1952 The Pillar David Walker

1953 Digby David Walker

1954 The Fall of a Titan Igor Gouzenko

1955 The Sixth of June Lionel Shapiro

1956 The Sacrifice Adele Wiseman

1957 Street of Riches (translation) Gabrielle Roy

1958 Execution Colin McDougall

1959 The Watch that Ends the Night Hugh MacLennan

1960 The Luck of Ginger Coffey Brian Moore

1961 Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place Malcolm Lowry

1962 Running to Paradise Kildare Dobbs

1963 Hugh Garner’s Best Stories Hugh Garner

1964 The Deserter Douglas LePan

1965 No selection

1966 A Jest of God Margaret Laurence

1967 No selection

1968 Dance of the Happy Shades Alice Munro

1969 The Studhorse Man Robert Kroetsch

1970 The New Ancestors Dave Godfrey

1971 St Urbain’s Horseman Mordecai Richler

1972 The Manticore Robertson Davies

1973 The Temptations of Big Bear Rudy Wiebe

1974 The Diviners Margaret Laurence

1975 The Great Victorian Collection Brian Moore

1976 Bear Marian Engel

1977 The Wars Timothy Findley

1978 Who Do You Think You Are? Alice Munro

1979 The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne Jack Hodgins

1980 Burning Water George Bowering

1981 Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories Mavis Gallant

1982 Man Descending Guy Vanderhaeghe

1983 Shakespeare’s Dog Leon Rooke

1984 The Engineer of Human Souls Josef Skvorecky

1985 The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood

1986 The Progress of Love Alice Munro

1987 A Dream Like Mine M. T. Kelly

1988 Nights Below Station Street David Adams Richards

1989 Whale Music Paul Quarrington

1990 Lives of the Saints Nino Ricci

1991 Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry

1992 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje

1993 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields

1994 A Discovery of Strangers Rudy Wiebe

1995 The Roaring Girl Greg Hollingshead

1996 The Englishman’s Boy Guy Vanderhaeghe

1997 The Underpainter Jane Urquhart

1998 Forms of Devotion Diane Schoemperlen

1999 Elizabeth and After Matt Cohen

2000 Anil’s Ghost Michael Ondaatje

2001 Clara Callan Richard B. Wright

2002 A Song for Nettie Johnson Gloria Sawai

2003 Elle Douglas Glover

2004 A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews

2005 A Perfect Night to Go to China David Gilmour

2006 The Law of Dreams Peter Behrens

2007 Divisadero Michael Ondaatje

2008 The Origin of Species Nino Ricci

2009 The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger

2010 Cool Water Dianne Warren

HUGHES & HUGHES IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR

The Hughes & Hughes Award is part of the annual Irish Book Awards.

2003 That They May Face The Rising Sun John McGahern

2004 Dancer Colum McCann

2005 Havoc In Its Third Year Ronan Bennett

2006 The Sea John Banville

2007 Winterwood Pat McCabe

2008 The Gathering Anne Enright

2009 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry

2010 Room Emma Donoghue

MILES FRANKLIN AWARD

Awarded for a novel or play of the highest literary merit, written by an Australian, presenting aspects of Australian life, and published during the preceding year.

