The awards include the Waterstones Book of the Year, the Children’s Book Prize (which also features category winners), the Debut Fiction Prize, the Scottish Book of the Year, the Irish Book of the Year, the Welsh Book of the Year, and the Waterstones 11.
Year Read Category Author Title Result 2005
Children's Book of the Year Stuart Hill The Cry of the Icemark Won 2005
Children's Book of the Year M.I. McAllister Urchin of the Riding Stars Nominated 2005
Children's Book of the Year Barry Jonsberg The Whole Business With Kiffo and the Pit Bull Nominated 2005
Children's Book of the Year Livi Michael The Whispering Road Nominated 2005
Children's Book of the Year Val Tyler The Time Wreccas Nominated 2005
Children's Book of the Year Julie Hearn The Merrybegot / The Minister's Daughter Nominated 2005
Children's Book of the Year Shannon Hale The Goose Girl Nominated 2005
Children's Book of the Year Ann Halam Siberia Nominated 2005
Children's Book of the Year Ellen Potter Olivia Kidney Nominated 2005
Children's Book of the Year Kes Gray The Grerks Nominated 2005
Children's Book of the Year Bowering Sivers Jammy Dodgers on the Run Nominated 2005
Children's Book of the Year Kenneth Oppel Airborn Nominated 2006
Children's Book of the Year Julia Golding The Diamond of Drury Lane Won 2006
Children's Book of the Year Michael Carroll The Awakening Nominated 2006
Children's Book of the Year Beth Goobie The Lottery Nominated 2006
Children's Book of the Year John Boyne The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Nominated 2006
Children's Book of the Year Heather Vogel Frederick The Black Paw Nominated 2006
Children's Book of the Year Elise Broach Shakespeare's Secret Nominated 2006
Children's Book of the Year Adam Frost Ralph the Magic Rabbit Nominated 2006
Children's Book of the Year Edith Pattou North Child Nominated 2006
Children's Book of the Year John Dougherty Jack Slater, Monster Investigator Nominated 2006
Children's Book of the Year Suzanne Collins Gregor and the Marks of Secret Nominated 2007
Children's Book of the Year Tom Becker Darkside Won 2007
Children's Book of the Year Tom Kelly Thing with Finn / Finn's Going Nominated 2007
Children's Book of the Year Gareth P. Jones The Case of the Missing Cats Nominated 2007
Children's Book of the Year F.E. Higgins The Black Book of Secrets Nominated 2007
Children's Book of the Year Philip Caveney Sebastian Darke: Prince of Fools Nominated 2007
Children's Book of the Year Christopher Russell Smugglers Nominated 2007
Children's Book of the Year L. Brittney Dangerous Times Nominated 2007
Children's Book of the Year Michael Broad The Werewolf Teacher Nominated 2007
Children's Book of the Year J.A. Henderson Bunker 10 Nominated 2007
Children's Book of the Year Siobhan Dowd A Swift Pure Cry Nominated 2008
Children's Book of the Year Sally Nicholls Ways to Live Forever Won 2008
Children's Book of the Year Emily Bearn Tumtum and Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall Nominated 2008
Children's Book of the Year Sam Enthoven Tim, Defender of the Earth! Nominated 2008
Children's Book of the Year David Melling Stone Goblins Nominated 2008
Children's Book of the Year Matt Haig Shadow Forest Nominated 2008
Children's Book of the Year Jenny Valentine Broken Soup Nominated 2008
Children's Book of the Year Gaby Halberstam Blue Sky Freedom Nominated 2008
Children's Book of the Year Oisin McGann Ancient Appetites Nominated 2008
Children's Book of the Year Marie-Louise Jensen Between Two Seas Nominated 2009
Children's Book of the Year Michelle Harrison 13 Treasures Won 2009
Children's Book of the Year Elen Caldecott How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant Nominated 2009
Children's Book of the Year Vanessa Curtis Who Says I'm a Freak? / Queen of Clean Nominated 2009
Children's Book of the Year Steve Feasey Changeling Nominated 2009
Children's Book of the Year Ceci Jenkinson Gnomes Are Forever Nominated 2009
Children's Book of the Year Marie-Louise Jensen The Lady in the Tower Nominated 2009
Children's Book of the Year Rob Stevens Beware the Buffalogre! Nominated 2010
Children's Book of the Year Katie Davies The Great Hamster Massacre Won 2010
Children's Book of the Year Jeremy de Quidt The Toymaker Nominated 2010
Children's Book of the Year Caro King Seven Sorcerers Nominated 2010
Children's Book of the Year Victoria Forester The Girl Who Could Fly Nominated 2010
Children's Book of the Year Pat Walsh The Crowfield Curse Nominated 2010
Children's Book of the Year A.G. Taylor Meteorite Strike Nominated 2010
Children's Book of the Year Suzanne LaFleur Love, Aubrey Nominated 2010
Children's Book of the Year Lucy Christopher Flyaway Nominated 2010
Children's Book of the Year Laura Summers Desperate Measures Nominated 2011
Children's Book of the Year Sita Brahmachari Artichoke Hearts Won 2011
Children's Book of the Year Ruth Eastham The Memory Cage Nominated 2011
Children's Book of the Year Candy Gourlay Tall Story Nominated 2011
Children's Book of the Year Janice Hardy The Shifter / The Pain Merchants Nominated 2011
Children's Book of the Year Curtis Jobling Rise of the Wolf Nominated 2011
Children's Book of the Year Anna KempAlex T. Smith Fantastic Frankie And The Brain Drain Machine Nominated 2011
Children's Book of the Year Irfan Master A Beautiful Lie Nominated 2011
Children's Book of the Year Jon Mayhew Mortlock Nominated 2011
Children's Book of the Year Rebecca Stead When You Reach Me Nominated 2011
Waterstones 11 Kevin Barry City of Bohane Won 2011
Waterstones 11 David Bezmozgis The Free World Won 2011
Waterstones 11 Sophie Hardach The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages Won 2011
Waterstones 11 Amanda Hodgkinson 22 Britannia Road Won 2011
