British Book Awards
The British Book Awards or Nibbies are literary awards for the best UK writers and their works, administered by The Bookseller. The awards have had several previous names, owners and sponsors since being launched in 1990, including the National Book Awards from 2010-2014.
Contents
1 Book award history
2 Award winners
2.1 Book of the Year
2.2 Children's Book of the Year
2.3 Début Book of the Year
2.4 Fiction Book of the Year
2.5 Crime & Thriller Book of the Year
2.6 Non-Fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year
2.7 Non-Fiction: Narrative Book of the Year
2.8 Bestseller Award
3 Retired awards
3.1 Biography/Autobiography of the Year
3.2 Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year
3.3 Audiobook of the Year
3.4 Food & Drink Book of the Year
3.5 Paperback of the Year
3.6 Outstanding Achievement
3.7 UK Author of the Year
3.8 International Author of the Year
3.9 Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year
3.10 The Children's Author of the Year
3.11 Illustrated Children's Book of the Year
3.12 Illustrated Book of the Year
3.13 The TV and Film Book of the Year
3.14 The Literary Fiction Award
3.15 The History Book of the Year
3.16 The Sports Book of the Year
3.17 The deciBel Writer of the Year
3.18 The Fastest Selling Biography of All Time
3.19 The Travel Writer of the Year
3.20 The Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Book award history
The British Book Awards or Nibbies ran from 1990–2009 and founded by the editor of Publishing News.[1] The award was then acquired by Agile Marketing which renamed it the National Book Awards with headline sponsors Galaxy National Book Awards (2010–11) (sponsored by Galaxy) and Specsavers National Book Awards (2012-2014) (sponsored by Specsavers).[2] There were no National Book Awards after 2014.[3] In 2017 the award was acquired by The Bookseller and renamed to the original British Book Awards or Nibbies..[1]
In 2005, The Bookseller launched a separate scheme, The Bookseller Retail Awards (winners not listed in this article). In 2010, running parallel to the National Book Awards, The Bookseller combined The Nibbies with its retail awards to produce The Bookseller Industry Awards (winners not listed in this article). In 2017 The British Book Industry Awards were renamed as The British Book Awards after it acquired the National Book Awards from Agile Marketing.[1]
It is known as the Nibbies because of the golden nib-shaped trophy given to winners.[4]
Award winners
Book of the Year
Prior to 2010 the Best was a unique winner. Starting in 2010, the Best was chosen by the public via open internet vote from among one of the winning books in the other categories.
- 2017 – The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry
- 2015-2016 – (no award)
- 2014 – The Miniaturist – Jessie Burton[5]
- 2013 – The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman[6]
- 2012 – Fifty Shades of Grey – EL James[7]
- 2011 – How to Be a Woman – Caitlin Moran
- 2010 – One Day – David Nicholls
- 2009 – The Suspicions of Mr Whicher – Kate Summerscale
- 2008 – On Chesil Beach – Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape)
- 2007 – The Dangerous Book for Boys – Con and Hal Iggulden (Harpercollins)
- 2006 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – JK Rowling (Bloomsbury)
- 2005 – The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown (Corgi)
- 2004 – Eats, Shoots & Leaves – Lynne Truss (Profile)
- 2003 – Stupid White Men – Michael Moore (Penguin)
- 2002 – Billy – Pamela Stephenson (HarperCollins)
- 2001 – Man and Boy – Tony Parsons (HarperCollins)
- 2000 – Managing My Life – Alex Ferguson (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 1999 – Birthday Letters – Ted Hughes (Faber & Faber)
- 1998 – Bridget Jones's Diary – Helen Fielding (Picador)
- 1997 – Longitude – Dava Sobel (Fourth Estate)
- 1996 – Delia Smith's Winter Collection (BBC Books)
- 1995 – Writing Home – Alan Bennett (Faber & Faber)
- 1994 – Wild Swans – Jung Chang (Flamingo)
Children's Book of the Year
Previously called British Children's Book of the Year. Renamed to Children's Book of the Year in 2010.