1957 Voss Patrick White

1958 To the Islands Randolph Stow

1959 The Big Fellow Vance Palmer

1960 The Irishman Elizabeth O’Connor

1961 Riders in the Chariot Patrick White

1962 The Well-Dressed Explorer Thea Astley The Cupboard Under the Stairs George Turner

1963 Careful He Might Hear You Sumner Locke Elliott

1964 My Brother Jack George Johnston

1965 The Slow Natives Thea Astley

1966 Trap Peter Mathers

1967 Bring Larks and Heroes Thomas Keneally

1968 Three Cheers for the Paraclete Thomas Keneally

1969 Clean Straw for Nothing George Johnston

1970 A Horse of Air Dal Stivens

1971 The Unknown Industrial Prisoner David Ireland

1972 The Acolyte Thea Astley

1973 No award

1974 The Mango Tree Ronald McKie

1975 Poor Fellow My Country Xavier Herbert

1976 The Glass Canoe David Ireland

1977 Swords and Crowns and Rings Ruth Park

1978 Tirra Lirra by the River Jessica Anderson

1979 A Woman of the Future David Ireland

1980 The Impersonators Jessica Anderson

1981 Bliss Peter Carey

1982 Just Relations Rodney Hall

1983 No award

1984 Shallows Tim Winton

1985 The Doubleman Christopher Koch

1986 The Well Elizabeth Jolley

1987 Dancing on Coral Glenda Adams

1988 No award

1989 Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey

1990 Oceana Fine Tom Flood

1991 The Great World David Malouf

1992 Cloudstreet Tim Winton

1993 The Ancestor Game Alex Miller

1994 The Grisly Wife Rodney Hall

1995 The Hand That Signed the Paper Helen Demidenko

1996 Highways to a War Christopher Koch

1997 The Glade Within the Grove David Foster

1998 Jack Maggs Peter Carey

1999 Eucalyptus Murray Bail

2001 Dark Palace Frank Moorhouse

2002 Dirt Music Tim Winton

2003 Journey to the Stone Country Alex Miller

2004 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard

2005 The White Earth Andrew McGahan

2006 The Ballad of Desmond Kale Roger McDonald

2007 Carpentaria Alexis Wright

2008 The Time We Have Taken Steven Carroll

2009 Breath Tim Winton

2010 Truth Peter Temple

MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARD

This was the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award until 1994. Author must be a New Zealand citizen. From 2010 the prize was renamed the New Zealand Post Book Award.

1968 The New Zealand Sea Shore John Morton/M. Miller

1969 Augustus Earle in New Zealand A. Murray-Oliver

1970 Fateful Voyage of the St Jean Baptiste John Dunmore

1971 William and Mary Rolleston Rosemary Rolleston

1972 200 Years of New Zealand Painting Gil Docking

1973 Strangers and Journeys Maurice Shadbolt

1974 Tangi Witi Ihimaera

1975 Nothing Venture, Nothing Win Sir Edmund Hillary

1976 The Wind Commands Harry Morton

1977 Charles Brasch James Bertram

1978 Sovereign Chief: A Biography of Baron de Thierry J. D. Raeside

1979 Plumb Maurice Gee

1980 Leaves of the Banyan Tree Albert Wendt

1981 Eruera Eruera Stirling/Anne Salmond Te Rauparaha Patricia Burns

1982 Craft New Zealand Doreen Blumhardt, Brian Brake Other Halves Sue McCauley

1983 To the Is-Land Janet Frame

1984 Maori: A Photographic and Social History Michael King

1985 The Envoy from Mirror City Janet Frame

1986 The Matriarch Witi Ihimaera

1987 Season of the Jew Maurice Shadbolt

1988 The Treaty of Waitangi Claudia Orange

1989 Sylvia Lynley Hood

1990 Moriori Michael King

1991 The Burning Boy Maurice Gee

1992 Portrait of the Artist’s Wife Barbara Anderson

1993 Going West Maurice Gee (Name change to Montana Book Award)

1994 Let the River Stand Vincent O’Sullivan

1995 Bulibasha Witi Ihimaera (Name change to Montana New Zealand Book Award)

1996 Redemption Songs — A Life of To Kooti Arikangii Te Turuki Judith Binney

1997 The Story of Suzanne Aubert Jessie Munroe

1998 Live Bodies Maurice Gee

1999 The Vintner’s Luck Elizabeth Knox

2000 Harlequin Rex Owen Marshall

2001 The Book of Fame Lloyd Jones

2002 Stonedogs Craig Marriner

2003 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson

2004 Slow Water Annamarie Jagoose

2005 Tue Patricia Gace

2006 Blindsight Maurice Gee

2007 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones

2008 Opportunity Charlotte Grimshaw

2009 About My Wife Emily Perkins

2010 As the Earth Turns Silver Alison Wong

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

Author must be an American citizen. Books cannot be submitted for this but are selected by a panel.

