James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
Best Book Awards
2017
American War by Omar El Akkad
Attrib.: And Other Stories by Eley Williams (winner)
First Love by Gwendoline Riley
White Tears by Hari Kunzru
American War by Omar El Akkad
Attrib.: And Other Stories by Eley Williams (winner)
First Love by Gwendoline Riley
White Tears by Hari Kunzru
2016
A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
The Sport of Kings by C E Morgan
What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
The Sport of Kings by C E Morgan
What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
2015
Beatlebone by Kevin Barry
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
You Don't Have To Live Like This by Benjamin Markovits (winner)
Beatlebone by Kevin Barry
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
You Don't Have To Live Like This by Benjamin Markovits (winner)
2007
The Devil's Footprints by John Burnside
A Far Country by Daniel Mason
Our Horses in Egypt by Rosalind Belben (winner)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Salvage by Gee Williams
The Devil's Footprints by John Burnside
A Far Country by Daniel Mason
Our Horses in Egypt by Rosalind Belben (winner)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Salvage by Gee Williams
2006
Electricity by Ray Robinson
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (winner)
Seven Lies by James Lasdun
The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro
Electricity by Ray Robinson
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (winner)
Seven Lies by James Lasdun
The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro
2005
The Accidental by Ali Smith
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
Mother, Missing by Joyce Carol Oates
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Praying Mantis by André Brink
Saturday by Ian McEwan (winner)
The Accidental by Ali Smith
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
Mother, Missing by Joyce Carol Oates
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Praying Mantis by André Brink
Saturday by Ian McEwan (winner)
2004
The Afterglow by Anthony Cartwright
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
GB84 by David Peace (winner)
Havoc by Ronan Bennett
Psychoraag by Suhayl Saadi
The Afterglow by Anthony Cartwright
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
GB84 by David Peace (winner)
Havoc by Ronan Bennett
Psychoraag by Suhayl Saadi
2003
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Personality by Andrew O'Hagan (winner)
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Personality by Andrew O'Hagan (winner)
2002
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (winner)
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Fragrant Harbour by John Lanchester
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Unless by Carol Shields
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (winner)
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Fragrant Harbour by John Lanchester
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Unless by Carol Shields
2001
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Body Artist by Don DeLillo
Number9dream by David Mitchell
Something Like a House by Sid Smith (winner)
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Body Artist by Don DeLillo
Number9dream by David Mitchell
Something Like a House by Sid Smith (winner)
2000
The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi
House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski
In the Shape of a Boar by Lawrence Norfolk
White Teeth by Zadie Smith (winner)
The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi
House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski
In the Shape of a Boar by Lawrence Norfolk
White Teeth by Zadie Smith (winner)
1999
A Harlot's Progress by David Dabydeen
The Harvest by Christopher Hart
Headlong by Michael Frayn
The Leper's Companions by Julia Blackburn
Renegade or Halo 2 by Timothy Mo (winner)
A Harlot's Progress by David Dabydeen
The Harvest by Christopher Hart
Headlong by Michael Frayn
The Leper's Companions by Julia Blackburn
Renegade or Halo 2 by Timothy Mo (winner)
1998
Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
Man or Mango? by Lucy Ellmann
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge (winner)
The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills
Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
Man or Mango? by Lucy Ellmann
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge (winner)
The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills
1997
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
Feeding the Ghosts by Fred D'Aguiar
Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty
Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller (winner)
Jack Maggs by Peter Carey
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
Feeding the Ghosts by Fred D'Aguiar
Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty
Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller (winner)
Jack Maggs by Peter Carey