Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing
Best Novel Awards
2016
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild (winner)
The Lubetkin Legacy by Marina Lewycka
The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray (winner)
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild (winner)
The Lubetkin Legacy by Marina Lewycka
The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray (winner)
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
2015
A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh
The Dog by Joseph O'Neill
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith (winner)
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
Losing It by Helen Lederer
Man At the Helm by Nina Stibbe
A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh
The Dog by Joseph O'Neill
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith (winner)
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
Losing It by Helen Lederer
Man At the Helm by Nina Stibbe
2014
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks
The Last Word by Hanif Kureishi
Lost For Words by Edward St. Aubyn (winner)
Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding
Straight White Male by John Niven
The Thrill of it All by Joseph O'Connor
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks
The Last Word by Hanif Kureishi
Lost For Words by Edward St. Aubyn (winner)
Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding
Straight White Male by John Niven
The Thrill of it All by Joseph O'Connor
2013
England's Lane by Joseph Connolly
Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach
Lightning Rods by Helen De Witt
Skios by Michael Frayn
Zoo Time by Howard Jacobson (winner)
England's Lane by Joseph Connolly
Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach
Lightning Rods by Helen De Witt
Skios by Michael Frayn
Zoo Time by Howard Jacobson (winner)
2012
Capital by John Lanchester
Jude in London by Julian Gough
The Man Who Forgot His Wife by John O'Farrell
Snuff by Terry Pratchett (winner)
The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend
Capital by John Lanchester
Jude in London by Julian Gough
The Man Who Forgot His Wife by John O'Farrell
Snuff by Terry Pratchett (winner)
The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend
2011
The Coincidence Engine by Sam Leith
Comfort and Joy by India Knight
The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn
Serious Men by Manu Joseph
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart (winner)
The Coincidence Engine by Sam Leith
Comfort and Joy by India Knight
The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn
Serious Men by Manu Joseph
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart (winner)
2010
Diamond Star Halo by Tiffany Murray
From Aberystwyth with Love by Malcolm Pryce
One Day by David Nicholls
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Solar by Ian McEwan (winner)
Diamond Star Halo by Tiffany Murray
From Aberystwyth with Love by Malcolm Pryce
One Day by David Nicholls
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Solar by Ian McEwan (winner)
2009
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
How The Soldier Repairs The Gramophone by Saša Stanišić
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer (winner)
Rancid Pansies by James Hamilton-Paterson
A Snowball in Hell by Chris Brookmyre
Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
How The Soldier Repairs The Gramophone by Saša Stanišić
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer (winner)
Rancid Pansies by James Hamilton-Paterson
A Snowball in Hell by Chris Brookmyre
Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans
2008
The Butt by Will Self (winner)
Jude: Level 1 by Julian Gough
Pontoon by Garrison Keillor
Submarine by Joe Dunthorne
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
The Butt by Will Self (winner)
Jude: Level 1 by Julian Gough
Pontoon by Garrison Keillor
Submarine by Joe Dunthorne
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
2007
Cupid's Dart by David Nobbs
Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday (winner)
Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka
Cupid's Dart by David Nobbs
Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday (winner)
Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka
2006
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye by Chris Brookmyre (winner)
The Last Llanelli Train by Robert Lewis
May Contain Nuts by John O'Farrell
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Thud! by Terry Pratchett
Wicked! by Jilly Cooper
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye by Chris Brookmyre (winner)
The Last Llanelli Train by Robert Lewis
May Contain Nuts by John O'Farrell
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Thud! by Terry Pratchett
Wicked! by Jilly Cooper
2005
Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Happy Accidents by Tiffany Murray
Mr Vogel by Lloyd Jones
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (winner)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Happy Accidents by Tiffany Murray
Mr Vogel by Lloyd Jones
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (winner)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
2004
Overtaken by Alexei Sayle
Penguin Lost by Andrey Kurkov
These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde (winner)
Overtaken by Alexei Sayle
Penguin Lost by Andrey Kurkov
These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde (winner)
2003
The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith
Don't You Want Me? by India Knight
Dot in the Universe by Lucy Ellmann
I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Vernon God Little by D B C Pierre (winner)
The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith
Don't You Want Me? by India Knight
Dot in the Universe by Lucy Ellmann
I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Vernon God Little by D B C Pierre (winner)
2000
The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend
The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
The Mighty Walzer by Howard Jacobson (winner)
The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend
The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
The Mighty Walzer by Howard Jacobson (winner)
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