2016 Costa Book awards - Wikipedia 2016 Costa Book awards The Costa Book Awards winners for 2016 were announced in January 2017. Contents 1 Book of the Year 2 First Novel 3 Novel 4 Biography 5 Poetry 6 Children 's Book 7 References Book of the Year Winner : Days Without End by Sebastian Barry First Novel Winner : Golden Hill by Francis Spufford Novel Winner : Days Without End by Sebastian Barry Biography Winner : Dadland by Keggie Carew Poetry Winner : Falling Awake by Alice Oswald Children 's Book Winner : The Bombs That Brought Us Together ' ' by Brian Conaghan References ^ Jump up to : `` Costa Winners 2006 - present '' ( PDF ). Costa Book Awards. 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018. List of winners 2006 - 2016 Costa Book Awards ( formerly the Whitbread Book Awards ) 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2017 This article about a literary award is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2016_Costa_Book_Awards&oldid=818337518 '' Categories : Costa Book Awards 2016 literary awards 2016 awards in the United Kingdom Literary award stubs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 2 January 2018, at 23 : 51. About Wikipedia

Question: who won the 2016 costa book of the year
Answer: Sebastian Barry