Authors' Club First Novel Award

Given by Authors' Club

Other Names: Author's Club First Novel Award
176 Works / 187 Items 53,220 Books 2,943 Reviews ½ 3.8
The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award is awarded by the Authors' Club to the most promising first novel of the year, written by a British author and published in the UK during the calendar year show more preceding the year in which the award is presented. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (63), Shortlist (58), Longlist (66)
Years:
All, 2023 (1), 2022 (1), 2021 (13), 2020 (14), 2019 (12), 2018 (14), 2017 (15), 2016 (12), 2015 (12), 2014 (13), 2013 (7), 2012 (6), 2011 (11), 2010 (7), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (2), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (2), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (1), 1977 (1), 1973 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1), 1967 (1), 1966 (1), 1965 (1), 1964 (1), 1961 (1), 1960 (1), 1959 (1), 1958 (1), 1957 (1), 1956 (1), 1955 (1), 1954 (1)

Winner 63

WorkYear
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo2023
Before My Actual Heart Breaks by Tish Delaney2022
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud2021
Golden Child by Claire Adam2020
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne2019
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman2018
Harmless Like You by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan2017
The Last Pilot: A Novel by Benjamin Johncock2016
A Song for Issy Bradley by Carys Bray2015
The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones: A Novel by Jack Wolf2014
The Marlowe Papers by Ros Barber2013
Mountains of the Moon: A Novel by I J Kay2013
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry2012
London Triptych by Jonathan Kemp2011
The Rescue Man by Anthony Quinn2010
Pollard by Laura Beatty2009
Goodbye Lucille by Segun Afolabi2008
The Killing Jar by Nicola Monaghan2007
Betrayal in Naples by Neil Griffiths2006
Sandstorm by Henry Shukman2005
Eve Green by Susan Fletcher2004
Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental Journey by Dan Rhodes2003
Burning Worm by Carl Tighe2002
The Stream by Brian Clarke2001
Manly Pursuits by Ann Harries2000
Trumpet by Jackie Kay1999
The Testimony of Taliesin Jones by Rhidian Brook1997
Some Kind of Black by Diran Adebayo1996
The Cult of Violence: the Untold Story of the Krays by John Pearson1995
Pig by Andrew Cowan1994
The Marble Kiss by Jay Rayner1994
Season of the Rainbirds by Nadeem Aslam1993
The Healing by David Park1992
The Book of Wishes and Complaints by Zina Rohan1991
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis1989
The Holy Innocents by Gilbert Adair1988
The Levels by Peter Benson1987
Playing Fields In Winter by Helen Harris1986
Eightsome Reel by Magda Sweetland1985
Lama by Fredrick Hyde-Chambers1984
Summer at the Haven by Katharine Moore1983
Privileged Children by Frances Vernon1982
The good morrow by D. Watson1980
The Pilate Plot by Martin Page1979
The Emerald Peacock by Katharine Gordon1978
The Underlings by Barbara Benson1977
The Captains and the Kings by Jennifer Johnston1973
We Speak No Treason by Rosemary Hawley Jarman1971
Theft by Rachel Ingalls1970
A Touch of Daniel by Peter Tinniswood1969
Figures in a Landscape by Barry England1968
At the Jerusalem by Paul Bailey1967
The Virgin Soldiers by Leslie Thomas1966
Beggars on horseback by James Mossman1965
Hot for certainties by Robin Douglas-Home1964
Sun in the Morning by Jim Hunter1961
The Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson1960
At Fever Pitch by David Caute1959
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe1958
Summer in retreat by Edmund Ward1957
Transvaal Episode by Harry Bloom1956
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore1955
The Governor's Wife by David Unwin1954