FICTION PRIZEWINNERS

1950 The Man With the Golden Arm Nelson Algren

1951 Collected Stories William Faulkner

1952 From Here to Eternity James Jones

1953 Invisible Man Ralph Ellison

1954 The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow

1955 Ten North Frederick John O’Hara

1956 No award

1957 Field of Vision Wright Morris

1958 The Wapshot Chronicle John Cheever

1959 The Magic Barrel Bernard Malamud

1960 Goodbye, Columbus Philip Roth

1961 The Waters of Kronos Conrad Richter

1962 The Moviegoer Walker Percy

1963 Morte d’Urban J. F. Powers

1964 The Centaur John Updike

1965 Herzog Saul Bellow

1966 The Collected Stories Katherine Anne Porter

1967 The Fixer Bernard Malamud

1968 The Eighth Day Thornton Wilder

1969 Steps Jerzy Kosinski

1970 Them Joyce Carol Oates

1971 Mr Sammler’s Planet Saul Bellow

1972 The Complete Stories Flannery O’Connor

1973 Chimera John Barth

1974 Gravity’s Rainbow Thomas Pynchon A Crown of Feathers Isaac Bashevis Singer

1975 Dog Soldiers Robert Stone The Hair of Harold Roux Thomas Williams

1976 J.R. William Gaddis

1977 The Spectator Bird Wallace Stegner

1978 Blood Ties Mary Lee Settle

1979 Going After Cacciato Tim O’Brien

1980 Sophie’s Choice William Styron

1981 Plains Song Wright Morris

1982 Rabbit is Rich John Updike

1983 The Color Purple Alice Walker

1984 Victory over Japan Ellen Gilchrist

1985 White Noise Don DeLillo

1986 World’s Fair E. L. Doctorow

1987 Paco’s Story Larry Heinemann

1988 Paris Trout Pete Dexter

1989 Spartina John Casey

1990 Middle Passage Charles Johnson

1991 Mating Norman Rush

1992 All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy

1993 The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx

1994 A Frolic of His Own William Gaddis

1995 Sabbath’s Theater Philip Roth

1996 Ship Fever and Other Stories Andrea Barrett

1997 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier

1998 Charming Billy Alice McDermott

1999 Waiting Ha Jin

2000 In America Susan Sontag

2001 The Corrections Jonathan Franzen

2002 Three Junes Julia Glass

2003 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard

2004 The News From Paraguay Lily Tuck

2005 Europe Central William Vollmann

2006 The Echo Maker Richard Powers

2007 Tree of Smoke Denis Johnson

2008 Shadow Country Peter Matthiessen

2009 Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann

2010 Lord of Misrule Jaimy Gordon

NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

Awarded by the Swedish Academy for a writer’s contribution to literature, language and society.

