The Costa Book Award for First Novel, formerly known as the Whitbread Award (1971–2006), was an annual literary award for authors' debut novels, part of the Costa Book Awards which were discontinued in 2022, the 2021 awards being the last made.
Recipients Costa Books of the Year are distinguished with a blue ribbon ().
1900s
+Costa Book Award for First Novel winners and finalists, 1974–1999YearAuthorTitleRef.1974The Life and Death of Mary WollstonecraftWinner1975The Improbable Puritan: A Life of Bulstrode WhitelockeWinnerNo award presented 1976-19801981A Good Man in AfricaWinner1982On the Black HillWinner1983Flying to NowhereWinner1984A Parish of Rich WomenWinner1985Oranges Are Not the Only FruitWinner1986ContinentWinner1987The Other GardenWinner1988The Comforts of Madness Winner1989GerontiusWinner1990The Buddha of SuburbiaWinner1991Alma CoganWinner1992Swing Hammer Swing! Winner1993Saving AgnesWinner1994The Longest MemoryWinner1995Behind the Scenes at the Museum WinnerGagarin & IShortlistMorvern Callar1996The Debt to PleasureWinnerReading In the DarkShortlistThe Arizona GameMother of Pearl1997The Ventriloquist's TaleWinnerOne Day as a TigerShortlistThe Underground ManBeach BoyEclipse of the Sun1998The Last King of ScotlandWinnerShoppingShortlistThe Restraint of BeastsJelly Roll1999White City BlueWinnerThe Great IdeasShortlistOur FathersA Foreign Country
2000s +Costa Book Award for First Novel winners and shortlists, 2000–2021YearAuthorTitleResultRef.2000White TeethWinnerUnder the SkinShortlistDanny BoyBorn Free2001Something Like a HouseWinnerThe OversightShortlistBurning WormAugust2002The Song of NamesWinnerThe End of My TetherShortlistHomage to a Firing SquadThe Impressionist2003Vernon God LittleWinnerBuddha DaShortlistAn Evening of Long GoodbyesAn Empty Room2004Eve GreenWinnerJonathan Strange & Mr NorrellShortlistThe Land as Viewed from the SeaEve GreenThe Maze2005The Harmony Silk FactoryWinner26aShortlistThe Short Day DyingGem Squash Tokoloshe2006The Tenderness of Wolves WinnerThe Meaning of NightShortlistCloth GirlThe Amnesia Clinic2007What Was LostWinnerA Golden AgeShortlistGiftedMosquito2008The OutcastWinnerThe Behaviour of MothsShortlistChild 44Inside the Whale2009BeautyWinnerThe Finest Type of English WomanhoodShortlistJohn the RevelatorThe Girl with Glass Feet2010Witness the NightWinnerCoconut UnlimitedShortlistThe Temple-GoersNot Quite White2011Tiny Sunbirds Far AwayWinnerCity of BohaneShortlistThe Last Hundred DaysPao2012The InnocentsWinnerThe Notable Brain of Maximilian PonderShortlistSnake RopesThe Bellwether Revivals2013The Shock of the Fall WinnerIdiopathyShortlistMeeting the EnglishMarriage Material2014Elizabeth is MissingWinnerA Song for Issy BradleyShortlistAcademy StreetChop Chop2015The LoneyWinnerSpill Simmer Falter WitherShortlistThe Girl in the Red CoatThings We Have in Common2016Golden HillWinnerShortlistThe Words in My Hand2017Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineWinnerShortlistMontpelier Parade 2018The Seven Deaths of Evelyn HardcastleWinnerPieces of MeShortlistMeet Me at the Museum2019WinnerDiary of a SomebodyShortlistQueenie2020Love After LoveWinnerBig Girl, Small TownShortlistAll the Water in the World2021Open WaterWinnerShortlistFault Lines
References
External links
Official website