Waterstones 11 Shehan Karunatilaka The Legend of Pradeep Mathew Won 2011
Waterstones 11 Stephen Kelman Pigeon English Won 2011
Waterstones 11 Sam Leith The Coincidence Engine Nominated 2011
Waterstones 11 Téa Obreht The Tiger's Wife Nominated 2011
Waterstones 11 Johanna Skibsrud The Sentimentalists Nominated 2011
Waterstones 11 Mirza Waheed The Collaborator Won 2011
Waterstones 11 Sarah Winman When God Was a Rabbit Won 2012
Book of the Year Russell Norman Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook Won 2012
Book of the Year Laurent Binet HHhH Nominated 2012
Book of the Year Artemis Cooper Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure Nominated 2012
Book of the Year Simon Garfield On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks Nominated 2012
Book of the Year Robert Macfarlane The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot Nominated 2012
Book of the Year Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies Nominated 2012
Children's Book of the Year Jonny Duddle The Pirates Next Door Won 2012
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Liz Pichon The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Won 2012
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Mackenzie Crook The Windvale Sprites Nominated 2012
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Gill Lewis Wild Wings / Sky Hawk Nominated 2012
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Janet Foxley Muncle Trogg Nominated 2012
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Alan Silberberg Milo and the Restart Button Nominated 2012
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Alex T. Smith Claude In The City Nominated 2012
Children's Picture Book of the Year Jonny Duddle The Pirates Next Door Won 2012
Children's Picture Book of the Year Marta Altés No! Nominated 2012
Children's Picture Book of the Year Jon Klassen I Want My Hat Back Nominated 2012
Children's Picture Book of the Year Ann Bonwill I Don't Want to Be a Pea! Nominated 2012
Children's Picture Book of the Year Nadia Shireen Good Little Wolf Nominated 2012
Children's Picture Book of the Year Chris Haughton Little Owl Lost / A Bit Lost Nominated 2012
Teen Book of the Year Jenny Downham You Against Me Won 2012
Teen Book of the Year Annabel Pitcher My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Nominated 2012
Teen Book of the Year Veronica Roth Divergent Nominated 2012
Teen Book of the Year Ruta Sepetys Between Shades of Gray / Ashes in the Snow Nominated 2012
Teen Book of the Year Phil Earle Being Billy Nominated 2012
Teen Book of the Year Morgan Matson Amy & Roger's Epic Detour Nominated 2012
Waterstones 11 Jenni Fagan The Panopticon Won 2012
Waterstones 11 Patrick Flanery Absolution Won 2012
Waterstones 11 Frances Greenslade Shelter Won 2012
Waterstones 11 Chad Harbach The Art of Fielding Won 2012
Waterstones 11 Eowyn Ivey The Snow Child Won 2012
Waterstones 11 Rachel Joyce The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Won 2012
Waterstones 11 Grace McCleen The Land of Decoration Won 2012
Waterstones 11 Anna Raverat Signs of Life Won 2012
Waterstones 11 Charlotte Rogan The Lifeboat Won 2012
Waterstones 11 Karen Thompson Walker The Age of Miracles Won 2012
Waterstones 11 Will Wiles Care of Wooden Floors Won 2013
Book of the Year John Williams Stoner Won 2013
Book of the Year Kate Atkinson Life After Life Nominated 2013
Book of the Year Julian Barnes Levels of Life Nominated 2013
Book of the Year Stephen Collins The Gigantic Beard that Was Evil Nominated 2013
Book of the Year Aleksandra Mizielińska Maps Nominated 2013
Book of the Year Nina Stibbe Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home Nominated 2013
Children's Book of the Year Annabel Pitcher Ketchup Clouds Won 2013
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year R.J. Palacio Wonder Won 2013
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Jennifer Gray Breaks the Law Nominated 2013
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Cathryn Constable The Wolf Princess Nominated 2013
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Helen Peters The Secret Hen House Theatre Nominated 2013
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Geoff Rodkey Deadweather and Sunrise Nominated 2013
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Jim Smith I Am Not A Loser Nominated 2013
Children's Picture Book of the Year Rebecca Cobb Lunchtime Won 2013
Children's Picture Book of the Year Jo Empson Rabbityness Nominated 2013
Children's Picture Book of the Year Chris Haughton Oh No, George! Nominated 2013
Children's Picture Book of the Year Anna Kemp The Worst Princess Nominated 2013
Children's Picture Book of the Year Sam Usher Can You See Sassoon? Nominated 2013
Children's Picture Book of the Year Frann Preston-Gannon The Journey Home Nominated 2013
Teen Book of the Year Annabel Pitcher Ketchup Clouds Won 2013
Teen Book of the Year Rachel Hartman Seraphina Nominated 2013
Teen Book of the Year Laura Jarratt Skin Deep Nominated 2013
Teen Book of the Year S.J. Kincaid Insignia Nominated 2013
Teen Book of the Year Sarah J. Maas Throne of Glass Nominated 2013
Teen Book of the Year Andy Robb Geekhood: Close Encounters of the Girl Kind Nominated 2013
Waterstones 11 Carlos Acosta Pig's Foot Won 2013
Waterstones 11 Sam Byers Idiopathy Won 2013
Waterstones 11 Marjorie Celona Y Won 2013
Waterstones 11 Gavin Extence The Universe Versus Alex Woods Won 2013
Waterstones 11 Hannah Kent Burial Rites Won 2013
Waterstones 11 Kevin Maher The Fields Won 2013
Waterstones 11 Donal Ryan The Spinning Heart Won 2013
Waterstones 11 Michel Rostain The Son Won 2013
Waterstones 11 Sathnam Sanghera Marriage Material Won 2013
Waterstones 11 Taiye Selasi Ghana Must Go Won 2013
Waterstones 11 D.W. Wilson Ballistics Nominated 2014
