Book of the Year - British Book Awards 2021 Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart 2020 Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams 2019 Normal People by Sally Rooney 2018 Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
2017 The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
2016 The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley
2009 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale
2008 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
2007 The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn & Hal Iggulden
2006 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
2005 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
2004 Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
2003 Stupid White Men by Michael Moore
2002 Billy by Pamela Stephenson
2001 Man and Boy by Tony Parsons
2000 Managing My Life by Alex Ferguson
1999 Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
1998 Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
1997 Longitude by Dava Sobel
1996 Delia Smith's Winter Collection by Delia Smith