Annual literary award for fictional books
The Costa Book Award for Novel , formerly known as the Whitbread Award (1971–2005), was an annual literary award for novels, as part of the Costa Book Awards .
The awards were dissolved in 2022.[ 1]
Costa Books of the Year are distinguished with a blue ribbon ( ). Award winners are listed in bold .
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^ "Past Winners" (PDF) . Costa Book Awards . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2022-02-07 .
^ Pauli, Michelle (2006-11-28). "Costa kicks off prize sponsorship with populist shortlist" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ Brown, Mark (2008-01-02). "Former postwoman takes Costa first novel award" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ Brown, Mark (2009-01-05). "Nonagenarian Diana Athill leads Costa book award winners" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ Brown, Mark (2010-01-26). "Christopher Reid wins Costa book prize" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ "In pictures: Costa book awards 2010" . the Guardian . 2011-01-05. ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ Brown, Mark (2010-11-16). "Costa prize shortlist falls short on biographies" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ Brown, Mark; correspondent, arts (2012-01-24). "Costa book award: Andrew Miller wins for sixth novel, Pure" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ "Costa book awards 2011: the shortlists – in pictures" . the Guardian . 2011-11-15. ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ Brown, Mark (2013-01-29). "Hilary Mantel's Bring up the Bodies wins Costa prize after unanimous vote" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ "Former winners recapture Costa prize" . BBC News . 2014-01-06. Archived from the original on 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2022-02-07 .
^ Brown, Mark (2014-01-28). "Costa book award won by Nathan Filer for debut novel, The Shock of the Fall" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ Mark Brown (26 November 2013). "Costa book awards 2013: late author on all-female fiction shortlist" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2013 .
^ Vincent, Alice (2015-01-05). "Wartime adaptation of Five Children and It wins in Costa Book Award categories" . The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2015-01-12 .
^ Brown, Mark (2015-01-27). "Helen Macdonald wins 2014 Costa book award for 'haunting' H is for Hawk" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ Oliver Arnoldi (18 November 2014). "2014 Costa Book Awards shortlists announced" . Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015 .
^ Brown, Mark (26 January 2016). "Frances Hardinge's The Lie Tree wins Costa book of the year 2015" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2016 .
^ Flood, Alison (2015-11-17). "Costa category awards 2015: tiny presses square up to big hitters" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ Cain, Sian (2017-01-31). "Days Without End wins Sebastian Barry second Costa book of the year award" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ Sian Cain (22 November 2016). "Costa book award 2016 shortlists dominated by female writers" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022 .
^ Cain, Sian (2018-01-02). "Helen Dunmore wins posthumous Costa award for collection Inside the Wave" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2023-06-09 .
^ "Costa Book Awards 2017 Shortlists Announced" . Foyles . 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022 .
^ "BBC Radio 4 - Front Row - The Cut Out Girl by Bart van Es named Costa Book of the Year 2018" . BBC . Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-02-06 .
^ "Costa Book Awards 2018 Shortlists Announced" . BBC Radio 4 . Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022 .
^ Doyle, Martin (6 January 2020). "Costa Book Awards 2019 winners revealed" . The Irish Times . Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2020 .
^ "BBC Radio 4 - Front Row - Costa Book Awards 2019 shortlists announced" . BBC . Archived from the original on 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2022-08-04 .
^ "Costa Book of the Year: 'Utterly original' Mermaid of Black Conch wins" . BBC . January 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2021-02-03 .
^ Anderson, Porter (2020-11-25). "The Costa Book Awards Announce their 2020 Shortlists" . Publishing Perspectives . Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2022-08-04 .
^ "Costa Book Awards 2021 category winners announced" . Costa . Archived from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-01-05 .
^ "Costa prize 2021 shortlists highlight climate anxiety" . the Guardian . 2021-11-23. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2022-08-04 .