- 2017 – The Girl of Ink & Stars - Kiran Millwood
- 2015-2016 (no award)
- 2014 – Awful Auntie – David Walliams[8]
- 2013 – Demon Dentist – David Walliams[9]
- 2012 – Ratburger – David Walliams[10]
- 2011 – A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
- 2010 – Zog – Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
- 2009 – Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)
- 2008 – Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman – Francesca Simon (Orion Children's Books)
- 2007 – Flanimals of the Deep – Ricky Gervais (Faber & Faber)
- 2006 – Ark Angel – Anthony Horowitz (Walker Books)
- 2005 – The Gruffalo's Child – Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Macmillan Children's Books)
- 2004 – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon (David Fickling)
- 2003 – Girls in Tears – Jacqueline Wilson (Corgi Children's)
- 2002 – Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer (Viking/Puffin)
- 2001 – The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman (Scholastic)
- 2000 – The Illustrated Mum – Jacqueline Wilson (Doubleday)
- 1999 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
- 1998 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
- 1997 – Northern Lights – Philip Pullman (Scholastic)
- 1996 – The Hutchinson treasury of Children's Literature ed – Alison Sage (Hutchinson)
Début Book of the Year
Previously called the Newcomer of the Year. Name changed to New Writer of the Year in 2010. Name changed to "Début Book of the Year" in 2017.
- 2017 – Garth Greenwell – What Belongs to You
- 2015-2016 – (no award)
- 2014 – Jessie Burton – The Miniaturist
- 2013 – Liza Klaussman – Tigers in Red Weather[9]
- 2012 – Rachel Joyce – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry[10]
- 2011 – Sarah Winman – When God Was a Rabbit
- 2010 – Edmund de Waal – The Hare with Amber Eyes
- 2009 – Tom Rob Smith
- 2008 – Catherine O'Flynn
- 2007 – Victoria Hislop
- 2006 – Marina Lewycka
- 2005 – Susanna Clarke
- 2004 – Monica Ali
- 2003 – Allison Pearson
- 2002 – Pete McCarthy
- 2001 – Zadie Smith
- 2000 – Chris Stewart – Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia
- 1999 – Borders UK
- 1998 – Daisy & Tom
- 1997 – Kate Atkinson
- 1990 – Bryce Courtenay
Fiction Book of the Year
Previously called Popular Fiction Award. Name changed to Popular Fiction Book of the Year in 2010. Name changed to Fiction Book of the Year in 2017.
- 2017 – The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry
- 2015-2016 – (no award)
- 2014 – The Shock of the Fall – Nathan Filer[8]
- 2013 – An Officer and a Spy – Robert Harris[9]
- 2012 – Fifty Shades of Grey – E. L. James[10]
- 2011 – A Tiny Bit Marvellous – Dawn French
- 2010 – One Day – David Nicholls
- 2009 – Devil May Care – Sebastian Faulks (Penguin)
- 2008 – The Memory Keeper's Daughter – Kim Edwards (Penguin)
- 2006 – Anybody Out There – Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph)
- 2006 – The Time Traveler's Wife – Audrey Niffenegger (Vintage)
Crime & Thriller Book of the Year
Previously called the Crime Thriller of the Year. Name changed to Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year in 2011. Name changed to Crime & Thriller Book of the Year in 2017.
- 2017 – Dodgers – Bill Beverly
- 2015-2016 – (no award)
- 2014 – I Am Pilgrim – Terry Hayes[8]
- 2013 – The Carrier – Sophie Hannah (Hodder)[9]
- 2012 – A Wanted Man – Lee Child[10]
- 2011 – Before I Go to Sleep – S. J. Watson
- 2010 – (no award)
- 2009 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
- 2008 – Book of the Dead – Patricia Cornwell (Little, Brown)
- 2007 – The Naming of the Dead – Ian Rankin (Orion)
- 2006 – The Take – Martina Cole (Headline)
- 2005 – Fleshmarket Close – Ian Rankin (Orion)
Non-Fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year
- 2017 – Hello, is this planet Earth? – Tim Peake
Non-Fiction: Narrative Book of the Year
- 2017 – East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity – Philippe Sands
Bestseller Award
Named Bestseller of the Year in 1991. Renamed Bestseller Award in 2017.
- 2017 – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- 1992-2016 – (no award)
- 1991 – Delia Smith's Christmas (BBC Books)
Retired awards
The following awards are no longer active.
Biography/Autobiography of the Year
Previously called Biography of the Year. Name changed to Biography/Autobiography of the Year in 2010.
