British Book AwardWinner

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Other Names: Galaxy National Book Awards (2010-2011), National Book Awards (2010-2014), Specsavers National Book Awards (2012-2014), Nibbies, , Galaxy British Book Award
179 Works / 188 Items 10,644 Books 386 Reviews ½ 3.9
Prior to 2010, this award was called "British Book Award", sometimes with "Galaxy" prepended. In 2010 it was renamed and relaunched as "Galaxy National Book Award". See Wikipedia for full list of show more winners and naming history.

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From 1990-2009, the British Book Awards were given annually and promoted by the UK publishing industry trade journal Publishing News. They were also known as the Nibbies because of the golden nib-shaped trophy given to winners.

The awards were made in a number of headline categories:

*Best Read of the Year
*Lifetime Achievement Award

*Author of the Year
*Biography of the Year
*Book of the Year
*Children's Book of the Year

*Crime Thriller of the Year

*Writer of the Year
*History Book of the Year

*Literary Fiction Award
*Newcomer of the Year Award

*Sports Book of the Year *TV & Film Book of the Year
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Stages:
All, Winner (188), Shortlist (390), Nominee (1)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2023 (12), 2022 (14), 2021 (2), 2020 (2), 2019 (2), 2018 (2), 2017 (2), 2014 (10), 2013 (12), 2012 (10), 2011 (13), 2010 (8), 2009 (9), 2008 (8), 2007 (10), 2006 (11), 2005 (9), 2004/5 (1), 2004 (8), 2003 (6), 2002 (3), 2001 (3), 2000 (4), 1999 (3), 1998 (3), 1997 (3), 1996 (4), 1995 (3), 1994 (2), 1993 (2), 1992 (2), 1991 (3), 1990 (1)

