Shortlist Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen The Blessed Girl by Angela Makholwa The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson
Longlist Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella The Nursery by Asia Mackay So Lucky by Dawn O'Porter Are We Nearly There Yet? by Lucy Vine In the Crypt with a Candlestick by Daisy Waugh Diary of a Confused Feminist by Kate Weston Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Vampire Menace by Olga Wojtas
2019 Winner The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven
Runner Up Killing It by Asia Mackay
Shortlist Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims
Longlist Faking Friends by Jane Fallon One in a Million by Lindsey Kelk Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce Forging On by Catherine Robinson The Wedding Date by Zara Stoneley Hot Mess by Lucy Vine Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar by Olga Wojtas