Walter Scott Prize
Best Historical Novel Awards
2020
The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey (winner)
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad
The Redeemed by Tim Pears
Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor
A Sin of Omission by Marguerite Poland
To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek
The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey (winner)
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad
The Redeemed by Tim Pears
Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor
A Sin of Omission by Marguerite Poland
To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek
2019
After the Party by Cressida Connolly
The Long Take by Robin Robertson (winner)
A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey
After the Party by Cressida Connolly
The Long Take by Robin Robertson (winner)
A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey
2018
The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers (winner)
Grace by Paul Lynch
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik
Sugar Money by Jane Harris
The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath
The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers (winner)
Grace by Paul Lynch
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik
Sugar Money by Jane Harris
The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath
2017
A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (winner)
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
The Good People by Hannah Kent
The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
The Vanishing Futurist by Charlotte Hobson
A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (winner)
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
The Good People by Hannah Kent
The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
The Vanishing Futurist by Charlotte Hobson
2016
Mrs. Engels by Gavin McCrea
A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar
Sweet Caress by William Boyd
Tightrope by Simon Mawer (winner)
Mrs. Engels by Gavin McCrea
A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar
Sweet Caress by William Boyd
Tightrope by Simon Mawer (winner)
2015
Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut
A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie
In the Wolf's Mouth by Adam Foulds
The Lie by Helen Dunmore
The Ten Thousand Things by John Spurling (winner)
Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre
The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis
Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut
A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie
In the Wolf's Mouth by Adam Foulds
The Lie by Helen Dunmore
The Ten Thousand Things by John Spurling (winner)
Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre
The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis
2014
Fair Helen by Andrew Greig
Harvest by Jim Crace
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris (winner)
The Promise by Ann Weisgarber
Fair Helen by Andrew Greig
Harvest by Jim Crace
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris (winner)
The Promise by Ann Weisgarber
2013
Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (winner)
Merivel by Rose Tremain
The Streets by Anthony Quinn
Toby's Room by Pat Barker
Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (winner)
Merivel by Rose Tremain
The Streets by Anthony Quinn
Toby's Room by Pat Barker
2012
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry (winner)
Pure by Andrew Miller
The Quality of Mercy by Barry Unsworth
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry (winner)
Pure by Andrew Miller
The Quality of Mercy by Barry Unsworth
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst
2011
C by Tom McCarthy
Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor
Heartstone by C J Sansom
The Long Song by Andrea Levy (winner)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
To Kill a Tsar by Andrew Williams
C by Tom McCarthy
Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor
Heartstone by C J Sansom
The Long Song by Andrea Levy (winner)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
To Kill a Tsar by Andrew Williams
2010
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
Hodd by Adam Thorpe
Lustrum by Robert Harris
The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds
Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant
Stone's Fall by Iain Pears
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (winner)
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
Hodd by Adam Thorpe
Lustrum by Robert Harris
The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds
Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant
Stone's Fall by Iain Pears
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (winner)