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Book Prizes
From the Booker Prize to the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, you can’t go wrong with a prizewinner: collecting winners and more from some of the essential book awards in the literary calendar, this page brings together award-winning writing and publishing to browse in one place.
Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist 2024
See more2024 Nobel Prize in Literature Winner: Han Kang
See MoreWainwright Prize Winners
- Late LightMichael Malay£10.99Through the prism of four 'unloved' creatures - eels, moths, crickets and mussels - Malay tells the captivating story of... SEE MOREThrough the prism of four 'unloved' creatures - eels, moths, crickets and mussels - Malay tells the captivating story of belonging and extinction in the English countryside in lyrical, beaut... SEE MORE
- Blue MachineHelen Czerski£10.99£9.49Blending marine biology, history and climate change concerns with novelistic skill, Blue Machine is a spellbinding explo... SEE MOREBlending marine biology, history and climate change concerns with novelistic skill, Blue Machine is a spellbinding exploration of the ocean – its complex, interlinked system and the multitud... SEE MORE
- FoxlightKatya Balen£7.99Haunting, compelling and full of heart, this stunning novel from the author of the highly acclaimed October, October see... SEE MOREHaunting, compelling and full of heart, this stunning novel from the author of the highly acclaimed October, October sees two twins follow a fox into the wilderness in an attempt to find the... SEE MORE
The Polari Prize 2024: Shortlist
See allThe UK’s book prizes for emerging and established LGBTQ+ writers - This year there are three Polari prizes – for a first book, for the book of the year (excluding debuts), and for a Children’s/YA title.
Women's Prize Winners
- Brotherless NightV. V. Ganeshananthan£9.99Set during the Sri Lankan civil war in the 1980s, Ganeshananthan's spellbinding coming-of-age follows sixteen-year-old S... SEE MORESet during the Sri Lankan civil war in the 1980s, Ganeshananthan's spellbinding coming-of-age follows sixteen-year-old Sashi as her dreams of becoming a doctor are brutally subsumed in the b... SEE MORE
- DoppelgangerNaomi Klein£10.99£9.49Klein embarks on an odyssey into the world of her doppelganger. It’s a world of antivax conspiracy theories, alt-right t... SEE MOREKlein embarks on an odyssey into the world of her doppelganger. It’s a world of antivax conspiracy theories, alt-right talkshows, sensational claims and strange alliances. Doppelganger is a... SEE MORE
Orwell Political Writing Book Prize 2024 Finalists
See MoreJhalak Prize Winners 2024
- Anansi's GoldYepoka Yeebo£20.00A jaw-dropping true story that reads like the most outlandish crime fiction, Yeebo's unputdownable account focuses on gl... SEE MOREA jaw-dropping true story that reads like the most outlandish crime fiction, Yeebo's unputdownable account focuses on global scammer John Ackah Blay-Miezah and how he amassed millions throug... SEE MORE
- Safiyyah's WarHiba Noor Khan£7.99Perfect reading for fans of Katherine Rundell and Emma Carroll, Safiyyah's War is a riveting, deeply poignant period nov... SEE MOREPerfect reading for fans of Katherine Rundell and Emma Carroll, Safiyyah's War is a riveting, deeply poignant period novel set in occupied Paris which finds the titular girl engaged in dange... SEE MORE
Orwell Fiction Book Prize 2024 Finalists
See MoreWinner of The International Booker Prize 2024
Winner of The International Booker Prize 2024
Kairos
Jenny Erpenbeck
£9.99£8.49
In this powerful slice of existential fiction set in 1980s Berlin, the author of Visitation paints a strikingly intimate... SEE MORE
In this powerful slice of existential fiction set in 1980s Berlin, the author of Visitation paints a strikingly intimate, haunting portrait of an all-consuming love affair and a society head... SEE MORE
The British Book Awards Winners
See MoreArthur C. Clarke Award 2024 Shortlist
See MoreThe Republic of Consciousness Prize Winner 2024
The Republic of Consciousness Prize Winner 2024
Of Cattle and Men
Ana Paula Maia
£11.99
Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated corner of Brazil.In a... SEE MORE
Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated corner of Brazil.In a landscape worthy of Cormac McCarthy, the river runs septic with blood... SEE MORE