Book of the Year Jessie Burton The Miniaturist Won 2014
Book of the Year Laura Bates Everyday Sexism Nominated 2014
Book of the Year Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Nominated 2014
Book of the Year Sabrina Ghayour Persiana: Recipes from the Middle East & Beyond Nominated 2014
Book of the Year Oliver Jeffers Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for all the Letters Nominated 2014
Book of the Year Marina Keegan The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories Nominated 2014
Book of the Year Helen Macdonald H is for Hawk Nominated 2014
Book of the Year Thomas Piketty Capital in the Twenty-First Century Nominated 2014
Children's Book of the Year Katherine Rundell Rooftoppers Won 2014
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Katherine Rundell Rooftoppers Won 2014
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Soman Chainani The School for Good and Evil Nominated 2014
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Piers Torday The Last Wild Nominated 2014
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Sandra Greaves Skull in the Wood Nominated 2014
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Emerald Fennell Shiverton Hall Nominated 2014
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Laura Dockrill Darcy Burdock Nominated 2014
Children's Picture Book of the Year Nick Bromley Open Very Carefully: A Book with Bite Won 2014
Children's Picture Book of the Year Elys Dolan Weasels Nominated 2014
Children's Picture Book of the Year Gemma Merino The Crocodile Who Didn't like Water Nominated 2014
Children's Picture Book of the Year Helen Hancocks Penguin in Peril Nominated 2014
Children's Picture Book of the Year Courtney Dicmas Harold Finds a Voice Nominated 2014
Teen Book of the Year Yasmeen Ismail Time for Bed, Fred! Nominated 2014
Teen Book of the Year Holly Smale Geek Girl Won 2015
Book of the Year Coralie Bickford-Smith The Fox and the Star Won 2015
Book of the Year Harper Lee Go Set a Watchman Nominated 2015
Book of the Year Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend Nominated 2015
Book of the Year Paula Hawkins The Girl on the Train Nominated 2015
Book of the Year James Rebanks The Shepherd's Life Nominated 2015
Book of the Year Matt Haig Reasons to Stay Alive Nominated 2015
Book of the Year Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life Nominated 2015
Book of the Year Mary Beard SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Nominated 2015
Children's Book of the Year Rob Biddulph Blown Away Won 2015
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Robin Stevens Murder Most Unladylike / Murder is Bad Manners Won 2015
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Harriet Whitehorn Violet and the Pearl of the Orient Nominated 2015
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Anne Booth Girl With a White Dog Nominated 2015
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year G.R. Gemin Cowgirl Nominated 2015
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Polly Ho-Yen Boy in the Tower Nominated 2015
Children's Fiction 5-12 Book of the Year Lara Williamson A Boy Called Hope Nominated 2015
Children's Picture Book of the Year Rob Biddulph Blown Away Won 2015
Children's Picture Book of the Year Sophy Henn Where Bear? Nominated 2015
Children's Picture Book of the Year Victoria Turnbull The Sea Tiger Nominated 2015
Children's Picture Book of the Year Steve Antony The Queen's Hat Nominated 2015
Children's Picture Book of the Year Lucy Letherland Atlas of Adventures Nominated 2015
Children's Picture Book of the Year Suzanne Barton The Dawn Chorus Nominated 2015
Scottish Book of the Year John Lister-Kaye Gods of the Morning: A Bird’s Eye View of a Highland Year Won 2015
Teen Book of the Year Sally Green Half Bad Won 2015
Teen Book of the Year Leslye Walton The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender Nominated 2015
Teen Book of the Year Sarah Moore Fitzgerald The Apple Tart of Hope Nominated 2015
Teen Book of the Year Kim Slater Smart Nominated 2015
Teen Book of the Year Louise O'Neill Only Ever Yours Nominated 2015
Teen Book of the Year Erin Lange Dead Ends Nominated 2016
Book of the Year Sarah Perry The Essex Serpent Won 2016
Book of the Year J.K. Rowling John Tiffany Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Nominated 2016
Book of the Year Emma Jane Kirby The Optician of Lampedusa Nominated 2016
Book of the Year Beatrix Potter The Tale of Kitty In Boots Nominated 2016
Book of the Year Christopher de Hamel Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts Nominated 2016
Book of the Year Paul Kalanithi When Breath Becomes Air Nominated 2016
Children's Book of the Year David Solomons My Brother Is a Superhero Won 2016
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year David Litchfield The Bear and the Piano Won 2016
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Naomi Howarth The Crow's Tale Nominated 2016
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Matty Long Super Happy Magic Forest Nominated 2016
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Nicholas John Frith Hector and Hummingbird Nominated 2016
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Lorraine Carey Cinderella's Sister and the Big Bad Wolf Nominated 2016
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year David Barrow Have You Seen Elephant? Nominated 2016
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Lisa Williamson The Art of Being Normal Won 2016
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Melinda Salisbury The Sin Eater's Daughter Nominated 2016
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Moïra Fowley-Doyle The Accident Season Nominated 2016
