Costa Children's Book Award

Best Novel Awards

2015
An Island of Our Own by Sally Nicholls
Jessica's Ghost by Andrew Norriss
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge (winner)
Sophie Someone by Hayley Long

2014
Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders (winner)
The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick
Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo
Running Girl by Simon Mason

2013
Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddell (winner)
The Hanged Man Rises by Sarah Naughton (Sarah J Naughton)
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

2012
A Boy and A Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner (winner)
The Seeing by Diana Hendry
What's Up With Jody Barton? by Hayley Long

2011
Blood Red Road by Moira Young (winner)
Flip by Martyn Bedford
Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans
The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell-Boyce

2010
Annexed by Sharon Dogar
Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace (winner)
The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud

2009
The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness (winner)
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera
Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd
Troubadour by Mary Hoffman

2008
Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine
The Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd
Just Henry by Michelle Magorian (winner)
Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray

2007
Blood Red, Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick
The Bower Bird by Ann Kelley (winner)
Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
What I Was by Meg Rosoff

2006
Clay by David Almond
The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
Set in Stone by Linda Newbery (winner)

Best Book Awards

2020
The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff
The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant (winner)
Wranglestone by Darren Charlton

2019
Asha & the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan (winner)
Crossfire by Malorie Blackman
Furious Thing by Jenny Downham
In the Shadow of Heroes by Nicholas Bowling

2018
Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay
The Colour of the Sun by David Almond
Orphan, Monster, Spy by Matt Killeen
The Skylarks' War by Hilary McKay (winner)

2017
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell (winner)
The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans

2016
The Bombs That Brought Us Together by Brian Conaghan (winner)
The Monstrous Child by Francesca Simon
Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence
Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford