Costa (Whitbread) Award Winners 1971-2011

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  1. 1971 Winners
  2. Novel:
  3. Gerda Charles, The Destiny Waltz
  4. Biography:
  5. Michael Meyer, Henrik Ibsen
  6. Poetry:
  7. Geoffrey Hill, Mercian Hymns
  9. 1972 Awards
  10. Novel
  11. Susan Hill, The Bird of Night
  12. Biography
  13. James Pope-Hennessey, Trollope
  14. Children's Book
  15. Rumer Godden, The Diddakoi
  17. 1973 Awards
  18. Novel
  19. Shiva Naipaul, The Chip Chip Gatherers
  20. Biography
  21. John Wilson, CB: A Life of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
  22. Children's Book
  23. Alan Aldridge & William Plomer, The Butterfly Ball & The Grasshopper's Feast
  25. 1974 Awards
  26. Novel
  27. Iris Murdoch, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
  28. Biography
  29. Andrew Boyle, Poor Dear Brendan
  30. Joint Children's Books
  31. Russell Hoban & Quentin Blake, How Tom Beat Captain Bjork & His Hired Sportsmen
  32. Jill Paton Walsh, The Emperor's Winding Sheet
  33. First Book
  34. Claire Tomalin, The Life & Death of Mary Wollstonecraft
  36. 1975 Awards
  37. Novel
  38. William McIlvanney, Docherty
  39. Autobiography
  40. Helen Corke, In Our Infancy
  41. First Book
  42. Ruth Spalding, The Improbable Puritan: A Life of Bulstrode Whitelock
  44. 1976 Awards
  45. Novel
  46. William Trevor, The Children of Dynmouth
  47. Biography
  48. Winifred Gerin, Elizabeth Gaskell
  49. Children's Book
  50. Penelope Lively, A Stitch in Time
  52. 1977 Awards
  53. Novel
  54. Beryl Bainbridge, Energy Time
  55. Biography
  56. Nigel Nicolson, Mary Curzon
  57. Children's Book
  58. Shelagh Macdonald, No End to Yesterday
  60. 1978 Awards
  61. Novel
  62. Paul Theroux, Picture Palace
  63. Biography
  64. John Grigg, Lloyd George: The People's Champion
  65. Children's Novel
  66. Philippa Pearce, The Battle of Bubble & Squeak
  68. 1979 Awards
  69. Novel
  70. Jennifer Johnston, The Old Jest
  71. Autobiography
  72. About Time, Penelope Mortimer
  73. Children's Novel
  74. Peter Dickinson, Tulku
  76. 1980 Awards
  77. Novel / Book of the Year
  78. David Lodge, How Far Can You Go?
  79. Biography
  80. David Newsome, On the Edge of Paradise: A.C. Benson the Diarist
  81. Children's Novel
  82. Leon Garfield, John Diamond
  84. 1981 Awards
  85. Novel
  86. Maurice Leitch, Silver's City
  87. First Novel
  88. William Boyd, A Good Man in Africa
  89. Biography
  90. Nigel Hamilton, Monty: The Making of a General
  91. Children's Novel
  92. Jane Gardam, The Hollow Land
  94. 1982 Awards
  95. Novel
  96. John Wain, Young Shoulders
  97. First Novel
  98. Bruce Chatwin, On the Black Hill
  99. Biography
  100. Edward Crankshaw, Bismarck
  101. Children's Novel
  102. W.J. Corbett, The Song of Pentecost
  104. 1983 Awards
  105. Novel
  106. William Trevor, Fools of Fortune
  107. First Novel
  108. John Fuller, Flying to Nowhere
  109. Joint Biography
  110. Victoria Glendinning, Vita
  111. Kenneth Rose, King George V
  112. Children's Novel
  113. Roald Dahl, The Witches
  115. 1984 Awards
  116. Novel
  117. Christopher Hope, Kruger's Alp
  118. First Novel
  119. James Buchan, A Parish of Rich Women
  120. Biography
  121. Peter Ackroyd, T.S. Eliot
  122. Short Story
  123. Diane Rowe, Tomorrow is Our Permanent Address
  124. Children's Novel
  125. Barbara Willard, The Queen of the Pharisees' Children
  127. 1985 Awards
  128. Novel
  129. First Novel
  130. Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
  131. Biography
  132. Ben Pimlott, Hugh Dalton
  133. Poetry
  134. Douglas Dunn, Elegies (Book of the Year)
  135. Children's Novel
  136. Janni Howker, The Nature of the Beast
  138. 1986 Awards
  139. Novel
  140. Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World (Book of the Year)
  141. First Novel
  142. Jim Crace, Continent
  143. Biography
  144. Richard Mabey, Gilbert White
  145. Poetry
  146. Peter Reading, Stet
  147. Children's Novel
  148. Andrew Taylor, The Coal House
  150. 1987 Awards
  151. Novel
  152. Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
  153. First Novel
  154. Francis Wyndham, The Other Garden
  155. Biography
  156. Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock (Book of the Year)
  157. Poetry
  158. Seamus Heaney, The Haw Lantern
  159. Children's Novel
  160. Geraldine McCaughrean, A Little Lower than the Angels
  162. 1988 Awards
  163. Novel
  164. Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
  165. First Novel
  166. Paul Sayer, The Comforts of Madness (Book of the Year)
  167. Biography
  168. A.N. Wilson, Tolstoy
  169. Poetry
  170. Peter Porter, The Automatic Oracle
  171. Children's Novel
  172. Judy Allen, Awaiting Developments
  174. 1989 Awards
  175. Novel
  176. Lindsay Clarke, The Chymical Wedding
  177. First Novel
  178. James Hamilton-Paterson, Gerontius
  179. Biography
  180. Richard Holmes, Coleridge: The Early Visions (Book of the Year)
  181. Poetry
  182. Michael Donaghy, Shibboleth
  183. Children's Novel
  184. Hugh Scott, Why Weeps the Brogan?
  186. 1990 Awards
  187. Novel
  188. Nicholas Mosley, Hopeful Monsters (Book of the Year)
  189. First Novel
  190. Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
  191. Biography
  192. Ann Thwaite, A.A. Milne: His Life
  193. Poetry
  194. Paul Durcan, Daddy, Daddy
  195. Children's Novel
  196. Peter Dickinson, AK
  198. 1991 Awards
  199. Novel
  200. Jane Gardam, The Queen of the Tambourine
  201. First Novel
  202. Gordon Burn, Alma Cogan
  203. Biography
  204. John Richardson, A Life of Picasso (Book of the Year)
  205. Poetry
  206. Michael Longley, Gorse Fires
  207. Children's Novel
  208. Diana Hendry, Harvey Angell
  210. 1992 Awards
  211. Novel
  212. Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
  213. First Novel
  214. Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing! (Book of the Year)
  215. Biography
  216. Victoria Glendinning, Trollope
  217. Poetry
  218. Tony Harrison, The Gaze of the Gorgon
  219. Children's Novel
  220. Gillian Cross, The Great Elephant Chase
  222. 1993 Awards
  223. Novel
  224. Joan Brady, Theory of War (Book of the Year)
  225. First Novel
  226. Rachel Cusk, Saving Agnes
  227. Biography
  228. Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life
  229. Poetry
  230. Carol Ann Duffy, Mean Time
  231. Children's Novel
  232. Anne Fine, Flour Babies
  234. 1994 Awards
  235. Novel
  236. William Trevor, Felicia's Journey (Book of the Year)
  237. First Novel
  238. Fred D'Aguiar, The Longest Memory
  239. Biography
  240. Brenda Maddox, D.H. Lawrence: The Married Man
  241. Poetry
  242. James Fenton, Out of Danger
  243. Children's Novel
  244. Geraldine McCaughrean, Gold Dust
  246. 1995 Awards
  247. Novel
  248. Salman Rushdie, The Moor's Last Sigh
  249. First Novel
  250. Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Book of the Year)
  251. Biography
  252. Roy Jenkins, Gladstone
  253. Poetry
  254. Bernard O'Donoghue, Gunpowder
  255. Children's Novel
  256. Michael Mopurgo, The Wreck of the Zanzibar
  258. 1996 Awards
  259. Novel
  260. Beryl Bainbridge, Every Man for Himself
  261. First Novel
  262. John Lanchester, The Debt to Pleasure
  263. Bigoraphy
  264. Diarmaid MacCulloch, Thomas Cranmer: A Life
  265. Poetry
  266. Seamus Heaney, The Spirit Level (Book of the Year)
  267. Children's Book
  268. Anne Fine, The Tulip Touch
  270. 1997 Awards
  271. Novel
  272. Jim Crace, Quarantine
  273. First Novel
  274. Pauline Melville, The Ventriloquist's Tale
  275. Biography
  276. Graham Robb, Victor Hugo
  277. Poetry
  278. Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid (Book of the Year)
  279. Children's Book
  280. Andrew Norriss, Aquila
  282. 1998 Awards
  283. Novel
  284. W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz (Winner)
  285. Fiction
  286. Justin Cartwright, Leading the Cheers
  287. First Novel
  288. Giles Foden, The Last King of Scotland
  289. Biography
  290. Amanda Foreman, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
  291. Poetry
  292. Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters (Book of the Year)
  293. Children's Book
  294. David Almond, Skellig
  296. 1999 Awards
  297. Novel
  298. Rose Tremain, Music and Silence
  299. First Novel
  300. Tim Lott, White City Blue
  301. Biography
  302. David Cairns, Berlioz, Volume 2
  303. Poetry
  304. Seamus Heaney, Beowulf (Book of the Year)
  305. Children's Book
  306. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
  308. 2000 Awards
  309. Novel