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Lisa Heathfield Seed Nominated 2016
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Jandy Nelson I'll Give You the Sun Nominated 2016
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Leo Hunt 13 Days of Midnight Nominated 2016
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year David Solomons My Brother Is a Superhero Won 2016
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Sibéal Pounder Witch Wars Nominated 2016
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Katherine Woodfine The Clockwork Sparrow Nominated 2016
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Kevin Sands The Blackthorn Key Nominated 2016
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Shane Hegarty The Legends Begin Nominated 2016
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Crystal Chan Bird Nominated 2016
Scottish Book of the Year Graeme Macrae Burnet His Bloody Project Won 2017
Book of the Year Philip Pullman La Belle Sauvage Won 2017
Book of the Year Elena Favilli 100+ Tales of Extraordinary Women Nominated 2017
Book of the Year George Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo Nominated 2017
Book of the Year Jenny Uglow Mr. Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense Nominated 2017
Book of the Year Yanis Varoufakis Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Nominated 2017
Book of the Year Frances Hardinge A Skinful of Shadows Nominated 2017
Book of the Year Robert Macfarlane The Lost Words Nominated 2017
Children's Book of the Year Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Girl of Ink and Stars / The Cartographer's Daughter Won 2017
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Lizzy Stewart There's a Tiger in the Garden Won 2017
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Fabi Santiago Tiger in a Tutu Nominated 2017
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Francesca Sanna The Journey Nominated 2017
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Duncan Beedie The Bear Who Stared Nominated 2017
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Meg McLaren Life is Magic Nominated 2017
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Patrice Lawrence Orangeboy Won 2017
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Nilanjana Roy The Wildings Nominated 2017
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Matt Robertson Super Stan Nominated 2017
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Nicola Yoon The Sun is Also a Star Nominated 2017
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Lisa Heathfield Paper Butterflies Nominated 2017
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Lindsay Eagar Hour of the Bees Nominated 2017
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Gavriel Savit Anna and the Swallow Man Nominated 2017
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Girl of Ink and Stars / The Cartographer's Daughter Won 2017
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Lauren Wolk Wolf Hollow Nominated 2017
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Ross Welford Time Travelling with a Hamster Nominated 2017
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Peter Bunzl Cogheart Nominated 2017
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Laura James Captain Pug Nominated 2017
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year M.G. Leonard Beetle Boy Nominated 2017
Scottish Book of the Year Mary Paulson-Ellis The Other Mrs Walker Won 2018
Book of the Year Isabel Hardman Why We Get the Wrong Politicians Nominated 2018
Book of the Year Dan Jones The Color of Time Nominated 2018
Book of the Year Sally Rooney Normal People Won 2018
Book of the Year The Secret Barrister The Secret Barrister Nominated 2018
Book of the Year Dolly Alderton Everything I Know About Love Nominated 2018
Book of the Year Henry Eliot The Penguin Classics Book Nominated 2018
Book of the Year Madeline Miller Circe Nominated 2018
Children's Book of the Year Angie Thomas The Hate U Give Won 2018
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Joe Todd-Stanton The Secret of Black Rock Won 2018
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Louise Greig The Night Box Nominated 2018
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Matt Carr Superbat Nominated 2018
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Simon Philip I Really Want the Cake Nominated 2018
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Sandra Dieckmann Leaf Nominated 2018
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Pam Smy Thornhill Nominated 2018
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Robert Starling Fergal is Fuming! Nominated 2018
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Angie Thomas The Hate U Give Won 2018
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Emily Suvada This Mortal Coil Nominated 2018
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Catherine Barter Troublemakers Nominated 2018
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Emily Bain Murphy The Disappearances Nominated 2018
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Alice Broadway Ink Nominated 2018
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Jessica Townsend The Trials of Morrigan Crow Nominated 2018
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Maz Evans Who Let the Gods Out? Nominated 2018
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Kieran Larwood Podkin One-Ear Nominated 2018
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Lisa Thompson The Goldfish Boy Nominated 2018
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Greg James Kid Normal Nominated 2018
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Helena Duggan A Place Called Perfect Nominated 2018
