British Book Award

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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
412 Works / 435 Items 1,666,316 Books 56,931 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 show less
Stages:
All, Winner (168), Shortlist (266), Nominee (1)
Categories:
All, (Author of the Year (1), Audiobook (6), Audiobook of the Year (10), Author of the Year (3), Autobiography/Biography (17), Best Travel Book of the Year (1), Bestseller of the Year (1), Biography (6), Biography of the Year (7), Biography/Autobiography (5), Book of the Year (24), Children's (15), Children's Book of Year (1), Children's Book of the Year (23), Crime & Thriller (9), Crime Thriller (4), Crime Thriller of the Year (5), Crime and Thriller (5), Crime/Thriller of the Year (1), Début Book of the Year (6), Fastest Selling Biography of All Time (1), Fiction Book of the Year (6), Food & Drink (15), Food and drink (9), History Book of the Year (3), Illustrated Book of the Year (10), Illustrated Children's Book of the Year (5), International Author (13), International Author of the Year (10), International author (1), New Writer (13), New Writer of the Year (15), Newcomer (4), Newcomer of the Year (6), Non-fiction (1), Paperback (1), Paperback of the Year (5), Popular Fiction (30), Popular Fiction Book of the Year (6), Popular Non-Fiction (31), Popular Non-fiction (1), Popular fiction (1), Popular non-fiction (1), Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year (6), Richard and Judy's Best Read of the Year (9), Shortlist (1), Sports Book of the Year (4), TV & Film Book of the Year (5), Thriller & Crime (7), Travel Writer of the Year (4), UK Author (9), UK Author of the Year (11), UK author (1), Waterstone's UK Author of the Year (1), deciBel Writer of the Year (1), shortlist (33), No Category (5)
Years:
All, 2023 (1), 2022 (3), 2021 (2), 2020 (2), 2019 (2), 2018 (2), 2017 (2), 2014 (44), 2013 (60), 2012 (59), 2011 (66), 2010 (22), 2009 (46), 2008 (42), 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 168

WorkCategoryYear
Babel, Or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. KuangFiction Book of the Year2023
You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be by Marcus RashfordBook of the Year2022
Open Water by Caleb Azumah NelsonDébut Book of the Year2022
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg MasonFiction 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
Lullaby 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 Nicholls(Author of the Year2014
Please, Mister Postman by Alan JohnsonAutobiography/Biography2014
Awful Auntie by David WalliamsChildren's Book of the Year2014
I Am Pilgrim by Terry HayesCrime and Thriller2014
The Miniaturist by Jessie BurtonDébut Book of the Year2014
Plenty More by Yotam OttolenghiFood and drink2014
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerInternational Author2014
The Miniaturist by Jessie BurtonNew Writer of the Year2014
The Shock of the Fall by Nathan FilerPopular Fiction2014
The Shock of the Fall by Nathan FilerPopular Fiction Book of the Year2014
Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life by Nina StibbePopular Non-Fiction2014
Solo by William BoydAudiobook of the Year2013
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 Book of the Year2013
Tigers in Red Weather by Liza KlaussmannDébut Book of the Year2013
Eat: The Little Book of Fast Food by Nigel SlaterFood and drink2013
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnInternational Author2013
Tigers in Red Weather by Liza KlaussmannNew Writer of the Year2013
An Officer and a Spy by Robert HarrisPopular Fiction2013
An Officer and a Spy by Robert HarrisPopular Fiction Book of the Year2013
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 Author of the Year2013
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 Book of the Year2012
The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight by Dave MyersFood and drink2012
The Snow Child by Eowyn IveyInternational Author2012
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceNew Writer of the Year2012
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 Author of the Year2012
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 Book of the Year2011
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. WatsonCrime/Thriller of the Year2011
The Good Cook by Simon HopkinsonFood and drink2011
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganInternational Author of the Year2011
