Costa Book Award
The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, it was renamed when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship. The awards were abruptly terminated in 2022.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon · 2003 · 8 lists
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The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie · 1988 · 7 lists
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Small Island
Andrea Levy · 2004 · 6 lists
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Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel · 2012 · 5 lists
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An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro · 1986 · 4 lists
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Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín · 1943 · 4 lists
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The Secret Scripture
Sebastian Barry · 2008 · 4 lists
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How to Be Both
Ali Smith · 2014 · 3 lists
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson · 1985 · 3 lists
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Poor Things
Alasdair Gray · 1992 · 3 lists
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The Accidental
Ali Smith · 2005 · 3 lists
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The Moor’s Last Sigh
Salman Rushdie · 1995 · 3 lists
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Kate Atkinson · 1996 · 2 lists
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Birthday Letters
Ted Hughes · 1998 · 2 lists
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Felicia’s Journey
William Trevor · 1994 · 2 lists
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Fools of Fortune
William Trevor · 1983 · 2 lists
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Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
Claire Tomalin · 2002 · 2 lists
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The Child in Time
Ian McEwan · 1987 · 2 lists
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A God in Ruins
Kate Atkinson · 1999 · 1 list
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A Life of Picasso
John Richardson · 1991 · 1 list
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Coleridge: Early Visions
Richard Holmes · 2013 · 1 list
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Day
A.L. Kennedy · 1800 · 1 list
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Docherty
William McIlvanney · 1975 · 1 list
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Elegies
Douglas Dunn · 2016 · 1 list
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English Passengers
Matthew Kneale · 2000 · 1 list
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Every Man for Himself
Beryl Bainbridge · 1996 · 1 list
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Hopeful Monsters
Nicholas Mosley · 2014 · 1 list
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How Far Can You Go?
David Lodge · 2001 · 1 list
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Injury Time
Beryl Bainbridge · 1994 · 1 list
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Krugers Alp
Christopher Hope · 1984 · 1 list
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Leading the Cheers
Justin Cartwright · 1998 · 1 list
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Music and Silence
Rose Tremain · 1999 · 1 list
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Picture Palace
Paul Theroux · 1978 · 1 list
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Pure
Andrew Miller · 1908 · 1 list
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Quarantine
Jim Crace · 1992 · 1 list
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Restless
William Boyd · 2001 · 1 list
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Silver City
Maurice Leitch · 2009 · 1 list
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Spies
Michael Frayn · 2020 · 1 list
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Swing Hammer Swing!
Jeff Torrington · 1992 · 1 list
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Tales from Ovid
Ted Hughes · 1999 · 1 list
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The Bird of Night
Susan Hill · 1972 · 1 list
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The Children of Dynmouth
William Trevor · 1976 · 1 list
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The Chip Chip Gatherers
Shiva Naipaul · 1973 · 1 list
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The Chymical Wedding
Lindsay Clarke · 1989 · 1 list
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The Comforts of Madness
Paul Sayer · 1988 · 1 list
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The Destiny Waltz
Gerda Charles · 1971 · 1 list
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The Hand That First Held Mine
Maggie O'Farrell · 2010 · 1 list
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The Old Jest
Jennifer Johnston · 1979 · 1 list
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The Queen of the Tambourine
Jane Gardam · 1991 · 1 list
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The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
Iris Murdoch · 1974 · 1 list
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The Spirit Level
Seamus Heaney · 1996 · 1 list
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The Tenderness of Wolves
Stef Penney · 2006 · 1 list
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Theory of War
Joan Brady · 1993 · 1 list
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Twelve Bar Blues
Patrick Neate · 2001 · 1 list
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Under the Eye of the Clock
Christopher Nolan · 1987 · 1 list
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Young Shoulders
John Wain · 1982 · 1 list