Shortlist 58

WorkYear
Golden Child by Claire Adam2020
The Burning Land by George Alagiah2020
You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr2020
The Other Half of Augusta Hope by Joanna Glen2020
Only the Dead: A Levantine Tragedy by T.J. Gorton2020
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary2020
The Cactus by Sarah Haywood2019
Silence Under A Stone by Norma MacMaster2019
The Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson2019
As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald S. Murray2019
Testament by Kim Sherwood2019
The Clocks in This House All Tell Different Times by Xan Brooks2018
Darke by Rick Gekoski2018
Dark Chapter by Winnie M. Li2018
White Highlands by John McGhie2018
Man with a Seagull on His Head by Harriet Paige2018
The Words in My Hand by Guinevere Glasfurd2017
Himself by Jess Kidd2017
Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain by Barney Norris2017
Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker2017
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford2017
Jakob's Colours by Lindsay Hawdon2016
The Good Son by Paul McVeigh2016
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley2016
Belonging by Umi Sinha2016
The Girl From Rawblood by Catriona Ward2016
The Letter Bearer by Robert Allison2015
The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman2015
Ishmael's Oranges by Claire Hajaj2015
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey2015
The Restoration of Otto Laird by Nigel Packer2015
The Trader of Saigon by Lucy Cruickshanks2014
The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence2014
The Fields by Kevin Maher2014
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride2014
The Banner of the Passing Clouds by Anthea Nicholson2014
Absolution by Patrick Flanery2013
Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma by Kerry Hudson2013
Mountains of the Moon: A Novel by I J Kay2013
Seldom Seen by Sarah Ridgard2013
The English Monster by Lloyd Shepherd2013
Leela's Book by Alice Albinia2012
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry2012
The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness2012
A Book for All and None by Clare Morgan2012
The Knife Drawer by Padrika Tarrant2012
Witness the Night by Kishwar Desai2011
Farundell by L R Fredericks2011
Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson2011
The Still Point by Amy Sackville2011
Dry Season by Dan Smith2011
Choke Chain by Jason Donald2010
The Finest Type of English Womanhood by Rachel Heath2010
The Rescue Man by Anthony Quinn2010
Designs for a Happy Home: A Novel in Ten Interiors by Matthew Reynolds2010
The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan2010
After the Fire, a Still, Small Voice by Evie Wyld2010
The Family Tree by Carole Cadwalladr2006

Longlist 66

WorkYear
Hashim & Family by Shahnaz Ahsan2021
The Island Child by Molly Aitken2021
Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten2021
The Book of Echoes by Rosanna Amaka2021
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara2021
The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain2021
Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze2021
You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here by Frances Macken2021
Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez2021
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey2021
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud2021
What's Left of Me is Yours by Stephanie Scott2021
The Pact We Made by Layla AlAmmar2020
Sunfall by Jim Al-Khalili2020
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins2020
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin2020
The Ghost Factory by Jenny McCartney2020
A River in the Trees by Jacqueline O'Mahony2020
Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson2020
All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew2019
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht2019
The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin2019
Orchid and the Wasp by Caoilinn Hughes2019
If I Die Before I Wake by Emily Koch2019
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton2019
The Favourite by S. V. Berlin2018
The Clocks in This House All Tell Different Times by Xan Brooks2018
Splash!: A Novel by Stephen Glover2018
How To Be a Kosovan Bride by Naomi Hamill2018
Dark Chapter by Winnie M. Li2018
The Missing Girl by Jenny Quintana2018
Little Gold by Allie Rogers2018
A Thousand Paper Birds by Tor Udall2018
Pigeon by Alys Conran2017
The Vanishing Futurist by Charlotte Hobson2017
Himself by Jess Kidd2017
Shtum by Jem Lester2017
Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain by Barney Norris2017
Holding by Graham Norton2017
Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker2017
Where the River Parts by Radhika Dogra Swarup2017
Foxlowe by Eleanor Wasserberg2017
The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley2016
The Speaker's Wife by Quentin Letts2016
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan2016
The House at the Edge of the World by Julia Rochester2016
The Last Days of Disco by David F Ross2016
Mainlander by Will Smith2016
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton2015
Academy Street by Mary Costello2015
The Spring of Kasper Meier by Ben Fergusson2015
The Dynamite Room by Jason Hewitt2015
In the light of what we know by Zia Haider Rahman2015
Acts of Omission by Terry Stiastny2015
The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer2014
The Palace of Curiosities by Rosie Garland2014
Vauxhall by Gabriel Gbadamosi2014
Hunters in the Snow by Daisy Hildyard2014
Petite Mort by Beatrice Hitchman2014
The Rice Paper Diaries by Francesca Rhydderch2014
The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones: A Novel by Jack Wolf2014
The Go-Away Bird by Warren FitzGerald2011
A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene2011
Where the Serpent Lives by Ruth Padel2011
The Breaking of Eggs: A Novel by Jim Powell2011
Catch by Simon Robson2011

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