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2021
Winner
The Accidental Collector by Guy Kennaway

Shortlist
Ghosts by Dolly Alderton
Between Beirut and the Moon by A Naji Bakhti
Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu
Temporary by Hilary Leichter
Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
2020
Winner
Flake by Matthew Dooley

Shortlist
Nobber by Oisin Fagan
Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane
Weather by Jenny Offill
46% Better than Dave by Alastair Puddick
House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild
2019
Winner
Reasons To Be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe

Shortlist
Vacuum In The Dark by Jen Beagin
In At The Deep End by Kate Davies
Charlie Savage by Roddy Doyle
Old Baggage by Lissa Evans
Francis Plug: How To Be A Public Author by Paul Ewen
2018
No prize awarded
2017
Winner
Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries by Helen Fielding
 
Shortlist
Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen
To Be Continued… by James Robertson
Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo
Paradise Lodge by Nina Stibbe
Here Comes Trouble by Simon Wroe
2016
Winners
The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
 
Shortlist
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Lubetkin Legacy by Marina Lewycka
There's Only Two David Beckhams by John O'Farrell
2015
Winner
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith
 
Shortlist
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
The Dog by Joseph O'Neill
Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe
A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh
2014
Winner
Lost for Words by Edward St Aubyn
 
Shortlist
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding
The Last Word by Hanif Kureishi
Straight White Male by John Niven
The Thrill of it All  by Joseph O’Connor
2013
Winner
Zoo Time by Howard Jacobson
 
Shortlist
England's Lane by Joseph Connolly
Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt
Skios by Michael Frayn
Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach
2012
Winner
Snuff by Terry Pratchett
 
Shortlist
Jude in London (Old Street) by Julian Gough
Capital by John Lanchester
The Man Who Forgot His Wife by John O'Farrell
The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend
2011
Winner
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
 
Shortlist
Serious Men by Manu Joseph
Comfort and Joy by India Knight
The Coincidence Engine by Sam Leith
The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn
2010
Winner
Solar by Ian McEwan
 
Shortlist
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Diamond Star Halo by Tiffany Murray
One Day by David Nicholls
From Aberystwyth with Love by Malcolm Pryce
2009
Winner
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
 
Shortlist
A Snowball in Hell by Christopher Brookmyre
Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans
Rancid Pansies by James Hamilton-Paterson
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Saša Stanišić
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
2008
Winner
The Butt by Will Self
 
Shortlist
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Submarine by Joe Dunthrone
Jude: Level 1 by Julian Gough
Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor
Sunday at the Cross Bones by John Walsh
2007
Winner
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
 
Shortlist
Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson
Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka
Cupid's Dart by David Nobbs
2006
Winner
All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye by Christopher Brookmyre
 
Shortlist
Wicked! by Jilly Cooper
The Last Llanelli Train by Robert Lewis
May Contain Nuts by John O'Farrell
Thud! by Terry Pratchett
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
2005
Winner
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
 
Shortlist
Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson
Mr Vogel by Lloyd Jones
Happy Accidents by Tiffany Murray
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
2004
Winner
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
 
Shortlist
Penguin Lost by Andrey Kurkov
These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach
Overtaken by Alexei Sayle
2003
Winner
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
 
Shortlist
Dot in the Universe by Lucy Ellmann
Don't You Want Me by India Knight
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith
2002
Winner
Spies by Michael Frayn
 
Shortlist
The Gatekeeper by Terry Eagleton
Spencer's List by Lissa Evans
Are You Dave Gorman? by Dave Gorman
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
2001
Winner
The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe
2000
Winner
The Mighty Walzer by Howard Jacobson
 
Shortlist
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks
The Book of Obituaries by Hugh Massingberd
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend​​