The Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionShortlist

Given by Borders Book Festival

Other Names: Walter Scott Prize
66 Works 73,069 Books 3,998 Reviews ½ 3.9
Honouring the achievements of the founding father of the historical novel, the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction rewards writing of exceptional quality which is set in the past.
Stages:
All, Winner (14), Shortlist (66), Longlist (65)
Years:
All, 2022 (3), 2021 (5), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (5), 2017 (6), 2016 (5), 2015 (6), 2014 (5), 2013 (5), 2012 (5), 2011 (5), 2010 (6)

Shortlist 66

WorkYear
Rose Nicolson by Andrew Greig2022
Fortune by Amanda Smyth2022
The Magician by Colm Tóibín2022
The Tolstoy Estate by Steven Conte2021
A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville2021
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel2021
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell2021
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams2021
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad2020
To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek2020
Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor2020
The Redeemed by Tim Pears2020
A Sin of Omission by Marguerite Poland2020
A Long Way from Home by Peter Carey2019
After the Party by Cressida Connolly2019
The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey2019
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller2019
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje2019
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan2018
Sugar Money by Jane Harris2018
Grace by Paul Lynch2018
Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik2018
The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath2018
A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker2017
The Vanishing Futurist by Charlotte Hobson2017
The Good People by Hannah Kent2017
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford2017
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift2017
The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain2017
Sweet Caress by William Boyd2016
A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale2016
End Games in Bordeaux by Allan Massie2016
Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrea2016
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar2016
The Zone of Interest: A novel by Martin Amis2015
The Lie by Helen Dunmore2015
Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre2015
In the Wolf's Mouth by Adam Foulds2015
Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut2015
A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie2015
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson2014
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton2014
Harvest by Jim Crace2014
Fair Helen by Andrew Greig2014
The Promise by Ann Weisgarber2014
Toby's Room by Pat Barker2013
The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally2013
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel2013
The Streets by Anthony Quinn2013
Merivel: A Man of His Time by Rose Tremain2013
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt2012
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan2012
The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst2012
Pure by Andrew Miller2012
The Quality of Mercy by Barry Unsworth2012
C by Tom McCarthy2011
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell2011
Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor2011
Heartstone by C. J. Sansom2011
To Kill a Tsar by Andrew Williams2011
Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant2010
The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds2010
Lustrum by Robert Harris2010
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer2010
Stone's Fall by Iain Pears2010
Hodd by Adam Thorpe2010

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