  310. Matthew Kneale, English Passengers (Book of the Year)
  311. First Novel
  312. Zadie Smith, White Teeth
  313. Biography/Autobiography
  314. Lorna Sage, Bad Blood
  315. Poetry
  316. John Burnside, The Asylum Dance
  317. Children's Book
  318. Jamila Gavin, Coram Boy
  320. 2001 Awards
  321. Novel
  322. Patrick Neate, Twelve Bar Blues
  323. First Novel
  324. Sid Smith, Something Like a House
  325. Biography
  326. Diane Souhami, Selkirk's Island
  327. Poetry
  328. Selima Hill, Bunny
  329. Children's Book
  330. Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (Book of the Year)
  332. 2002 Awards
  333. Novel
  334. Michael Frayn, Spies
  335. First Novel
  336. Norman Lebrecht, The Song of Names
  337. Biography
  338. Claire Tomalin, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self (Book of the Year)
  339. Poetry
  340. Paul Farley, The Ice Age
  341. Children's Book
  342. Hilary McKay, Saffy's Angel
  344. 2003 Awards
  345. Novel
  346. Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Book of the Year)
  347. First Novel
  348. DBC Pierre, Vernon God Little
  349. Biography
  350. D.J. Taylor, Orwell: The Life
  351. Poetry
  352. Don Paterson, Landing Light
  353. Children's Book
  354. David Almond, The Fire-Eaters
  356. 2004 Awards
  357. Novel
  358. Andrea Levy, Small Island (Book of the Year)
  359. First Novel
  360. Susan Fletcher, Eve Green
  361. Biography
  362. John Guy: My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
  363. Poetry
  364. Michael Simmons Roberts, Corpus
  365. Children's Book
  366. Geraldine McCaughrean, Not the End of the World
  368. 2005 Awards
  369. Novel
  370. Ali Smith, the accidental
  371. First Novel
  372. Tash Aw, The Harmony Silk Factory
  373. Biography
  374. Hilary Spurling, Matisse: The Master (Book of the Year)
  375. Poetry
  376. Christopher Logue, Cold Calls
  377. Children's Book
  378. Kate Thompson, The New Policeman
  380. 2006 Awards
  381. Novel
  382. William Boyd, Restless
  383. First Novel
  384. Stef Penney, The Tenderness of Wolves (Book of the Year
  385. Biography
  386. Brian Thompson, Keeping Mum
  387. Poetry
  388. John Haynes, Letter to Patience
  389. Children's Book
  390. Linda Newbery, Set in Stone
  392. 2007 Awards
  393. Novel
  394. A.L. Kennedy, Day (Book of the Year)
  395. First Novel
  396. Catherine O'Flynn, What Was Lost
  397. Biography
  398. Simon Sebag Montefiore, Young Stalin
  399. Poetry
  400. Jean Sprackland, Tilt
  401. Children's Book
  402. Ann Kelley, The Bower Bird
  404. 2008 Awards
  405. Novel
  406. Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture (Book of the Year)
  407. First Novel
  408. Sadie Jones, The Outcast
  409. Biography
  410. Diana Athill, Somewhere Towards the End
  411. Poetry
  412. Adam Foulds, The Broken World
  413. Children's Book
  414. Michelle Magorian, Just Henry
  416. 2009 Awards
  417. Novel
  418. Colm Toibin, Brooklyn
  419. First Novel
  420. Raphael Selbourne, Beauty
  421. Biography
  422. Graham Farmelo, The Strangest Man
  423. Poetry
  424. Christopher Reid, A Scattering (Book of the Year)
  425. Children's Book
  426. Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer
  428. 2010 Awards
  429. Novel
  430. Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine
  431. First Novel
  432. Kishwar Desai, Witness the Night
  433. Biography
  434. Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes
  435. Poetry
  436. Jo Shapcott, Of Mutability (Book of the Year)
  437. Children's Book
  438. Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows
  440. 2011 Awards
  441. Novel
  442. Andrew Miller, Pure (Book of the Year)
  443. First Novel
  444. Christie Watson, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away
  445. Biography
  446. Matthew Hollis, Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas
  447. Poetry
  448. Carol Ann Duffy, The Bees
  449. Children's Book
  450. Moira Young, Blood Red Road
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Updated 1/24/12: added 2011 Book of the Year

The Costa Book Awards, formerly the Whitbread Book Awards, were established in 1971 to encourage, promote and celebrate the best contemporary British writing.

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National (US) Book Critics Circle Award winners and finalists 1975-2010