- 2014 – Please, Mister Postman – Alan Johnson[8]
- 2013 – David Jason: My Life – David Jason[9]
- 2012 – My Animals and Other Family – Clare Balding[10]
- 2011 – Charles Dickens – Claire Tomalin
- 2010 – The Fry Chronicles – Stephen Fry
- 2009 – Dreams From My Father – Barack Obama (Canongate)
- 2008 – My Booky Wook – Russell Brand (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 2007 – The Sound of Laughter – Peter Kay (Century)
- 2006 – Sharon Osbourne Extreme – Sharon Osbourne (Time Warner)
- 2005 – My Life – Bill Clinton (Hutchinson)
- 2004 – Toast – Nigel Slater (Fourth Estate)
- 2003 – Churchill: A Biography – Roy Jenkins (Pan)
Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year
- 2014 – Love, Nina – Nina Stibbe[8]
- 2013 – I Am Malala – Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb[9]
- 2012 – Is It Just Me – Miranda Hart[10]
- 2011 – How To Be a Woman – Caitlin Moran
- 2010 – The Making of Modern Britain – Andrew Marr
Audiobook of the Year
- 2014 – Awful Auntie – David Walliams[11]
- 2013 – The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman, read by the author (Headline)[9]
- 2012 – The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year – Sue Townsend, read by Caroline Quentin[10]
- 2011 – My Dear I Wanted to Tell You – Louisa Young, read by Dan Stevens
- 2005–2010 – (no award)
- 2004 – Forgotten Voices of the Great War – Max Arthur (Random House)
- 2003 – Series of Unfortunate Events – written by Lemony Snicket, read by Tim Curry (Collins)
- 2002 – The Laying on of Hands – written and read by Alan Bennett (BBC Radio Collection)
Food & Drink Book of the Year
- 2014 – Plenty More – Yotam Ottolenghi[11]
- 2013 – Eat – Nigel Slater (HarperCollins)[9]
- 2012 – The Hairy Dieters – Si King and Dave Myers[10]
- 2011 – The Good Cook – Simon Hopkinson
- 2010 – Plenty – Yotam Ottolenghi
Paperback of the Year
- 2011 – Room – Emma Donoghue
Outstanding Achievement
Previously called the Lifetime Achievement Award (1993–2009). Renamed to Outstanding Achievement Award in 2010.
- 2014 – Mary Berry[8]
- 2013 – (no award)
- 2012 – Ian Rankin [10]
- 2011 – Jackie Collins
- 2010 – Martin Amis and Terry Pratchett
- 2009 – (no award)
- 2008 – J K Rowling
- 2007 – John Grisham
- 2006 – Jamie Oliver
- 2005 – Sir John Mortimer
- 2004 – Sir David Attenborough
- 2003 – Alan Bennett
- 2002 – Mark Barty-King
- 2001 – Ernest Hecht
- 2000 – Spike Milligan
- 1999 – Maeve Binchy
- 1998 – Jilly Cooper
- 1997 – Paul Scherer
- 1996 – Wilbur Smith
- 1995 – Delia Smith
- 1994 – Catherine Cookson
- 1993 – Dr. D. G. Hessayon
UK Author of the Year
Previously called Author of the Year. Renamed to UK Author of the Year in 2010 notwithstanding the fact the award has been given to non UK authors.
