2020 Winner Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant
Shortlist Wranglestone by Darren Charlton The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson illustrated by Rob Biddulph The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff
2019 Winner Asha & the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan
Shortlist Crossfire by Malorie Blackman In the Shadow of Heroes by Nicholas Bowling Furious Thing by Jenny Downham
Costa Children's Book Award 2018 Winner The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay
Shortlist The Colour of the Sun by David Almond Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen 2017 Winner The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Shortlist Moonrise by Sarah Crossan Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
2016 Winner The Bombs That Brought Us Together by Brian Conaghan
Shortlist Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence The Monstrous Child by Francesca Simon Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
2015 Winner The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Shortlist Sophie Someone by Hayley Long An Island of Our Own by Sally Nicholls Jessica's Ghost by Andrew Norriss
2014 Winner Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders
Shortlist Running Girl by Simon Mason Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick
2013 Winner Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddell
Shortlist Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery The Hanged Man Rises by Sarah Naughton Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
2012 Winner Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
Shortlist The Seeing by Diana Hendry What’s Up With Jody Barton? by Hayley Long A Boy and a Bear in a Boat Rhymes by Dave Shelton
2011 Winner Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Shortlist Flip by Martyn Bedford The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans
2010 Winner Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
Shortlist Flyaway by Lucy Christopher Annexed by Sharon Dogar Bartimaeus: The Ring of Solomon by Jonathon Stroud
2009 Winner The Ask and the Answer: Chaos Walking, Book Two by Patrick Ness
Shortlist Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd Troubadour by Mary Hoffman Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera
2008 Winner Just Henry by Michelle Magorian
Shortlist Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray The Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine
2007 Winner The Bower Bird by Ann Kelley
Shortlist Crusade by Elizabeth Laird What I Was by Meg Rosoff Blood Red Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick
2006 Winner Set in Stone by Linda Newbery
Shortlist Clay by David Almond The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
Whitbread Children's Book Award 2005 Winner The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
Shortlist Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay
2004 Winner Not the End of the World by Geraldine McCaughrean
Shortlist Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff No Shame, No Fear by Ann Turnbull
2003 Winner The Fire-Eaters by David Almond
Shortlist The Oracle by Catherine Fisher Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo Naked Without a Hat by Jeanne Willis
2002 Winner Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay
Shortlist Exodus by Julie Bertagna Sorceress by Celia Rees Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award (1996-8 ineligible for Book of the Year Award) 2001 Winner The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Shortlist Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson The Lady and the Squire by Terry Jones
2000 Winner Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
Shortlist Heaven Eyes by David Almond The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland Troy by Adele Geras
1999 Winner Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban by JK Rowling
Shortlist Meeting Midnight by Carol Ann Duffy Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
1998 Winner Skellig by David Almond
Shortlist Sweet Clarinet by James Riordan Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets by JK Rowling Abomination by Robert Swindells
1997 Winner Aquila by Andrew Norriss
Shortlist Junk by Melvin Burgess Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech Harry and the Wrinklies by Alan Temperley
1996 Winner The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine
Shortlist The Trokeville Way by Russell Hoban Plundering Paradise by Geraldine McCaughrean Clockwork or All Wound Up by Philip Pullman
Beefeater Children's Novel Award 1995 Winner The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo
Shortlist The Parsley Parcel by Elizabeth Arnold Kasper in the Glitter by Philip Ridley
Whitbread Children's Novel Award 1994 Winner Gold Dust by Geraldine McCaughrean
1993 Winner Flour Babies by Anne Fine
1992 Winner The Great Elephant Chase by Gillian Cross
1991 Winner Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry
1990 Winner AK by Peter Dickinson
1989 Winner Why Weeps the Brogan? by Hugh Scott
1988 Winner Awaiting Developments by Judy Allen
1987 Winner A Little Lower than the Angels by Geraldine McCaughrean
1986 Winner The Coal House by Andrew Taylor
1985 Winner The Nature of the Beast by Janni Howker
1984 Winner The Queen of the Pharisees' Children by Barbara Willard
1983 Winner The Witches by Roald Dahl
1982 Winner The Song of Pentecost by WJ Corbett
1981 Winner The Hollow Land by Jane Gardam
1980 Winner John Diamond by Leon Garfield
1979 Winner Tulku by Peter Dickinson
Whitbread Children's Book Award 1978 Winner The Battle of Bubble & Squeak by Philippa Pearce
1977 Winner No End to Yesterday by Shelagh MacDonald
1976 Winner A Stitch in Time by Penelope Lively
1974 Winner How Tom Beat Captain Najork & His Hired Sportsmen by Russell Hoban & Quentin Blake
1974 Winner The Emperor's Winding Sheet by Jill Paton Walsh
1973 Winner The Butterfly Ball & The Grasshopper's Feast by Alan Aldridge & William Plomer