Scottish Book of the Year Sarah Maine The House Between Tides / Bhalla Strand Won 2019
Book of the Year Charlie Mackesy The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Won 2019
Book of the Year Margaret Atwood The Testaments Nominated 2019
Book of the Year Candice Carty-Williams Queenie Nominated 2019
Book of the Year Bridget Collins The Binding Nominated 2019
Book of the Year Robert Macfarlane Underland: A Deep Time Journey Nominated 2019
Book of the Year Max Porter Lanny Nominated 2019
Book of the Year Greta Thunberg No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference Nominated 2019
Children's Book of the Year Onjali Q. Raúf The Boy at the Back of the Class Won 2019
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Lauren Ace The Girls Won 2019
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Emily Haworth-Booth The King Who Banned the Dark Nominated 2019
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year John Bond Mini Rabbit Not Lost Nominated 2019
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Vashti Harrison Bold Women in Black History Nominated 2019
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Jessica Love Julián Is a Mermaid Nominated 2019
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Michael Whaite 100 Dogs Nominated 2019
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Tomi Adeyemi Children of Blood and Bone Won 2019
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Tracy Darnton The Truth About Lies Nominated 2019
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Elizabeth Acevedo The Poet X Nominated 2019
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Malcolm Duffy Me Mam. Me Dad. Me Nominated 2019
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Ele Fountain Boy 87 / Refugee 87 Nominated 2019
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Christelle Dabos A Winter's Promise Nominated 2019
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Onjali Q. Raúf The Boy at the Back of the Class Won 2019
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year P.G. Bell The Train to Impossible Places Nominated 2019
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Sophie Anderson The House with Chicken Legs Nominated 2019
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Ewa Jozefkowicz The Mystery of the Colour Thief Nominated 2019
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Vashti Hardy Brightstorm Nominated 2019
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Andy Shepherd The Boy Who Grew Dragons Nominated 2019
Scottish Book of the Year Andrew Miller Now We Shall Be Entirely Free Won 2020
Book of the Year Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet Won 2020
Book of the Year Dara McAnulty Diary of a Young Naturalist Nominated 2020
Book of the Year Brit Bennett The Vanishing Half Nominated 2020
Book of the Year Gavin Francis Island Dreams Nominated 2020
Book of the Year Michiko Kakutani Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread Nominated 2020
Book of the Year Philippe Sands The Ratline: Love, Lies, and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive Nominated 2020
Book of the Year Craig Brown One Two Three Four / 150 Glimpses of the Beatles Nominated 2020
Book of the Year Naoise Dolan Exciting Times Nominated 2020
Book of the Year Bolu Babalola Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold Nominated 2020
Book of the Year David Olusoga Black and British: An Illustrated History Nominated 2020
Book of the Year Fiona Waters Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! Nominated 2020
Book of the Year Katherine Rundell The Book of Hopes Nominated 2020
Children's Book of the Year Nathan Bryon Rocket Says Look Up! Won 2020
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Nathan Bryon Rocket Says Look Up! Won 2020
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Graham Carter Otto Blotter, Bird Spotter Nominated 2020
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Kate Read One Fox Nominated 2020
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Beatrice Blue Once Upon a Unicorn's Horn Nominated 2020
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Rose Robbins Me & My Sister Nominated 2020
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Ben Rothery Hidden Planet: An Illustrator's Love Letter to Planet Earth Nominated 2020
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Liz Hyder Bearmouth Won 2020
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Emma Smith-Barton The Million Pieces of Neena Gill Nominated 2020
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Samira Ahmed Internment Nominated 2020
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Niellah Arboine gal-dem I Will Not Be Erased Nominated 2020
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Tamsin Winter Jemima Small Versus the Universe Nominated 2020
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Holly Jackson A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Nominated 2020
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Sharna Jackson High-Rise Mystery Won 2020
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Kirsty Applebaum The Middler Nominated 2020
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Meg Grehan The Deepest Breath Nominated 2020
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Lucy Strange Our Castle by the Sea Nominated 2020
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Jasbinder Bilan Asha & the Spirit Bird Nominated 2020
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Sam Copeland Charlie Changes Into a Chicken Nominated 2020
Scottish Book of the Year Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain Won 2021
