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From 1971 to 2021 the Costa Book award was one of the most prestigious and popular literary prizes in the UK and recognised some of the most enjoyable books of the year by writers based in the UK vis mere 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. The 2021 Costa Book Awards held in February 2022 was our 50th and final awards. vis mindre
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Alle, Første roman (73)
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Alle, 2021 (1), 2020 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (4), 2004 (4), 2003 (4), 2002 (4), 2001 (4), 2000 (5), 1999 (4), 1998 (4), 1997 (5), 1996 (4), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1)

Winner 73

VærkÅr
Open Water af Caleb Azumah Nelson2021
Love After Love af Ingrid Persaud2020
The Confessions of Frannie Langton af Sara Collins2019
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle af Stuart Turton2018
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine af Gail Honeyman2017
Golden Hill af Francis Spufford2016
The Loney af Andrew Michael Hurley2015
Elizabeth er forsvundet af Emma Healey2014
Når vanviddet rører på sig af Nathan Filer2013
The Innocents af Francesca Segal2012
Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away af Christie Watson2011
Witness the Night af Kishwar Desai2010
Beauty af Raphael Selbourne2009
Den udstødte : roman af Sadie Jones2008
What Was Lost af Catherine O'Flynn2007
Ulvespor af Stef Penney2006
Silkefabrikken Harmony af Tash Aw2005
26a af Diana Evans2005
The Short Day Dying af Peter Hobbs2005
Gem Squash Tokoloshe af Rachel Zadok2005
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell af Susanna Clarke2004
The Land as Viewed from the Sea af Richard Collins2004
Eve Green af Susan Fletcher2004
The Maze af Panos Karnezis2004
Buddha Da af Anne Donovan2003
An Evening of Long Goodbyes af Paul Murray2003
Vernon G. Little : en komedie fra det 21. århundrede med døden i en af hovedrollerne af DBC Pierre2003
An Empty Room af Talitha Stevenson2003
The End of My Tether af Neil Astley2002
Homage to a Firing Squad af Tariq Goddard2002
Impressionisten af Hari Kunzru2002
The Song of Names af Norman Lebrecht2002
The Oversight af Will Eaves2001
Something Like a House af Sid Smith2001
Burning Worm af Carl Tighe2001
August af Gerard Woodward2001
Den røde blomst, den hvide blomst af Michel Faber2000
Under the Skin af Michel Faber2000
Danny Boy af Jo-Anne Goodwin2000
Born Free af Laura Hird2000
White Teeth af Zadie Smith2000
The Great Ideas af Suzanne Cleminshaw1999
White City Blue af Tim Lott1999
Our Fathers af Andrew O'Hagan1999
A Foreign Country af Francine Stock1999
The Last King of Scotland af Giles Foden1998
Shopping af Gavin Kramer1998
Sjak nr. 3 af Magnus Mills1998
Jelly Roll af Luke Sutherland1998
One Day as a Tiger af Anne Haverty1997
Tunnelmageren af Mick Jackson1997
The Ventriloquist's Tale af Pauline Melville1997
Beach Boy af Ardashir Vakil1997
Eclipse of the Sun af Phil Whitaker1997
Læsning i mørke af Seamus Deane1996
The Arizona Game af Georgina Hammick1996
The Debt to Pleasure af John Lanchester1996
Mother of Pearl af Mary Morrissy1996
Familiehistorier : roman af Kate Atkinson1995
The Longest Memory af Fred D'Aguiar1994
Saving Agnes af Rachel Cusk1993
Swing Hammer Swing! af Jeff Torrington1992
Alma Cogan af Gordon Burn1991
En forstadsbuddha af Hanif Kureishi1990
Gerontius af James Hamilton-Paterson1989
The Comforts of Madness af Paul Sayer1988
The Other Garden af Francis Wyndham1987
Continent af Jim Crace1986
Der er andre frugter end appelsiner af Jeanette Winterson1985
A Parish of Rich Women af James Buchan1984
Flying to nowhere af John Fuller1983
On the Black Hill af Bruce Chatwin1982
A Good Man in Africa af William Boyd1981

Beskrivelser

From 1971 to 2021 the Costa Book award was one of the most prestigious and popular literary prizes in the UK and recognised 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. The 2021 Costa Book Awards held in February 2022 was our 50th and final awards.

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