Winner 188

WorkCategoryYear
A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E. GrantAudiobook: Non-Fiction2023
Verity by Colleen HooverBook of the Year - Pageturner2023
Tyger by SF SaidChildren's Fiction2023
Grandad's Camper by Harry WoodgateChildren's Illustrated2023
A Better Day: Your Positive Mental Health Handbook by Alex GeorgeChildren's Non-Fiction2023
The Twyford Code by Janice HallettCrime & Thriller2023
I'm a Fan by Sheena PatelDiscovery2023
Trespasses by Louise KennedyDébut Fiction2023
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. KuangFiction Book of the Year2023
Menopausing by Davina McCallNon-Fiction: Lifestyle & Illustrated2023
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine RundellNon-Fiction: Narrative2023
Menopausing by Davina McCallOverall Book of the Year2023
Never and Forever by Cressida CowellAudiobook: Fiction2022
Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography by Billy ConnollyAudiobook: Non-Fiction2022
You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be by Marcus RashfordBook of the Year2022
Small Pleasures by Clare ChambersBook of the Year - Pageturner2022
When the Sky Falls by Phil EarleChildren's Fiction2022
Hey You! An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black by Dapo AdeolaChildren's Illustrated2022
You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be by Marcus RashfordChildren's Non-Fiction2022
The Dark Remains by William McIlvanneyCrime & Thriller2022
Keisha The Sket by Jade LBDiscovery2022
Open Water by Caleb Azumah NelsonDébut Book of the Year2022
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg MasonFiction Book of the Year2022
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartneyNon-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year2022
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartneyNon-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year2022
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam SangheraNon-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year2022
Shuggie Bain by Douglas StuartBook of the Year2021
Hamnet by Maggie O'FarrellFiction Book of the Year2021
Queenie by Candice Carty-WilliamsBook of the Year2020
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine EvaristoFiction Book of the Year2020
Normal People by Sally RooneyBook of the Year2019
The Perfect Nanny by Leïla SlimaniDébut Book of the Year2019
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDébut Book of the Year2018
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregorFiction Book of the Year2018
What Belongs to You by Garth GreenwellDébut Book of the Year2017
The Essex Serpent by Sarah PerryFiction Book of the Year2017
Us by David NichollsAuthor of the Year2014
Please, Mister Postman by Alan JohnsonAutobiography/Biography2014
Awful Auntie by David WalliamsChildren's Book2014
I Am Pilgrim by Terry HayesCrime & Thriller2014
The Miniaturist by Jessie BurtonDébut Book of the Year2014
Plenty More by Yotam OttolenghiFood & Drink2014
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerInternational Author2014
The Miniaturist by Jessie BurtonNew Writer2014
The Shock of the Fall by Nathan FilerPopular Fiction2014
Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life by Nina StibbePopular Non-Fiction2014
Solo by William BoydAudiobook2013
David Jason: My Life by David JasonAutobiography/Biography2013
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanBook of the Year2013
Demon Dentist by David WalliamsChildren's Book2013
Tigers in Red Weather by Liza KlaussmannDébut Book of the Year2013
Eat: The Little Book of Fast Food by Nigel SlaterFood & Drink2013
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnInternational Author2013
Tigers in Red Weather by Liza KlaussmannNew Writer2013
An Officer and a Spy by Robert HarrisPopular Fiction2013
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala YousafzaiPopular Non-Fiction2013
The Carrier by Sophie HannahThriller & Crime2013
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonUK Author2013
My Animals and Other Family by Clare BaldingAutobiography/Biography2012
Fifty Shades of Grey by E L JamesBook of the Year2012
Ratburger by David WalliamsChildren's Book2012
The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight by Dave MyersFood & Drink2012
The Snow Child by Eowyn IveyInternational Author2012
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceNew Writer2012
Fifty Shades of Grey by E L JamesPopular Fiction2012
Is It Just Me? by Miranda HartPopular Non-Fiction2012
A Wanted Man by Lee ChildThriller & Crime2012
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelUK Author2012
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa YoungAudiobook2011
Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire TomalinBiography2011
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin MoranBook of the Year2011
A Monster Calls by Patrick NessChildren's Book2011
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. WatsonCrime & Thriller2011
The Good Cook by Simon HopkinsonFood & Drink2011
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganInternational Author2011
When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah WinmanNew Writer2011
Room by Emma DonoghuePaperback2011
A Tiny Bit Marvellous by Dawn FrenchPopular Fiction2011
A Tiny Bit Marvellous by Dawn FrenchPopular Fiction2011
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin MoranPopular Non-Fiction2011
The Stranger's Child by Alan HollinghurstUK Author2011
The Fry Chronicles by Stephen FryBiography2010
One Day by David NichollsBook of the Year2010
Zog by Julia DonaldsonChildren's Book2010
Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ottolenghi by Yotam OttolenghiFood & Drink2010
Freedom by Jonathan FranzenInternational Author2010
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund De WaalNew Writer2010
The Making of Modern Britain: From Queen Victoria to V.E. Day by Andrew MarrNon-fiction2010
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelUK Author2010
The Vintage Caper by Peter MayleTravel Book2009
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaAuthor of the Year2009
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack ObamaBiography2009
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate SummerscaleBook of the Year2009
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerChildren's Book2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonCrime & Thriller2009
Child 44 by Tom Rob SmithNew Writer2009
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob SmithNew Writer2009
Devil May Care by Sebastian FaulksPopular Fiction2009
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate AtkinsonRichard & Judy Best Read of the Year2009
My Booky Wook by Russell BrandBiography2008
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanBook of the Year2008
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman by Francesca SimonChildren's Book2008
Book of the Dead by Patricia CornwellCrime & Thriller2008
What Was Lost by Catherine O'FlynnNewcomer2008
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsPopular Fiction2008