Book of the Year Paul McCartney The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present Won 2021
Book of the Year Jonathan Drori Around the World in 80 Plants Nominated 2021
Book of the Year Janice Hallett The Appeal Nominated 2021
Book of the Year Kiran Millwood Hargrave Julia and the Shark Nominated 2021
Book of the Year Charlotte Higgins Greek Myths Nominated 2021
Book of the Year Kazuo Ishiguro Klara and the Sun Nominated 2021
Book of the Year Amy Jeffs Storyland: Discover the Magical Myths and Lost Legends of Britain Nominated 2021
Book of the Year Caleb Azumah Nelson Open Water Nominated 2021
Book of the Year Marcus Rashford Carl Anka You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be Nominated 2021
Book of the Year Jennifer Saint Ariadne Nominated 2021
Book of the Year Adam Silvera They Both Die at the End Nominated 2021
Book of the Year Colin Thubron The Amur River: Between Russia and China Nominated 2021
Book of the Year Andrew Donkin A History of the World in 25 Cities Nominated 2021
Children's Book of the Year Elle McNicoll A Kind of Spark Won 2021
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Bethan Stevens The Grumpy Fairies Won 2021
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Eva Eland Where Happiness Begins Nominated 2021
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Katie Cottle The Blue Giant Nominated 2021
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Devon Holzwarth Found You Nominated 2021
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Dawn Coulter-Cruttenden Bear-Shaped Nominated 2021
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Darren Charlton Wranglestone Won 2021
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Dean Atta The Black Flamingo Nominated 2021
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Jordan Ifueko Raybearer Nominated 2021
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year A.M. Dassu Boy, Everywhere Nominated 2021
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Danielle Jawando And the Stars Were Burning Brightly Nominated 2021
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Elle McNicoll A Kind of Spark Won 2021
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Kereen Getten When Life Gives You Mangos Nominated 2021
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Jenny Pearson The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates Nominated 2021
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Alastair Chisholm Orion Lost Nominated 2021
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Annabelle Sami Llama Out Loud! Nominated 2021
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Francesca Gibbons The Shadow Moth Nominated 2021
Debut Fiction Prize Sophie Gonzales Only Mostly Devastated Nominated 2021
Scottish Book of the Year Andrew O'Hagan Mayflies Won 2022
Book of the Year Katy Hessel The Story of Art Without Men Won 2022
Book of the Year Maggie O'Farrell The Marriage Portrait Nominated 2022
Book of the Year Alice Oseman Volume One Nominated 2022
Book of the Year Bonnie Garmus Lessons in Chemistry Nominated 2022
Book of the Year Jonathan Freedland The Escape Artist Nominated 2022
Book of the Year Thomas Halliday Otherlands Nominated 2022
Book of the Year Katherine Rundell The Golden Mole Nominated 2022
Book of the Year Jeremy Lee Cooking: Simply and well, for one or many Nominated 2022
Book of the Year R.F. Kuang Babel, or The Necessity of Violence Nominated 2022
Book of the Year A.F. Steadman Skandar and the Unicorn Thief Nominated 2022
Children's Book of the Year Hannah Gold The Last Bear Won 2022
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Harry Woodgate Grandad's Camper Won 2022
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Andy Harkness Wolfboy Nominated 2022
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Lu Fraser The Viking Who Liked Icing Nominated 2022
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Steve Small The Duck Who Didn't Like Water Nominated 2022
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Helen Kellock Out to Sea Nominated 2022
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Barry Falls Alone! Nominated 2022
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Ciara Smyth Not My Problem Won 2022
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Femi Fadugba The Upper World Nominated 2022
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Namina Forna The Gilded Ones Nominated 2022
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Manjeet Mann The Crossing Nominated 2022
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Michelle Quach Not Here to Be Liked Nominated 2022
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Angeline Boulley Firekeeper's Daughter Nominated 2022
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Hannah Gold The Last Bear Won 2022
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Benjamin Dean Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow Nominated 2022
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Kelly Yang Front Desk Nominated 2022
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Efua Traoré Children of the Quicksands Nominated 2022
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Mark Bradley Bumble and Snug and the Angry Pirates Nominated 2022
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year B.B. Alston Amari and the Night Brothers Nominated 2022
Debut Fiction Prize Bonnie Garmus Lessons in Chemistry Nominated 2022
Debut Fiction Prize Sequoia Nagamatsu How High We Go in the Dark Nominated 2022
Debut Fiction Prize Tara M. Stringfellow Memphis Nominated 2022
Debut Fiction Prize Tess Gunty The Rabbit Hutch Won 2022
Debut Fiction Prize Louise Kennedy Trespasses Nominated 2022