When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah WinmanNew Writer of the Year2011
Room by Emma DonoghuePaperback2011
A Tiny Bit Marvellous by Dawn FrenchPopular fiction2011
A Tiny Bit Marvellous by Dawn FrenchPopular Fiction Book of the Year2011
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin MoranPopular non-fiction2011
The Stranger's Child by Alan HollinghurstWaterstone's UK Author of the Year2011
The Fry Chronicles by Stephen FryBiography2010
One Day by David NichollsBook of the Year2010
Zog by Julia DonaldsonChildren's2010
Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ottolenghi by Yotam OttolenghiFood and drink2010
Freedom by Jonathan FranzenInternational author2010
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund De WaalNew Writer of the Year2010
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 MayleBest Travel Book of the Year2009
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaAuthor of the Year2009
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack ObamaBiography of the Year2009
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 Book of the Year2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonCrime Thriller of the Year2009
Child 44 by Tom Rob SmithNew Writer of the Year2009
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob SmithNew Writer of the Year2009
Devil May Care by Sebastian FaulksPopular Fiction Book of the Year2009
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate AtkinsonRichard & Judy Best Read of the Year2009
My Booky Wook by Russell BrandBiography of the Year2008
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanBook of the Year2008
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman by Francesca SimonChildren's Book of the Year2008
Book of the Dead by Patricia CornwellCrime Thriller of the Year2008
What Was Lost by Catherine O'FlynnNewcomer of the Year2008
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsPopular Fiction Book of the Year2008
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 KayBiography of the Year2007
The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn IgguldenBook of the Year2007
Flanimals of the Deep by Ricky GervaisChildren's Book of the Year2007
The Naming of the Dead by Ian RankinCrime Thriller of the Year2007
The Island by Victoria HislopNewcomer of the Year2007
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 OsbourneBiography of the Year2006
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. RowlingBook of the Year2006
Ark Angel by Anthony HorowitzChildren's Book of the Year2006
The Take by Martina ColeCrime Thriller of the Year2006
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 LewyckaNewcomer of the Year2006
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerPopular Fiction Book of the Year2006
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 ClintonBiography of the Year2005
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownBook of the Year2005
The Gruffalo's Child by Julia DonaldsonChildren's Book of the Year2005
Fleshmarket Close by Ian RankinCrime Thriller of the Year2005
William Pitt the Younger by William HagueHistory Book of the Year2005
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna ClarkeNewcomer of the Year2005
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 AhernNewcomer of the Year2004/5
Toast by Nigel SlaterBiography of the Year2004
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 JenkinsBiography of the Year2003
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 Book of the Year2003
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 Book of the Year2002
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 Book of the Year2001
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 Book of the Year2000
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 StewartNewcomer of the Year2000
Birthday Letters by Ted HughesBook of the Year1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. RowlingChildren's Book of the Year1999
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 (Book 1) by J. K. RowlingChildren's Book of the Year1998
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
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) by Philip PullmanChildren's Book of the Year1997
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 Book of the Year1996
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 Science Pop-Up 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 by Delia SmithBestseller of the Year1991
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

