2009 Book of the Year

When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson

2009

The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite by Beatrice Colin

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Stephen Galloway

The Brutal Art by Jesse Kellerman

Netherland by Joseph O'Neill

The Bolter: Idina Sackville-The Woman Who Scandalised 1920s Society and Became White Mischief's Infamous Seductress by Frances Osborne

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale

December by Elizabeth H Winthrop

Summer 2009

Guernica by Dave Boling

Palace Council by Stephen L Carter

The Great Lover by Jill Dawson

Mr Toppit by Charles Elton

Past Imperfect by Julian Fellowes

The Piano Teacher by Janice YK Lee

The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller

Mystery Man by Colin Bateman