Debut Fiction Prize Eloghosa Osunde Vagabonds! Nominated 2022
Irish Book of the Year Manchán Magan Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us Won 2022
Scottish Book of the Year Sara Sheridan The Fair Botanists Won 2022
Welsh Book of the Year Caryl Lewis Drift Won 2023
Book of the Year Katherine Rundell Impossible Creatures Won 2023
Book of the Year Chris Broad Abroad in Japan Nominated 2023
Book of the Year G.T. Karber Murdle: Volume 1 Nominated 2023
Book of the Year R.F. Kuang Yellowface Nominated 2023
Book of the Year Ann Patchett Tom Lake Nominated 2023
Book of the Year Rick Rubin The Creative Act: A Way of Being Nominated 2023
Book of the Year Zadie Smith The Fraud Nominated 2023
Book of the Year Chris van Tulleken Ultra-Processed People Nominated 2023
Book of the Year Alice Winn In Memoriam Nominated 2023
Book of the Year Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing Nominated 2023
Book of the Year Lou Peacock A Whale of a Time Nominated 2023
Book of the Year Mary Beard Emperor of Rome Nominated 2023
Children's Book of the Year Nadia Mikail The Cats We Meet Along the Way Won 2023
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Kim Hillyard Gretel the Wonder Mammoth: A story about overcoming anxiety Won 2023
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Georgia Buckthorn The Fairy Garden Nominated 2023
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Emma Carlisle What Do You See When You Look at a Tree? Nominated 2023
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Rachael Davis I Am NOT a Prince Nominated 2023
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Stephen Hogtun The Station Cat Nominated 2023
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Jordan Stephens The Missing Piece Nominated 2023
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Nadia Mikail The Cats We Meet Along the Way Won 2023
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Erik J. Brown All That's Left in the World Nominated 2023
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Lewis Hancox Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure Nominated 2023
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Christine Pillainayagam Ellie Pillai is Brown Nominated 2023
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Cynthia So If You Still Recognize Me Nominated 2023
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Angharad Walker Once Upon a Fever Nominated 2023
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year M.T. Khan Nura and the Immortal Palace Nominated 2023
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year David Farr The Book of Stolen Dreams Nominated 2023
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Hannah Moffatt Small! Nominated 2023
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Lee Newbery The Last Firefox Nominated 2023
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Varsha Shah Ajay and the Mumbai Sun Nominated 2023
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year J.T. Williams Drama and Danger Nominated 2023
Debut Fiction Prize Alice Winn In Memoriam Won 2023
Debut Fiction Prize Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Chain-Gang All-Stars Nominated 2023
Debut Fiction Prize Jacqueline Crooks Fire Rush Nominated 2023
Debut Fiction Prize Michael Magee Close to Home Nominated 2023
Debut Fiction Prize Cecile Pin Wandering Souls Nominated 2023
Debut Fiction Prize Colin Walsh Kala Nominated 2023
Irish Book of the Year Michael Magee Close to Home Won 2023
Scottish Book of the Year S.G. MacLean The Bookseller of Inverness Won 2023
Welsh Book of the Year Tom Bullough Sarn Helen Won 2024
Book of the Year Asako Yuzuki Butter Won 2024
Book of the Year Chloe Dalton Raising Hare Nominated 2024
Book of the Year Percival Everett James Nominated 2024
Book of the Year Holly Jackson The Reappearance of Rachel Price Nominated 2024
Book of the Year Anna Jones Easy Wins Nominated 2024
Book of the Year Olivia Laing The Garden Against Time Nominated 2024
Book of the Year Ferdia Lennon Glorious Exploits Nominated 2024
Book of the Year Alice Loxton Eighteen Nominated 2024
Book of the Year Ben Macintyre The Siege Nominated 2024
Book of the Year Coco Mellors Blue Sisters Nominated 2024
Book of the Year Ross Montgomery I Am Rebel Nominated 2024
Book of the Year William Grill Cloudspotting for Beginners Nominated 2024
Book of the Year Sally Rooney Intermezzo Nominated 2024
Book of the Year William Shakespeare Shakespeare's First Folio: All The Plays Nominated 2024
Book of the Year Colm Tóibín Long Island Nominated 2024
Children's Book of the Year Pari Thomson Greenwild Won 2024
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Chloe Savage The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish Won 2024
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Natalie Labarre Incredible Jobs You've (Probably) Never Heard of Nominated 2024
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Ellan Rankin The Secret Elephant Nominated 2024
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Kate Rolfe Wolf and Bear Nominated 2024
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Andrew Sanders Whose Dog is This? Nominated 2024
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Kayvion Lewis Thieves' Gambit Won 2024
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Nick Brooks Promise Boys Nominated 2024
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Mel Darbon What the World Doesn't See Nominated 2024
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Bea Fitzgerald Girl, Goddess, Queen Nominated 2024
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Ayaan Mohamud You Think You Know Me Nominated 2024