- 2014 – David Nicholls – Us[8]
- 2013 – Kate Atkinson – Life After Life [9]
- 2012 – Hilary Mantel – Bring Up the Bodies[10]
- 2011 – Alan Hollinghurst – The Stranger's Child
- 2010 – Hilary Mantel – Wolf Hall
- 2009 – Aravind Adiga
- 2008 – Ian McEwan
- 2007 – Richard Dawkins
- 2006 – Alan Bennett
- 2005 – Sheila Hancock
- 2004 – Alexander McCall Smith
- 2003 – Sarah Waters
- 2002 – Philip Pullman
- 2001 – Nigella Lawson
- 2000 – J K Rowling [12]
- 1999 – Beryl Bainbridge [13]
- 1998 – Louis de Bernières
- 1997 – Bill Bryson
- 1996 – Salman Rushdie
- 1995 – Sebastian Faulks
- 1994 – Roddy Doyle
- 1993 – Andrew Morton
- 1992 – Peter Mayle
- 1991 – Peter Ackroyd
- 1990 – Prince of Wales
International Author of the Year
- 2014 – We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves – Karen Joy Fowler[8]
- 2013 – Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn[9]
- 2012 – The Snow Child – Eowyn Ivey[10]
- 2011 – A Visit From the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan
- 2010 – Freedom – Jonathan Franzen
Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year
- 2009 – When Will There Be Good News? – Kate Atkinson (Doubleday)
- 2008 – A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini (Bloomsbury)
- 2007 – The Interpretation of Murder – Jed Rubenfeld (Headline Review)
- 2006 – Labyrinth – Kate Mosse (Orion)
- 2005 – Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell (Sceptre)
- 2004 – The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold (Picador)
The Children's Author of the Year
- 1995 – Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg
- 1994 – Anne Fine
- 1993 – Raymond Briggs
- 1992 – Dick King-Smith
- 1991 – Anne Fine
- 1990 – Roald Dahl
Illustrated Children's Book of the Year
- 1995 – The Most Amazing Pop-Up Science Book – Jay Young (Watts Books)
- 1994 – Mummy Laid an Egg – Babette Cole (Jonathan Cape)
- 1993 – Penguin Small – Mick Inkpen (Hodder)
- 1992 – Farmer Duck – Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books)
- 1991 – The Mousehole Cat – Nicola Bayley (Walker Books)
Illustrated Book of the Year
- 2004 – England's Thousand Best Houses – Simon Jenkins (Allen Lane)
- 2003 – Sahara – Michael Palin (Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated)
- 2002 – The Blue Planet – Andrew Byatt, Alastair Fothergill, Martha Holmes (BBC Worldwide)
- 2001 – The Beatles Anthology (Cassell)
- 2000 – Century – Bruce Bernard (Phaidon Press)
- 1999 – Ethel and Ernest – Raymond Briggs (Jonathan Cape)
- 1998 – The Lost Gardens of Heligan – Tim Smit (Gollancz)
- 1997 – Flora Britannica – Richard Mabey (Sinclair-Stevenson)
- 1996 – The River Cafe Cookbook – Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers (Ebury Press)
- 1995 – The Art Book (Phaidon Press)
The TV and Film Book of the Year
- 2007 – The Devil Wears Prada – Lauren Weisberger (HarperCollins)
- 2006 – The Constant Gardener – John le Carré (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 2005 – Himalaya – Michael Palin (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
- 2004 – How Clean Is Your House? – Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie (Michael Joseph)
- 2003 – What Not to Wear – Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
The Literary Fiction Award
- 2005 – Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell (Sceptre)
- 2004 – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon (Jonathan Cape)
The History Book of the Year
- 2005 – William Pitt the Younger: A Biography – William Hague (HarperCollins)
- 2004 – Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar – Simon Sebag Montefiore (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
The Sports Book of the Year
- 2007 – Gerrard: My Autobiography – Steven Gerrard (Bantam)
- 2006 – Being Freddie – Andrew Flintoff (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 2005 – Gazza: My Story – Paul Gascoigne (Headline)
- 2004 – Martin Johnson: The Autobiography – Martin Johnson (Headline)
The deciBel Writer of the Year
- 2007 – Jackie Kay
- 2006 – Diana Evans
- 2005 – Hari Kunzru
The Fastest Selling Biography of All Time
- 2004 – My Side – David Beckham (CollinsWillow)
The Travel Writer of the Year
- 1993 – Michael Palin – Pole to Pole (BBC Books)
- 1992 – Mark Shand – Travels on my Elephant (Jonathan Cape)
- 1991 – V.S. Naipaul – India (Heinemann)
- 1990 – Peter Mayle – A Year in Provence (Hamish Hamilton)
The Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year
- 1994 – Terry Pratchett
See also
- List of British literary awards
- List of literary awards
- List of prizes, medals, and awards
- English literature
- British literature
References
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^ "National Book Awards homepage". National Book Awards. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.There will be no event during 2015 and no date yet set for title submissions
^ "About the British Book Awards". The Bookseller. 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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^ "Entertainment Bainbridge author of the year". BBC. 5 February 1999. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
External links
- Official website
British Book Awards - previous winners at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 April 2007)