Shortlist 266

WorkCategoryYear
The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books by John CareyAutobiography/Biography2014
So, Anyway... by John CleeseAutobiography/Biography2014
Only When I Laugh: My Autobiography by Paul MertonAutobiography/Biography2014
Napoleon: A Life by Andrew RobertsAutobiography/Biography2014
Archie Greene and the Magician's Secret by D. D. EverestChildren's Book of the Year2014
Minecraft: Construction Handbook: An Official Mojang Book by Matthew NeedlerChildren's Book of the Year2014
Goth Girl and the Fête Worse Than Death by Chris RiddellChildren's Book of the Year2014
Personal by Lee ChildCrime and Thriller2014
The Silkworm by Robert GalbraithCrime and Thriller2014
The Monogram Murders by Sophie HannahCrime and Thriller2014
Moriarty by Anthony HorowitzCrime and Thriller2014
Mary Berry Cooks by Mary BerryFood and drink2014
River Cottage Light & Easy: Healthy Recipes for Every Day by Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallFood and drink2014
The Art of Eating Well by Jasmine HemsleyFood and drink2014
Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes by Tom KerridgeFood and drink2014
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas JonassonInternational Author of the Year2014
Burial Rites by Hannah KentInternational Author of the Year2014
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff KinneyInternational Author of the Year2014
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBrideInternational Author of the Year2014
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma HealeyNew Writer of the Year2014
Wake by Anna HopeNew Writer of the Year2014
In the light of what we know by Zia Haider RahmanNew Writer of the Year2014
Secrets of the Lighthouse: A Novel by Santa MontefiorePopular Fiction2014
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin MoranPopular Fiction2014
The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate MossePopular Fiction2014
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. by Viv AlbertinePopular Non-Fiction2014
Sharpe's Waterloo by Bernard CornwellPopular Non-Fiction2014
Curious: True Stories and Loose Connections by Rebecca FrontPopular Non-Fiction2014
How to Speak Money by John LanchesterPopular Non-Fiction2014
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel JoyceUK Author of the Year2014
The Bone Clocks by David MitchellUK Author of the Year2014
How to Be Both by Ali SmithUK Author of the Year2014
The Paying Guests by Sarah WatersUK Author of the Year2014
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonAudiobook of the Year2013
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanAudiobook of the Year2013
An Officer and a Spy by Robert HarrisAudiobook of the Year2013
Demon Dentist by David WalliamsAudiobook of the Year2013
Recipe for Life: The Autobiography by Mary BerryAutobiography/Biography2013
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos by Patrick Leigh FermorAutobiography/Biography2013
Bonkers: My Life in Laughs by Jennifer SaundersAutobiography/Biography2013
Under a Mackerel Sky by Rick SteinAutobiography/Biography2013
A Long Walk Home: One Woman's Story of Kidnap, Hostage, Loss - and Survival by Judith TebbuttAutobiography/Biography2013
The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat by Julia DonaldsonChildren's2013
Fortunately, the Milk by Neil GaimanChildren's2013
Maggot Moon by Sally GardnerChildren's2013
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris RiddellChildren's2013
Never Go Back by Lee ChildCrime & Thriller2013
Apple Tree Yard by Louise DoughtyCrime & Thriller2013
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithCrime & Thriller2013
Dead Man's Time by Peter JamesCrime & Thriller2013
Never Coming Back by Tim WeaverCrime & Thriller2013
Paul Hollywood's Bread by Paul HollywoodFood & Drink2013
Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food by Tom KerridgeFood & Drink2013
My Little French Kitchen: Over 100 Recipes from the Mountains, Market Squares, and Shores of France by Rachel KhooFood & Drink2013
Save with Jamie: Shop Smart, Cook Clever, Waste Less by Jamie OliverFood & Drink2013
The Incredible Spice Men by Cyrus TodiwalaFood & Drink2013
Inferno by Dan BrownInternational Author2013
The Luminaries by Eleanor CattonInternational Author2013
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniInternational Author2013
Wonder by R. J. PalacioInternational Author2013
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttInternational Author2013
The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin ExtenceNew Writer of the Year2013
The Shock of the Fall by Nathan FilerNew Writer of the Year2013
Kiss Me First by Lottie MoggachNew Writer of the Year2013
Natural Causes by James OswaldNew Writer of the Year2013
The Bone Season by Samantha ShannonNew Writer of the Year2013
Solo by William BoydPopular Fiction2013
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen FieldingPopular Fiction2013
Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn FrenchPopular Fiction2013
The White Princess by Philippa GregoryPopular Fiction2013
The State We're In by Adele ParksPopular Fiction2013
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill BrysonPopular Non-Fiction2013
On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way it Does by Simon GarfieldPopular Non-Fiction2013
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm GladwellPopular Non-Fiction2013
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max HastingsPopular Non-Fiction2013
The FastDiet: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Live Longer with the Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting by Michael MosleyPopular Non-Fiction2013
The Quarry by Iain BanksUK Author2013
Harvest by Jim CraceUK Author2013
The Crane Wife by Patrick NessUK Author2013
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'FarrellUK Author2013
Casino Royale by Ian FlemingAudiobook2012
Is It Just Me? by Miranda HartAudiobook2012
The Killing by David HewsonAudiobook2012
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwanAudiobook2012
