The National Bestseller Literary Prize (Russian: Национальный бестселлер; Natsionalnyi Bestseller, informally shortened Natsbest) was awarded to the best Russian-language novel from 2001 until 2022. It was considered one of three major Russian literary awards, alongside the Russian Booker Prize (discontinued in 2017) and the Big Book Award.
A jury selects 5-6 novels each year, and a smaller jury of experts selects the winner. The winner receives an award of 250,000 rubles. The award was suspended in 2022.
Winners +National Bestseller Literary Prize winnersYearAuthorTitle2001Leonid Yuzefovich Kniaz' vetra2002Alexander Prokhanov Gospodin Geksogen2003Aleksandr Garros and Aleksei Evdokimov [Golovo]lomka2004Victor Pelevin Numbers aka DPP (NN)2005Mikhail Shishkin Maidenhair (Venerin Volos)2006Dmitry Bykov Boris Pasternak2007Il'ia Vladimirovich Boiashov Put' Muri2008Zakhar Prilepin Sin2009Andrei Gelasimov Stepnye Bogi2010Eduard Kochergiin Kreshchennye Krestami2011Dmitry Bykov Ostromov, ili Uchenik Charodeia2012Aleksandr Terekhov Nemtsy2013Figl'-Migl' Volki i Medvedi2014Ksenia Buksha Zavod Svoboda2015Sergei Anatolievich Nósov Figurnye Skobki2016Leonid Yuzefovich The Winter Road2017Anna Iur'evna Kozlova F202018Aleksei Borisovich Sal'nikov Petrovy v grippe i vokrug nego2019Andrei Rubanov Finist-Iasnyi Sokol2020Mikhail Elizarov Земля (Earth)2021Aleksandr Pelevin Pokrov-17 References