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2021
Winner
The Sin Eater by Megan Campisi

Shortlist
Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten
The Strange Adventures of H by Sarah Burton
Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield

Longlist
Bronte’s Mistress by Finola Austin
The Puritan Princess by Miranda Malins
Imperfect Alchemist by Naomi Miller
Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison
The Company Daughters by Samantha Rajaram
The Long, Long Afternoon by Inga Vesper
2020
Winner
The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey

Shortlist
The Book of Echoes by Rosanna Amaka
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
The Lost Ones by Anita Frank
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

Longlist
You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames
This Lovely City by Louise Hare
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee
A Book of Secrets by Kate Morrison
2019
Winner
Blood and Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Shortlist
The Illumination of Ursula Flight by Anna-Marie Crowhurst
Only Killers And Thieves by Paul Howarth
The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea
Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce
The Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

Longlist
The Familiars by Stacey Halls
The Conviction of Cora Burns by Carolyn Kirby
As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald S Murray
The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
Blackberry and Wild Rose by Sonia Velton
2018
Winner
Estoril by Dejan Tiago-Stanković
 
Shortlist
The Optickal Illusion by Rachel Halliburton
A Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson
The Lightkeeper's Daughters by Jean E Pendziwol
The Woolgrower’s Companion by Joy Rhoades
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
 
Longlist
Deposed by David Barbaree
The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Bitter by Francesca Jakobi
The Magician’s Lie by Greer Macallister
The Parentations by Kate Mayfield