Long Way Down by Ewan McGregorPopular Non-Fiction2008
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniRichard & Judy Best Read of the Year2008
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsAuthor of the Year2007
The Sound of Laughter by Peter KayBiography2007
The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn IgguldenBook of the Year2007
Flanimals of the Deep by Ricky GervaisChildren's Book2007
The Naming of the Dead by Ian RankinCrime & Thriller2007
The Island by Victoria HislopNewcomer2007
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed RubenfeldRichard & Judy Best Read of the Year2007
Gerrard: My Autobiography by Steven GerrardSports Book of the Year2007
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerTV & Film Book of the Year2007
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld2007
Extreme: My Autobiography by Sharon OsbourneBiography2006
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. RowlingBook of the Year2006
Ark Angel by Anthony HorowitzChildren's Book2006
The Take by Martina ColeCrime & Thriller2006
26a by Diana EvansdeciBel Writer of the Year2006
Auschwitz : The Nazis & the 'Final Solution' by Laurence ReesHistory Book of the Year2006
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina LewyckaNewcomer2006
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerPopular Fiction2006
Labyrinth by Kate MosseRichard & Judy Best Read of the Year2006
Being Freddie: My Story So Far by Andrew FlintoffSports Book of the Year2006
The Constant Gardener by John le CarréTV & Film Book of the Year2006
My Life by Bill ClintonBiography2005
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownBook of the Year2005
The Gruffalo's Child by Julia DonaldsonChildren's Book2005
Fleshmarket Close by Ian RankinCrime & Thriller2005
William Pitt the Younger by William HagueHistory Book of the Year2005
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna ClarkeNewcomer2005
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellRichard & Judy Best Read of the Year2005
Gazza: My Story by Paul GascoigneSports Book of the Year2005
Himalaya by Michael PalinTV & Film Book of the Year2005
P.S. I Love You by Cecelia AhernNewcomer2004/5
Toast by Nigel SlaterBiography2004
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne TrussBook of the Year2004
David Beckham: My Side by David BeckhamFastest Selling Biography of All Time2004
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag MontefioreHistory Book of the Year2004
England's Thousand Best Houses by Simon JenkinsIllustrated Book of the Year2004
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldRichard & Judy Best Read of the Year2004
The Autobiography by Martin JohnsonSports Book of the Year2004
How Clean Is Your House? by Aggie MacKenzieTV & Film Book of the Year2004
Churchill: A Biography by Roy JenkinsBiography2003
Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! by Michael MooreBook of the Year2003
Girls in Tears by Jacqueline WilsonChildren's Book2003
Sahara by Michael PalinIllustrated Book of the Year2003
What Not to Wear by Trinny WoodallTV & Film Book of the Year2003
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters2003
Billy by Pamela StephensonBook of the Year2002
Artemis Fowl by Eoin ColferChildren's Book2002
The Blue Planet by Andrew ByattIllustrated Book of the Year2002
Man and Boy by Tony ParsonsBook of the Year2001
The Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanChildren's Book2001
The Beatles Anthology by The BeatlesIllustrated Book of the Year2001
Managing My Life: My Autobiography by Alex FergusonBook of the Year2000
The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline WilsonChildren's Book2000
Century: One Hundred Years of Human Progress, Regression, Suffering and Hope by Bruce BernardIllustrated Book of the Year2000
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris StewartNewcomer2000
Birthday Letters by Ted HughesBook of the Year1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. RowlingChildren's Book1999
Ethel and Ernest: A True Story by Raymond BriggsIllustrated Book of the Year1999
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen FieldingBook of the Year1998
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. RowlingChildren's Book1998
The Lost Gardens of Heligan by Tim SmitIllustrated Book of the Year1998
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava SobelBook of the Year1997
Northern Lights by Philip PullmanChildren's Book1997
Flora Britannica by Richard MabeyIllustrated Book of the Year1997
The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman RushdieAuthor of the Year1996
Delia Smith's Winter Collection by Delia SmithBook of the Year1996
The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Literature by Alison SageChildren's Book1996
The River Cafe Cook Book by Rose GrayIllustrated Book of the Year1996
Writing Home by Alan BennettBook of the Year1995
The Art Book by Phaidon PressIllustrated Book of the Year1995
The Most Amazing Pop-up Science Book by Jay YoungIllustrated Children's Book of the Year1995
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung ChangBook of the Year1994
Mommy Laid An Egg: Or, Where Do Babies Come From? by Babette ColeIllustrated Children's Book of the Year1994
Penguin Small by Mick InkpenIllustrated Children's Book of the Year1993
Pole to Pole by Michael PalinTravel Writer of the Year1993
Farmer Duck by Martin WaddellIllustrated Children's Book of the Year1992
Travels on My Elephant by Mark ShandTravel Writer of the Year1992
Delia Smith's Christmas: 130 Recipes for Christmas by Delia SmithBestseller1991
The Mousehole Cat by Antonia BarberIllustrated Children's Book of the Year1991
India: A Million Mutinies Now by V. S. NaipaulTravel Writer of the Year1991
A Year in Provence by Peter MayleTravel Writer of the Year1990

Descriptions

Prior to 2010, this award was called "British Book Award", sometimes with "Galaxy" prepended. In 2010 it was renamed and relaunched as "Galaxy National Book Award". See Wikipedia for full list of winners and naming history.

------------------------

From 1990-2009, the British Book Awards were given annually and promoted by the UK publishing industry trade journal Publishing News. They were also known as the Nibbies because of the golden nib-shaped trophy given to winners.

The awards were made in a number of headline categories:

*Best Read of the Year
*Lifetime Achievement Award

*Author of the Year
*Biography of the Year
*Book of the Year
*Children's Book of the Year

*Crime Thriller of the Year

*Writer of the Year
*History Book of the Year

*Literary Fiction Award
*Newcomer of the Year Award

*Sports Book of the Year *TV & Film Book of the Year

(English, Member-written)
Prior to 2010, this award was called "British Book Award", sometimes with "Galaxy" prepended. In 2010 it was renamed and relaunched as "Galaxy National Book Award". See Wikipedia for full list of winners and naming history.

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(English, Member-written)

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