1950 Bertrand Russell

1951 Pär Fabian Lagerkvist

1952 François Mauriac

1953 Sir Winston Churchill

1954 Ernest Hemingway

1955 Halldór Laxness

1956 Juan Ramon Jimenez

1957 Albert Camus

1958 Boris Pasternak (obliged to decline award)

1959 Salvatore Quasimodo

1960 Saint-John Perse

1961 Ivo Andrić

1962 John Steinbeck

1963 George Seferis (pseudonym of Giorgos Seferiadis)

1964 Jean-Paul Sartre (declined award)

1965 Michail Sholokhov

1966 Shmuel Yosef Agnon; Nelly Sachs

1967 Miguel Angel Asturias

1968 Kawabata Yasunari

1969 Samuel Beckett

1970 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

1971 Pablo Neruda

1972 Heinrich Boll

1973 Patrick White

1974 Eyvind Johnson; Harry Martinson

1975 Eugenio Montale

1976 Saul Bellow

1977 Vicente Aleixandre

1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer

1979 Odysseus Elytis (pseudonym of Odysseus Alepoudhelis)

1980 Czeslaw Milosz

1981 Elias Canetti

1982 Gabriel García Márquez

1983 Sir William Golding

1984 Jaroslav Siefert

1985 Claude Simon

1986 Wole Soyinka

1987 Joseph Brodsky

1988 Naguib Mahfouz

1989 Camilo José Cela

1990 Octavio Paz

1991 Nadine Gordimer

1992 Derek Walcott

1993 Toni Morrison

1994 Kenzaburo Oë

1995 Seamus Heaney

1996 Wislawa Szymborska

1997 Dario Fo

1998 José Saramago

1999 Günter Grass

2000 Gao Xingjian

2001 V. S. Naipaul

2002 Imre Ketersz

2003 J. M. Coetzee

2004 Elfriede Jelinek

2005 Harold Pinter

2006 Orhan Pamuk

2007 Doris Lessing

2008 Jean-Marie Gustavo Le Clezio

2009 Herta Muller

2010 Mario Vargas Llosa

PRIX FEMINA ÉTRANGER

French literary prize awarded by an all-women jury of twelve, to novels written in a.foreign language. No restrictions on nationality. Books can be translations from any language.

1985 Life and Times of Michael K J. M. Coetzee

1986 Bathsheba Torgny Lindgren

1987 Monkeys Susan Minot

1988 The Black Box Amos Oz

1989 The Truth about Lorin Jones Alison Lurie

1990 The Lost Morning Vergilio Ferreira

1991 The Great World David Malouf

1992 Talking it Over Julian Barnes

1993 A Child in Time Ian McEwan

1994 Restoration Rose Tremain

1995 Decanted Red Jeroen Brouwers

1996 Tomorrow in the Battle, Think on Me Javier Marias

1997 The Fallen City Jia Pingwa

1998 Full Moon Antonio Munoz Molina

1999 The White Buddha Hitonari Tsuji

2000 My Brother Jamaica Kincaid

2001 The Long Falling Keith Ridgway

2002 God’s Mountain Erri De Luca

2003 The Door Magda Szabo

2004 The Speckled People Hugo Hamilton

2005 The Falls Joyce Carol Oates

2006 The Story of Chicago May Nuala O’Faolain

2007 Mother’s Milk Edward St. Aubyn

2008 Calm Chaos Sandro Veronesi

2009 Maurice mit Huhn Matthias Zschokke

2010 Puhdistus Sofi Oksanen

PRIX MÉDICIS ÉTRANGER

French literary prize awarded by a jury of twelve to novels written in a foreign language. No restrictions on nationality. Books can be translations from any language.

1970 Jump of Death Luigi Malherba

1971 Deliverance James Dickey

1972 Cobra Severo Sarduy

1973 Life is Elsewhere Milan Kundera

1974 Manuel’s Book Julio Cortazar

1975 The Too Brief Life of Edwin Mulhouse Steven Millhauser

1976 No award

1977 The Treatise of Seasons Hector Biancotti

1978 Radiant Future Aleksandr Zinoviev

1979 The Harp and the Shadow Alejo Carpentier

1980 A Dry White Season André Brink

1981 The Day of the Countess David Shahar

1982 The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco

1983 The Blue Road Kenneth White

1984 Aracoeli Elsa Morante

1985 God Knows Joseph Heller

1986 Adventures of the Fur Trade in Alaska John Hawkes

1987 Indian Nocturne Antonio Tabucchi

1988 Ancient Masters Thomas Bernhard

1989 The Admiral’s Snow Alvaro Mutis

1990 The Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh

1991 The Story that was Happy then Painful then Funereal Pietro Citati

1992 Wartime Lies Louis Begley

1993 Leviathan Paul Auster

1994 Brother Sleep Robert Schneider

1995 The Castles of Anger Alessandro Baricco

1996 Himmelfarb Michael Kruger Sonietchka Ludmila Oulitskaia

1997 The Tortilla Curtain T. C. Boyle

1998 The House of Sleep Jonathan Coe

1999 The Captain of his Dreams Bjorn Larsson

2000 Anil’s Ghost Michael Ondaatje

2001 La Noce Du Poète Antonio Skarmeta

2002 The Human Stain Philip Roth

2003 Le Mal De Montano Enrique Vila-Matas

2004 Story of a Life Aharon Appelfeld

2005 Snow Orhan Pamuk

2006 Return of the Hooligan Norman Manea

2007 The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million Daniel Mendelsohn

2008 A Perfect Boy Alain Claude Sulzer

2009 What is the What Dave Eggers

2010 Sukkwan Island David Vann

PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION

Author must be an American citizen. Books cannot be submitted for this, but are selected by a panel.