The Writers' Prize Winners
- The Home ChildLiz Berry£14.99Inspired by the real-life story of Berry's great aunt who was sent to work in Canada as a child in the early twentieth c... SEE MOREInspired by the real-life story of Berry's great aunt who was sent to work in Canada as a child in the early twentieth century, The Home Child is a lyrical evocation of displacement, identit... SEE MORE
- The Wren, The WrenAnne Enright£18.99From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Gathering comes an exquisitely crafted generational novel of women's resilie... SEE MOREFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of The Gathering comes an exquisitely crafted generational novel of women's resilience, as the footloose Nell sets off on adventure with the shadows of h... SEE MORE
- ThunderclapLaura Cumming£25.00Taking the dramatic 1654 explosion in Delft that killed the painter Carel Fabritius as a springboard for a profound medi... SEE MORETaking the dramatic 1654 explosion in Delft that killed the painter Carel Fabritius as a springboard for a profound meditation on Dutch art and culture, the author of On Chapel Sands casts l... SEE MORE
The Yoto Carnegie 2024 Shortlists for Writing and Illustration
See allGordon Burn Prize Winner
Gordon Burn Prize Winner
Kick the Latch
Kathryn Scanlan
£9.99
Narrated through transcribed interviews with a horse trainer, this pithy and boldly original novel explores life at and ... SEE MORE
Narrated through transcribed interviews with a horse trainer, this pithy and boldly original novel explores life at and around the racetrack through one woman’s distinctive voice. SEE MORE
TS Eliot Prize Winner
TS Eliot Prize Winner
Self-Portrait as Othello
Jason Allen-Paisant
£12.99
Recasting himself as Shakespeare's iconic character through the urban landscapes of modern-day London, Paris and Venice,... SEE MORE
Recasting himself as Shakespeare's iconic character through the urban landscapes of modern-day London, Paris and Venice, Allen-Paissant's audacious collection has profound things to say abou... SEE MORE
Winner Of The 2023 Nobel Prize In Literature: Jon Fosse
- Melancholy I-IIJon Fosse£14.99Melancholy I-II is a fictional invocation of the nineteenth-century Norwegian artist Lars Hertervig, who painted luminou... SEE MOREMelancholy I-II is a fictional invocation of the nineteenth-century Norwegian artist Lars Hertervig, who painted luminous landscapes, suffered mental illness and died poor in 1902. SEE MORE
- A ShiningJon Fosse£9.99A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and left, and finally he get... SEE MOREA man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and left, and finally he gets stuck at the end of a forest road. Soon it gets dark and starts to s... SEE MORE
- SeptologyJon Fosse£16.99A multilayered meditation on beauty, memory, and regret, this intimate seven-novel sequence from the Norwegian Nobelist ... SEE MOREA multilayered meditation on beauty, memory, and regret, this intimate seven-novel sequence from the Norwegian Nobelist is an transcendent exploration of two versions of the same life – that... SEE MORE
- The Other NameJon Fosse£12.99Written in melodious and hypnotic `slow prose', The Other Name: Septology I-III is an indelible and poignant exploration... SEE MOREWritten in melodious and hypnotic `slow prose', The Other Name: Septology I-III is an indelible and poignant exploration of the human condition by Jon Fosse, 'a major European writer' (Karl ... SEE MORE
- I is AnotherJon Fosse£12.99I is Another: Septology III-V, the second instalment in a major new work by Jon Fosse, one of Europe’s most celebrated w... SEE MOREI is Another: Septology III-V, the second instalment in a major new work by Jon Fosse, one of Europe’s most celebrated writers, follows the lives of Asle and Asle – two versions of the same ... SEE MORE
- A New NameJon Fosse£12.99Hypnotic and revelatory, the final part of Fosse's audacious Septology abounds in wry commentary on the human condition ... SEE MOREHypnotic and revelatory, the final part of Fosse's audacious Septology abounds in wry commentary on the human condition as a pair of doppelganger painters replay the events of their youths i... SEE MORE
