Costa Book Award for Novel

Winners

2021	Unsettled Ground ★☆	Claire Fuller ★☆
2020	The Mermaid of Black Conch ★	Monique Roffey ★☆☆
2019	Middle England ★	Jonathan Coe ★☆
2018	Normal People ★☆	Sally Rooney ★☆☆
2017	Reservoir 13 ★☆☆	Jon McGregor ★★☆☆☆☆
2016	Days without End ★☆	Sebastian Barry ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
2015	A God in Ruins ★	Kate Atkinson ★★☆☆
2014	How to Be Both ★★☆	Ali Smith ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
2013	Life after Life ★☆	Kate Atkinson ★★☆☆
2012	Bring Up the Bodies ★★☆	Hilary Mantel ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
2011	Pure ★☆	Andrew Miller ★★☆☆☆☆
2010	The Hand That First Held Mine ★	Maggie O'Farrell ★★☆☆☆
2008	The Secret Scripture ★☆	Sebastian Barry ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
2007	Day ★	A.L. Kennedy ★☆
2006	Restless ★	William Boyd ★☆☆☆
2005	The Accidental ★☆☆	Ali Smith ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
2003	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ★☆	Mark Haddon ★☆☆
2002	Spies ★☆	Michael Frayn ★☆☆☆☆
2001	Twelve Bar Blues ★	Patrick Neate ★
2000	English Passengers ★☆	Matthew Kneale ★☆
1999	Music and Silence ★	Rose Tremain ★★☆☆☆☆☆
1998	Leading the Cheers ★	Justin Cartwright ★☆☆☆
1997	Quarantine ★☆☆	Jim Crace ★★☆☆☆☆
1996	Every Man for Himself ★☆	Beryl Bainbridge ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
1995	The Moor's Last Sigh ★☆	Salman Rushdie ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
1994	Felicia's Journey ★	William Trevor ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
1993	Theory of War ★	Joan Brady ★
1992	Poor Things ★	Alasdair Gray ★
1991	The Queen of the Tambourine ★	Jane Gardam ★☆☆
1990	Hopeful Monsters ★	Nicholas Mosley ★☆
1989	The Chymical Wedding ★	Lindsay Clarke ★
1988	The Satanic Verses ★☆	Salman Rushdie ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
1987	The Child in Time ★	Ian McEwan ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
1986	An Artist of the Floating World ★☆	Kazuo Ishiguro ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
1985	Hawksmoor ★	Peter Ackroyd ★☆
1984	Kruger's Alp ★	Christopher Hope ★☆
1983	Fools of Fortune ★	William Trevor ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
1982	Young Shoulders ★	John Wain ★
1981	Silver's City ★	Maurice Leitch ★
1980	How Far Can You Go? ★	David Lodge ★☆☆☆
1979	The Old Jest ★	Jennifer Johnston ★☆
1978	Picture Palace ★	Paul Theroux ★☆☆
1977	Injury Time ★	Beryl Bainbridge ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
1976	The Children of Dynmouth ★☆	William Trevor ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
1975	Docherty ★	William McIlvanney ★
1974	The Sacred and Profane Love Machine ★	Iris Murdoch ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
1973	The Chip-Chip Gatherers ★	Shiva Naipaul ★☆
1972	The Bird of Night ★☆	Susan Hill ★☆☆
1971	The Destiny Waltz ★	Gerda Charles ★