1950 The Way West A. B. Guthrie Jr.

1951 The Town Conrad Richter

1952 The Caine Mutiny Herman Wouk

1953 The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway

1954 No award

1955 A Fable William Faulkner

1956 Andersonville Mackinlay Kantor

1957 No award

1958 A Death in the Family James Agee (posthumous publication/award)

1959 The Travels of Jamie McPheeters Robert Lewis Taylor

1960 Advise and Consent Allen Drury

1961 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee

1962 The Edge of Sadness Edwin O’Connor

1963 The Reivers William Faulkner

1964 No award

1965 The Keepers of the House Shirley Ann Grau

1966 Collected Stories Katherine Anne Porter

1967 The Fixer Bernard Malamud

1968 The Confessions of Nat Turner William Styron

1969 House Made of Dawn N. Scott Momaday

1970 Collected Stories Jean Stafford

1971 No award

1972 Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner

1973 The Optimist’s Daughter Eudora Welty

1974 No award

1975 The Killer Angels Michael Shaara

1976 Humboldt’s Gift Saul Bellow

1977 No award

1978 Elbow Room James Alan McPherson

1979 The Stories of John Cheever John Cheever

1980 The Executioner’s Song Norman Mailer

1981 A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole

1982 Rabbit is Rich John Updike

1983 The Color Purple Alice Walker

1984 Ironweed William Kennedy

1985 Foreign Affairs Alison Lurie

1986 Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry

1987 A Summons to Memphis Peter Taylor

1988 Beloved Toni Morrison

1989 Breathing Lessons Anne Tyler

1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Oscar Hijuelos

1991 Rabbit at Rest John Updike

1992 A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley

1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler

1994 The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx

1995 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields

1996 Independence Day Richard Ford

1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer Steven Millhauser

1998 American Pastoral Philip Roth

1999 The Hours Michael Cunningham

2000 Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri

2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon

2002 Empire Falls Rick Russo

2003 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides

2004 The Known World Edward P. Jones

2005 Gilead Marilynne Robinson

2006 March Geraldine Brooks

2007 The Road Cormac McCarthy

2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz

2009 Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout

2010 Tinkers Paul Harding

STAKIS PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH WRITER OF THE YEAR

Author must have been born in Scotland, have Scottish parents or have been resident in Scotland for a considerable period, or have taken Scotland as his or her inspiration. Entries in Scots, English and Gaelic are all eligible. Until 1997, named the McVities Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year.

1987 Nairn in Darkness and Light David Thomas

1988 The Great Profundo and Other Stories Bernard MacLaverty Antarctica: Beyond the Frozen Sea Edwin Mickleburgh

1989 MacDiarmid Alan Bold

1990 From Wood to Ridge Sorley Maclean

1991 Brazzaville Beach William Boyd

1992 Scotland’s Music John Purser

1993 Landscapes and Memories John Prebble

1994 Foreign Parts Janice Galloway

1995 Something Very Like Murder Frank Kuppner

1996 Stone Garden and Other Stories Alan Spence

1997 Oideachadh Ceart agus dáin ede/A Proper Schooling Aonghas MacNeacail

1998 The Good Times James Kelman Virtual and Other Realities Edwin Morgan

SALTIRE SOCIETY SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR

1996 The Kiln William McIlvanney

1997 Grace Notes Bernard MacLaverty

1998 The Sopranos Alan Warner

1999 Pursuits George Bruce

2000 The Lantern Bearers: A Novel Ronald Frame

2001 Medea Liz Lochhead

2002 Clara: A Novel Janice Galloway

2003 Joseph Knight James Robertson

2004 In Another Light Andrew Greig

2005 Case Histories Kate Atkinson

2006 A Lie About my Father John Burnside

2007 Day A. L. Kennedy

2008 Kieron Smith, boy James Kelman

2009 The Bard: Robert Burns, A Biography Robert Crawford

2010 And the Land Lay Still James Robertson

WHITBREAD NOVEL AWARD

The Whitbread Book Awards are made up of six awards: first novel, novel, biography, poetry and children’s. The winners of each adult category then go forward to the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Author must have been resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland for three years. Since 2006 this award has been called the Costa Novel Award

