Book awards: WhitbreadWorks (153)| Titles | Order | | The destiny waltz by Gerda Charles | Novel, 1971 | | Henrik Ibsen: The Making of a Dramatist 1828-1864 by Michael Leverson Meyer | Biography, 1971 | | Mercian Hymns by Geoffrey Hill | Poetry, 1971 | | Anthony Trollope by James Pope-Hennessy | Biography, 1972 | | The Bird of Night by Susan Hill | Novel, 1972 | | The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden | children's book, 1972 | | The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast by William Plomer | Children's Book, 1973 | | CB: A life of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman by John Wilson | Biography, 1973 | | The Chip-chip Gatherers by Shiva Naipaul | Novel, 1973 | | The Emperor's Winding Sheet by Jill Paton Walsh | Children's Book, 1974 | | How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen by Russell Hoban | Children's Book, 1974 | | The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft by Claire Tomalin | First Book, 1974 | | The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch | Novel, 1974 | | Docherty by William McIlvanney | Novel, 1975 | | Improbable Puritan: Life of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 1605-75 by Ruth Spalding | First Book, 1975 | | In our infancy : an autobiography by Helen Corke | Autobiography, 1975 | | The Children of Dynmouth by William Trevor | Novel, 1976 | | Elizabeth Gaskell: A Biography by Winifred Gerin | Biography, 1976 | | A Stitch in Time by Penelope Lively | Children's Book, 1976 | | Injury Time by Beryl Bainbridge | Novel, 1977 | | Mary Curzon by Nigel Nicolson | Biography, 1977 | | Bubble and Squeak by Philippa Pearce | Children's Book, 1978 | | Lloyd George: The People's Champion 1902-1911 by John Grigg | Biography, 1978 | | Picture Palace by Paul Theroux | Novel, 1978 | | About Time: An Aspect of Autobiography by Penelope Mortimer | Autobiography, 1979 | | The Old Jest by Jennifer Johnston | Novel, 1979 | | Tulku by Peter Dickinson | Children's Novel, 1979 | | How Far Can You Go? by David Lodge | Novel, 1980 | | John Diamond by Leon Garfield | Children's Novel, 1980 | | On the Edge of Paradise: A.C.Benson the Diarist by David Newsome | Biography, 1980 | | A Good Man in Africa by William Boyd | First Novel, 1981 | | The Hollow Land by Jane Gardam | Children's Novel, 1981 | | Monty: The Making of a General : 1887-1942 by Nigel Hamilton | Biography, 1981 | | Silver's City by Maurice Leitch | Novel, 1981 | | Bismarck by Edward Crankshaw | Biography, 1982 | | On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin | First Novel, 1982 | | The Song of Pentecost by W. J. Corbett | Children's Novel, 1982 | | Young Shoulders by John Wain | Novel, 1982 | | Flying to nowhere by John Fuller | First Novel, 1983 | | Fools of Fortune by William Trevor | Novel, 1983 | | King George V by Kenneth Rose | Biography, 1983 | | Vita: The Life of V. Sackville-West by Victoria Glendinning | Biography, 1983 | | The Witches by Roald Dahl | Children's Novel, 1983 | | Kruger's Alp by Christopher Hope | Novel, 1984 | | A Parish of Rich Women by James Buchan | First Novel, 1984 | | The Queen of the Pharisees' Children by Barbara Willard | Children's Novel, 1984 | | T.S. Eliot: A Life by Peter Ackroyd | Biography, 1984 | | Elegies by Douglas Dunn | Poetry, 1985 | | Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd | Novel, 1985 | | Hugh Dalton: A Life by Ben Pimlott | Biography, 1985 | | The Nature of the Beast by Janni Howker | Children's Novel, 1985 | | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson | First Novel, 1985 | | An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro | Novel, 1986 | | The Coal House by Andrew Taylor | Children's Novel, 1986 | | Continent by Jim Crace | First Novel, 1986 | | Gilbert White by Richard Mabey | Biography, 1986 | | Stet by Peter Reading | Poetry, 1986 | | The Child in Time by Ian McEwan | Novel, 1987 | | The Haw Lantern by Seamus Heaney | Poetry, 1987 | | A Little Lower Than the Angels by Geraldine McCaughrean | Children's Novel, 1987 | | The Other Garden by Francis Wyndham | First Novel, 1987 | | Under the Eye of the Clock by Christopher Nolan | Biography, 1987 | | The automatic oracle by Peter Porter | Poetry, 1988 | | Awaiting Developments by Judy Allen | Children's Novel, 1988 | | The Comforts of Madness by Paul Sayer | First Novel, 1988 | | The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie | Novel, 1988 | | Tolstoy by A. N. Wilson | Biography, 1988 | | The Chymical Wedding by Lindsay Clarke | Novel, 1989 | | Coleridge: Early Visions, 1772-1804 by Richard Holmes | Biography, 1989 | | Gerontius by James Hamilton-Paterson | First Novel, 1989 | | Shibboleth by Michael Donaghy | Poetry, 1989 | | Why Weeps the Brogan? by Hugh Scott | Children's Novel, 1989 | | A. A. Milne: His Life by Ann Thwaite | Biography, 1990 | | AK by Peter Dickinson | Children's Novel, 1990 | | The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi | First Novel, 1990 | | Daddy, Daddy by Paul Durcan | Poetry, 1990 | | Hopeful Monsters by Nicholas Mosley | Novel, 1990 | | Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn | First Novel, 1991 | | Gorse Fires by Michael Longley | Poetry, 1991 | | Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry | Children's Novel, 1991 | | A Life of Picasso, Volume 1: 1881-1906 by John Richardson | Biography, 1991 | | The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardam | Novel, 1991 | | Anthony Trollope by Victoria Glendinning | Biography, 1992 | | The Gaze of the Gorgon by Tony Harrison | Poetry, 1992 | | The Great Elephant Chase by Gillian Cross | Children's Novel, 1992 | | Poor Things by Alasdair Gray | Novel, 1992 | | Swing Hammer Swing! by Jeff Torrington | First Novel, 1992 | | Flour Babies by Anne Fine | Children's Novel, 1993 | | Mean Time by Carol Ann Duffy | Poetry, 1993 | | Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life by Andrew Motion | Biography, 1993 | | Saving Agnes by Rachel Cusk | First Novel, 1993 | | Theory of War by Joan Brady | Novel, 1993 | | D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage by Brenda Maddox | Biography, 1994 | | Felicia's Journey by William Trevor | Novel, 1994 | | Gold Dust by Geraldine McCaughrean | Children's Novel, 1994 | | The Longest Memory by Fred D'Aguiar | First Novel, 1994 | | Out of Danger by James Fenton | Poetry, 1994 | | Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson | First Novel, 1995 | | Gladstone by Roy Jenkins | Biography, 1995 | | Gunpowder by Bernard O'Donoghue | Poetry, 1995 | | The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie | Novel, 1995 | | The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo | Beefeater Children’s Novel, 1995 | | The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester | First Novel, 1996 | | Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge | Novel, 1996 | | The Spirit Level by Seamus Heaney | Poetry, 1996 | | Thomas Cranmer: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch | Biography, 1996 | | The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine | Children's Book, 1996 | | Aquila by Andrew Norriss | Children's Book, 1997 | | Quarantine by Jim Crace | Novel, 1997 | | Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes | Poetry, 1997 | | The Ventriloquist's Tale by Pauline Melville | First Novel, 1997 | | Victor Hugo: A Biography by Graham Robb | Biography, 1997 | | Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes | Poetry, 1998 | | Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman | Biography, 1998 | | The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden | First Novel, 1998 | | Leading the Cheers by Justin Cartwright | Novel, 1998 | | Skellig by David Almond | Children's Book, 1998 | | Beowulf by Beowulf Poet | Poetry, 1999 | | Berlioz: Volume Two: Servitude and Greatness, 1832-1869 by David Cairns | Biography, 1999 | | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling | Children's Book, 1999 | | Music & Silence by Rose Tremain | Novel, 1999 | | White City Blue by Tim Lott | First Novel, 1999 | | The Asylum Dance by John Burnside | Poetry, 2000 | | Bad blood by Lorna Sage | Biography, 2000 | | Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin | Children's Book, 2000 | | English Passengers by Matthew Kneale | Novel, 2000 | | The Wheel of Surya by Jamila Gavin | Children's Book, 2000 | | White Teeth by Zadie Smith | First Novel, 2000 | | The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman | Children's Book, 2001 | | Bunny by Selima Hill | Poetry, 2001 | | Selkirk's Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe by Diana Souhami | Biography, 2001 | | Something Like a House by Sid Smith | First Novel, 2001 | | Twelve Bar Blues by Patrick Neate | Novel, 2001 | | The Ice Age: A Collection of Poems by Paul Farley | Poetry, 2002 | | Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKay | Children's Book, 2002 | | Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin | Biography, 2002 | | The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht | First Novel, 2002 | | Spies by Michael Frayn | Novel, 2002 | | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon | Novel, 2003 | | The Fire-Eaters by David Almond | Children's Book, 2003 | | Landing Light by Don Paterson | Poetry, 2003 | | Orwell: The Life by D. J. Taylor | Biography, 2003 | | Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre | First Novel, 2003 | | Corpus by Michael Symmons Roberts | Poetry, 2004 | | Eve Green by Susan Fletcher | First Novel, 2004 | | Not the End of the World by Geraldine McCaughrean | Children's Book, 2004 | | Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy | Biography, 2004 | | Small Island by Andrea Levy | Novel, 2004 | | The Accidental by Ali Smith | Novel, 2005 | | Cold Calls by Christopher Logue | Poetry, 2005 | | The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw | First Novel,2005 | | Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Conquest of Colour: 1909-1954 by Hilary Spurling | Biography, 2005 | | The New Policeman by Kate Thompson | Children's Book, 2005 |
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Award descriptionThe Costa Book Awards is one of the most prestigious and popular literary prizes in the UK and recognises some of the most enjoyable books of the year by writers based in the UK and Ireland. The Costa Book Awards is unique in many ways, not least in having five categories: First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book. The winner in each category receives £5,000. One of these five books is selected as the overall winner of the Book of the Year and receives a further £25,000, making a total prize fund of £50,000. It is the only prize which places children's books alongside adult books in this way. The Costa Book Awards started life in 1971 as the Whitbread Literary Awards. From 1985 they were known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006, when Costa Coffee took over ownership - the year that both Costa and the Book Awards celebrated their 35th anniversary. Since 1971, the awards have rewarded a wide range of excellent books and authors across all genres. Since the introduction of the overall Book of the Year Award in 1985, it has been won seven times by a novel, three times by a first novel, five times by a biography, five times by a collection of poetry and once by a children's book. A separate LT awards page has been started here.  | |
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