- Scenes from a ChildhoodJon Fosse£10.99Scenes from a Childhood is the latest collection of stories by Jon Fosse, one of Norway's most celebrated authors and pl... SEE MOREScenes from a Childhood is the latest collection of stories by Jon Fosse, one of Norway's most celebrated authors and playwrights, famed for the minimalist and unsettling quality of his writ... SEE MORE
Polari Prize Shortlists
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- Honey & SpiceBolu Babalola£9.99The author of the former Waterstones Book of the Year shortlisted Love in Colour delivers a deliciously witty romantic c... SEE MOREThe author of the former Waterstones Book of the Year shortlisted Love in Colour delivers a deliciously witty romantic comedy, packed full of memorable characters and relatable humour. SEE MORE
- Five SurviveHolly Jackson£8.99From the author of the Good Girl's Guide to Murder trilogy comes a gripping cat-and-mouse thriller fizzing with suspense... SEE MOREFrom the author of the Good Girl's Guide to Murder trilogy comes a gripping cat-and-mouse thriller fizzing with suspense, as a group of friends en route to the beach end up in the crosshairs... SEE MORE
- Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen£8.99
- Everything I Know About LoveDolly Alderton£10.99From falling in love to cementing friendships - with a few catastrophic Rod Stewart-themed house parties along the way -... SEE MOREFrom falling in love to cementing friendships - with a few catastrophic Rod Stewart-themed house parties along the way - the journalist and author of Ghosts delivers a side-splitting, painfu... SEE MORE
- Heartstopper Volume 1Alice Oseman£12.99Now the basis of a hit Netflix show, Oseman's pioneering queer graphic novel series has become a modern classic of YA li... SEE MORENow the basis of a hit Netflix show, Oseman's pioneering queer graphic novel series has become a modern classic of YA literature and this first volume introduces the beautifully realised cou... SEE MORE
Orwell Prize Winners
- Show Me the BodiesPeter Apps£10.99Deeply moving and intensely powerful, Apps' rigorously researched account of the Grenfell Tower fire makes for a shockin... SEE MOREDeeply moving and intensely powerful, Apps' rigorously researched account of the Grenfell Tower fire makes for a shocking saga of incompetence, indifference and corporate greed that cost num... SEE MORE
- The New LifeTom Crewe£16.99£8.00A tender and powerful tale of passion, progress and personal freedom that re-imagines the lives of the two men who publi... SEE MOREA tender and powerful tale of passion, progress and personal freedom that re-imagines the lives of the two men who published the first English medical textbook on homosexuality, Crewe’s beau... SEE MORE
The British Book Awards Winners
See More2023 Pulitzer Prizes
- Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver£9.99Reimagining Dickens' David Copperfield for the modern age, the bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible spins an utter... SEE MOREReimagining Dickens' David Copperfield for the modern age, the bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible spins an utterly immersive bildungsroman rich in characterisation and grand narrativ... SEE MORE
- TrustHernan Diaz£9.99Our Fiction Book of the Month for June and a gleefully addictive postmodern puzzle from the author of In the Distance, D... SEE MOREOur Fiction Book of the Month for June and a gleefully addictive postmodern puzzle from the author of In the Distance, Diaz's dazzling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel plays off competing versi... SEE MORE
- His Name Is George FloydRobert Samuels£12.99Reclaiming the life of the man from the political totem that his name has become, Washington Post reporters Samuels and ... SEE MOREReclaiming the life of the man from the political totem that his name has become, Washington Post reporters Samuels and Olorunippa's definitive biography of George Floyd shines an urgent lig... SEE MORE
- Freedom's Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)Jefferson Cowie£28.00A prize-winning historian chronicles a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans' freedom to oppress others and their fi... SEE MOREA prize-winning historian chronicles a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans' freedom to oppress others and their fight against the government that got in their way. SEE MORE