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2023 Book Prize Winners

Published 31st July 2023

Congratulations to all book prize winners for April to July 2023!

This list includes all major literary prize winners from a range of different categories. If you would like to read any of the books listed, simply click on the image of the book cover and it will take you to our library catalogue.. 

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2023

Joint winners this year. Congratulations to Barbara Kingsolver for 'Demon Copperhead'  and Hernan Diaz for 'Trust'.


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British Book Awards

Fiction Book of the Year

Babel by R.F Kuang



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Debut Fiction Book of the Year

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

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Page-turner Book of the Year

Verity by Colleen Hoover

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Crime and Thriller Book of the Year

The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett


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Lifestyle Book of the Year

Menopausing by Davina McCall


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Discover Book of the Year

I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel


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Narrative Non Fiction Book of the Year

Super-Infinite by Katherine Rundell


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CrimeFest Awards

Specsavers Crime Fiction Debut Award

A Flicker In The Dark by Stacy Willingham


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Last Laugh Award

Bryant and May's Peculiar London by Christopher Fowler


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Edgar Allan Poe Awards

US award honouring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television

Best Novel

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka


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Best Paperback Original

Or Else by Joe Hart



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Elizabeth Longford Prize

Celebrating Historical Biography


Rebels Against the Raj by Ramachandra Guha


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Jhalak Prize

Celebrates books by British and British resident BAME writers

None of the Above by Travis Alabanza


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Dylan Thomas Prize

Awarded for best published literary work in the English language, written by writers under 40.

God's Children are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu


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Paul Torday Memorial Prize

Awarded to a first novel by a writer over 60.

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus


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RSL Christopher Bland Prize

Awarded to an author of a fiction or non-fiction book who was first published when aged 50 or over. 

The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph


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Walter Scott Prize

Prestigious UK Award for Historical Fiction

These Days by Lucy Caldwell

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Congratulations to all prize winners for such an outstanding collection of work!

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