The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year by Sue TownsendAudiobook2012
Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis CooperAutobiography/Biography2012
Back Story: A Memoir by David MitchellAutobiography/Biography2012
Joseph Anton by Salman RushdieAutobiography/Biography2012
Who I Am by Pete TownshendAutobiography/Biography2012
Camp David by David WalliamsAutobiography/Biography2012
The Wolf Princess by Cathryn ConstableChildren's2012
The Pirates Next Door by Jonny DuddleChildren's2012
Pirates Love Underpants by Claire FreedmanChildren's2012
Itch by Simon MayoChildren's2012
Tom Gates: Genius Ideas (Mostly) by Liz PichonChildren's2012
Kind of Cruel by Sophie HannahCrime & Thriller2012
A Question of Identity by Susan HillCrime & Thriller2012
Perfect People by Peter JamesCrime & Thriller2012
Gods and Beasts by Denise MinaCrime & Thriller2012
Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook by Mary BerryFood & Drink2012
The Great British Bake Off: How to Turn Everyday Bakes Into Showstoppers by Linda CollisterFood & Drink2012
Hugh's Three Good Things by Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallFood & Drink2012
Lorraine Pascale's Fast, Fresh and Easy Food by Lorraine PascaleFood & Drink2012
Gok Cooks Chinese by Gok WanFood & Drink2012
HHhH by Laurent BinetInternational Author2012
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittInternational Author2012
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainInternational Author2012
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanInternational Author2012
The Dinner by Herman KochInternational Author2012
Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya ByrneNew Writer2012
The Somnambulist by Essie FoxNew Writer2012
The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleenNew Writer2012
The Lighthouse by Alison MooreNew Writer2012
Care of Wooden Floors by Will WilesNew Writer2012
1356 by Bernard CornwellPopular Fiction2012
The Thread by Victoria HislopPopular Fiction2012
The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy KoomsonPopular Fiction2012
Citadel by Kate MossePopular Fiction2012
Me Before You by Jojo MoyesPopular Fiction2012
A Street Cat Named Bob and How He Saved My Life by James BowenPopular Non-Fiction2012
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients by Ben GoldacrePopular Non-Fiction2012
Moranthology by Caitlin MoranPopular Non-Fiction2012
Brazil by Michael PalinPopular Non-Fiction2012
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon RonsonPopular Non-Fiction2012
Capital by John LanchesterUK Author2012
Swimming Home by Deborah LevyUK Author2012
The Casual Vacancy by J. K. RowlingUK Author2012
NW by Zadie SmithUK Author2012
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette WintersonUK Author2012
The Player of Games by Iain M. BanksAudiobook of the Year2011
Any Human Heart by William BoydAudiobook of the Year2011
Snowdrops by A. D. MillerAudiobook of the Year2011
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel PitcherAudiobook of the Year2011
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. WatsonAudiobook of the Year2011
Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear GryllsBiography/Autobiography2011
Hitch-22 by Christopher HitchensBiography/Autobiography2011
Red Dust Road by Jackie KayBiography/Autobiography2011
The genius in my basement : the biography of a happy man by Alexander MastersBiography/Autobiography2011
Life by Keith RichardsBiography/Autobiography2011
The Highway Rat by Julia DonaldsonChildren's2011
One Dog and His Boy by Eva IbbotsonChildren's2011
Stuck by Oliver JeffersChildren's2011
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel PitcherChildren's2011
Dead Man's Cove by Lauren St. JohnChildren's2011
The Vintage Tea Party Book: A Complete Guide to Hosting your Perfect Party by Angel AdoreeFood & Drink2011
Made in Sicily by Giorgio LocatelliFood & Drink2011
Jamie's Great Britain by Jamie OliverFood & Drink2011
Home Cooking Made Easy by Lorraine PascaleFood & Drink2011
Rick Stein's Spain by Rick SteinFood & Drink2011
On Canaan's Side by Sebastian BarryInternational Author of the Year2011
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternInternational Author of the Year2011
1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiInternational Author of the Year2011
The Leopard by Jo NesboInternational Author of the Year2011
The Tiger's Wife by Téa ObrehtInternational Author of the Year2011
Rivers of London by Ben AaronovitchNew Writer2011
Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma HendersonNew Writer2011
Pigeon English by Stephen KelmanNew Writer2011
The Postmistress by Sarah BlakePaperback of the Year2011
The Red Queen by Philippa GregoryPaperback of the Year2011
You're Next by Gregg HurwitzPaperback of the Year2011
The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian KeyesPaperback of the Year2011
When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah WinmanPaperback of the Year2011
The American Heiress by Daisy GoodwinPopular Fiction2011
The Radleys by Matt HaigPopular Fiction2011
Gillespie and I by Jane HarrisPopular Fiction2011
Snuff by Terry PratchettPopular Fiction2011
Daughters-in-Law by Joanna TrollopePopular Fiction2011
Wonders of the Universe by Brian CoxPopular Non-Fiction2011
Map Of A Nation: A Biography Of The Ordnance Survey by Rachel HewittPopular Non-Fiction2011
The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex by Mark KermodePopular Non-Fiction2011
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregorPopular Non-Fiction2011
Madeleine: Our Daughter's Disappearance and the Continuing Search for Her by Kate McCannPopular Non-Fiction2011
The Family by Martina ColeThriller & Crime2011
The Fear Index by Robert HarrisThriller & Crime2011
Trick of the Dark by Val McDermidThriller & Crime2011
The Impossible Dead by Ian RankinThriller & Crime2011
Heartstone by C. J. SansomThriller & Crime2011
The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesUK Author of the Year2011
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol BirchUK Author of the Year2011
The Bees by Carol Ann DuffyUK Author of the Year2011