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Alexandra Sheppard Friendship Never Ends Nominated 2024
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Pari Thomson Greenwild Won 2024
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year J.J. Arcanjo Crookhaven The School for Thieves: Book 1 Nominated 2024
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Lizzie Huxley-Jones Vivi Conway and The Sword of Legend Nominated 2024
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Emily-Jane Clark The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Attack of the Vampire Sheep Nominated 2024
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Beth Lincoln A Dictionary of Scoundrels Nominated 2024
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year G.M. Linton My Name is Sunshine Simpson Nominated 2024
Debut Fiction Prize Ferdia Lennon Glorious Exploits Won 2024
Debut Fiction Prize Kaveh Akbar Martyr! Nominated 2024
Debut Fiction Prize Kaliane Bradley The Ministry of Time Nominated 2024
Debut Fiction Prize Josie Ferguson The Silence In Between Nominated 2024
Debut Fiction Prize Hanako Footman Mongrel Nominated 2024
Debut Fiction Prize Rebecca K. Reilly Greta & Valdin Nominated 2024
Irish Book of the Year Colm Tóibín Long Island Won 2024
Scottish Book of the Year Philip Paris The Last Witch of Scotland Won 2024
Welsh Book of the Year Claire Fayers Welsh Giants, Ghosts and Goblins Won 2025
Book of the Year Lucy Steeds The Artist / The Artist and the Feast Won 2025
Book of the Year David Attenborough Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness Nominated 2025
Book of the Year Natasha Brown Universality Nominated 2025
Book of the Year Suzanne Collins Sunrise on the Reaping Nominated 2025
Book of the Year James Fox Craftland: In Search of Lost Arts and Disappearing Trades Nominated 2025
Book of the Year Neill Cameron Donut Squad: Take Over the World! Nominated 2025
Book of the Year Antonia Hodgson The Raven Scholar Nominated 2025
Book of the Year Anna James Alice with a Why Nominated 2025
Book of the Year R.F. Kuang Katabasis Nominated 2025
Book of the Year William Maxwell So Long, See You Tomorrow Nominated 2025
Book of the Year Mikey Please The Café at the Edge of the Woods Nominated 2025
Book of the Year Mel Robbins The Let Them Theory Nominated 2025
Book of the Year Arundhati Roy Mother Mary Comes to Me Nominated 2025
Book of the Year Tim Siadatan Padella Nominated 2025
Book of the Year Uketsu Strange Pictures Nominated 2025
Children's Book of the Year Carlos Sánchez The Tale of a Thousand Faces Nominated 2025
Children's Book of the Year Nathanael Lessore King of Nothing Nominated 2025
Children's Book of the Year Mikey Please The Café at the Edge of the Woods Won 2025
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Craig Barr-Green Gina Kaminski Saves the Wolf Nominated 2025
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year X. Fang Dim Sum Palace Nominated 2025
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Jana Curll Mountain and Cloud Nominated 2025
Children's Illustrated Book of the Year Mikey Please The Café at the Edge of the Woods Won 2025
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Leanne Egan Lover Birds Nominated 2025
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Nathanael Lessore King of Nothing Won 2025
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Margaret McDonald Glasgow Boys Nominated 2025
Children's Older Fiction Book of the Year Emily Varga For She Is Wrath Nominated 2025
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Piu DasGupta Secrets of the Snakestone Nominated 2025
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year James Fox The Boy in the Suit Nominated 2025
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Clare Harlow The Many Faces of Ista Flit Nominated 2025
Children's Younger Fiction Book of the Year Carlos Sánchez The Tale of a Thousand Faces Won 2025
Debut Fiction Prize Catherine Airey Confessions Nominated 2025
Debut Fiction Prize William Rayfet Hunter Sunstruck Nominated 2025
Debut Fiction Prize Gurnaik Johal We Move Nominated 2025
Debut Fiction Prize Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin Ordinary Saints Nominated 2025
Debut Fiction Prize Lisa Ridzén When the Cranes Fly South Nominated 2025
Debut Fiction Prize Lucy Steeds The Artist / The Artist and the Feast Won 2025
Irish Book of the Year Wendy Erskine The Benefactors Won 2025
Scottish Book of the Year Tom Newlands Only Here, Only Now Won 2025
Welsh Book of the Year Anthony Shapland A Room Above a Shop Won
The Waterstones Book of the Year was established in 2012, with any book published within the previous twelve months eligible for consideration.
The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize began in 2005, continuing the mission of its predecessor, the Ottakar’s Children’s Book Prize. Its purpose is to spotlight emerging talent, focusing on authors and illustrators with no more than two previously published books – whether for children or adults. In 2012, the prize expanded to introduce category winners in Fiction 5–12, Picture Book, and Teen, later renamed in 2016 to Younger Fiction, Illustrated Book, and Older Fiction.
The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize was introduced in 2022 to champion outstanding new voices in fiction.
Waterstones launched its Scottish Book of the Year award in 2015, followed by the Irish and Welsh Book of the Year awards in 2022. These awards may reflect the author’s nationality or the setting or subject matter of the book.
From 2011 to 2013, Waterstones also presented the “Waterstones 11,” an initiative honouring eleven standout debut fiction authors each year.
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