1971 The Destiny Waltz Gerda Charles

1972 The Bird of the Night Susan Hill

1973 The Chip Chip Gatherers Shiva Naipaul

1974 The Sacred and Profane Love Machine Iris Murdoch

1975 Docherty William McIlvanney

1976 The Children of Dynmouth William Trevor

1977 Injury Time Beryl Bainbridge

1978 Picture Palace Paul Theroux

1979 The Old Jest Jennifer Johnston

1980 How Far Can You Go? David Lodge (and Book of the Year)

1981 Silver’s City Maurice Leitch

1982 Young Shoulders John Wain

1983 Fools of Fortune William Trevor

1984 Kruger’s Alp Christopher Hope

1985 Hawksmoor Peter Ackroyd

1986 An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro (and Book of the Year)

1987 The Child in Time Ian McEwan

1988 The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie

1989 The Chymical Wedding Lindsay Clarke

1990 Hopeful Monsters Nicholas Mosley (and Book of the Year)

1991 The Queen of the Tambourine Jane Gardam

1992 Poor Things Alasdair Gray

1993 Theory of War Joan Brady (and Book of the Year)

1994 Felicia’s Journey William Trevor (and Book of the Year)

1995 The Moor’s Last Sigh Salman Rushdie

1996 Every Man for Himself Beryl Bainbridge

1997 Quarantine Jim Crace

1998 Leading the Cheers Justin Cartwright

1999 Music and Silence Rose Tremain

2000 English Passengers Matthew Kneale

2001 Twelve-Bar Blues Patrick Neate

2002 Spies Michael Frayn

2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon

2004 Small Island Andea Levy

2005 The Accidental Ali Smith (Here renamed the Costa Novel Award)

2006 Restless William Boyd

2007 Day A. L. Kennedy

2008 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry

2009 Brooklyn Colm Tóibín

2010 The Hand That First Held Mine Maggie O’Farrell

WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL AWARD

Author must have been resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland for three years. Renamed the Costa First Novel Award in 2006.

1981 A Good Man in Africa William Boyd

1982 On the Black Hill Bruce Chatwin

1983 Flying to Nowhere John Fuller

1984 A Parish of Rich Women James Buchan

1985 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson

1986 Continent Jim Crace

1987 The Other Garden Francis Wyndham

1988 The Comfort of Madness Paul Sayer (and Book of the Year)

1989 Gerontius James Hamilton-Paterson

1990 The Buddha of Suburbia Hanif Kureishi

1991 Alma Cogan (US: Alma: A Novel) Gordon Burn

1992 Swing Hammer Swing! Jeff Torrington (and Book of the Year)

1993 Saving Agnes Rachel Cusk

1994 The Longest Memory: A Novel Fred D’Aguiar

1995 Behind the Scenes at the Museum Kate Atkinson (and Book of the Year)

1996 The Debt to Pleasure John Lanchester

1997 The Ventriloquist’s Tale Pauline Melville

1998 The Last King of Scotland Giles Foden

1999 White City Blues Tim Lott

2000 White Teeth Zadie Smith

2001 Something Like a House Sid Smith

2002 The Song of Names Norman Lebrecht

2003 Vernon God Little D. B. C. Pierre

2004 Eve Green Susan Fletcher

2005 The Harmony Silk Factory Tash Aw

2006 The Tenderness of Wolves Stef Penney

2007 What Was Lost Catherine O’Flynn

2008 The Outcast Sadie Jones

2009 Beauty Raphael Selbourne

2010 Witness the Night Kishwar Desai