The House of Silk by Anthony HorowitzUK Author of the Year2011
The Long Song by Andrea LevyUK Author of the Year2011
The Butterfly Isles: A Summer in Search of Our Emperors and Admirals by Patrick BarkhamNew Writer2010
Mr. Chartwell by Rebecca HuntNew Writer2010
Rupture by Simon LelicNew Writer2010
Mr Rosenblum's List by Natasha SolomonsNew Writer2010
The Legacy by Katherine WebbNew Writer2010
Worth Dying For by Lee ChildPopular Fiction2010
Jump! by Jilly CooperPopular Fiction2010
Dead Like You by Peter JamesPopular Fiction2010
The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy KoomsonPopular Fiction2010
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony BeevorPopular Non-Fiction2010
Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex BellosPopular Non-Fiction2010
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill BrysonPopular Non-Fiction2010
Must You Go?: My Life with Harold Pinter by Antonia FraserPopular Non-Fiction2010
Operation Mincemeat by Ben MacintyrePopular Non-Fiction2010
The 19th Wife by David EbershoffPopular Fiction2009
Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahernshortlist2009
Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir by Diana Athillshortlist2009
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclayshortlist2009
The Mighty Book of Boosh by Julian Barrattshortlist2009
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barryshortlist2009
One of Us by Melissa Bennshortlist2009
The Business by Martina Coleshortlist2009
The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfershortlist2009
The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite by Beatrice Colinshortlist2009
Agincourt by Bernard CornwellShortlist2009
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidsonshortlist2009
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Fergusonshortlist2009
Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedmanshortlist2009
Stephen Fry in America by Stephen Fryshortlist2009
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Gallowayshortlist2009
Loving Frank by Nancy Horanshortlist2009
The Outcast by Sadie Jonesshortlist2009
Mudbound by Hillary Jordanshortlist2009
The Brutal Art by Jesse Kellermanshortlist2009
This Charming Man by Marian Keyesshortlist2009
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyershortlist2009
Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Nobleshortlist2009
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obamashortlist2009
Netherland by Joseph O'Neillshortlist2009
The Bolter by Frances Osborneshortlist2009
Captain Underpants And The Preposterous Plight Of The Purple Potty People by Dav Pilkeyshortlist2009
Inside the Whale by Jennie Rooneyshortlist2009
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowlingshortlist2009
Revelation by C. J. Sansomshortlist2009
Horrid Henry Robs the Bank by Francesca Simonshortlist2009
The Road Home by Rose Tremainshortlist2009
December by Elizabeth Hartley Winthropshortlist2009
Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worthshortlist2009
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zamashortlist2009
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson2009
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama2009
The Blair Years: The Alastair Campbell Diaries by Alastair CampbellBiography2008
On the Edge: My Story by Richard HammondBiography2008
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben MacintyreBiography2008
Spilling the Beans by Clarissa Dickson WrightBiography2008
Born to Run by Michael MorpurgoChildren's Book of the Year2008
My Pony Care Book (Perfect Ponies) by Katie PriceChildren's Book of the Year2008
That's Not My Penguin ... (Usborne Touchy-Feely Books) by Fiona WattChildren's Book of the Year2008
Kiss by Jacqueline WilsonChildren's Book of Year2008
The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee BurkeCrime Thriller2008
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee ChildCrime Thriller2008
The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermidCrime Thriller2008
Exit Music by Ian RankinCrime Thriller2008
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv ChandrasekaranNewcomer2008
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef PenneyNewcomer2008
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul TordayNewcomer2008
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNewcomer2008
The Ghost by Robert HarrisPopular Fiction2008
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniPopular Fiction2008
The House at Riverton by Kate MortonPopular Fiction2008
An Absolute Scandal by Penny VincenziPopular Fiction2008
Don't Stop Me Now by Jeremy ClarksonPopular Non-Fiction2008
Nigella Express: Good Food Fast by Nigella LawsonPopular Non-Fiction2008
The Wild Places by Robert MacfarlanePopular Non-Fiction2008
A History of Modern Britain by Andrew MarrPopular Non-Fiction2008
Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim ButcherRichard and Judy's Best Read of the Year2008
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho DaviesRichard and Judy's Best Read of the Year2008
A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. ElloryRichard and Judy's Best Read of the Year2008
Then We Came to the End by Joshua FerrisRichard and Judy's Best Read of the Year2008
Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick GaleRichard and Judy's Best Read of the Year2008
Mister Pip by Lloyd JonesRichard and Judy's Best Read of the Year2008
The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahonRichard and Judy's Best Read of the Year2008
Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny ScheinmannRichard and Judy's Best Read of the Year2008
The Visible World by Mark SloukaRichard and Judy's Best Read of the Year2008

Nominee 1

WorkYear
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton2008

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.

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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

(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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