# 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 to 2014.

## Book award history

The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, ran from 1990 to 2009 and were founded by the editor of Publishing News. The awards were then acquired by Agile Marketing, which renamed them the National Book Awards and called them the Galaxy National Book Awards (2010–2011) and later the Specsavers National Book Awards (2012–2014) after their headline sponsors. There were no National Book Awards after 2014; in 2017 the awards were acquired by The Bookseller from the estate of Publishing News' founder, Fred Newman, and renamed back to the British Book Awards or Nibbies.
In 2018, a Specsavers National Book Awards ceremony was held on 20 November but was unrelated to the Nibbies.
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 unified The Nibbies with its retail awards to produce The Bookseller Industry Awards (winners not listed in this article).
The awards are known as the Nibbies because of the golden nib-shaped trophy given to winners.

## Name history

* 1990–2009: British Book Awards
* 2010–2011: Galaxy National Book Awards
* 2012–2014: Specsavers National Book Awards
* 2015–2016: no awards
* 2017–Pres: British Book Awards

## Award winners (recent)
### 2024 Books of the Year

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 8 March 2024. Once again the in-person ceremony was livestreamed. Katherine Rundell was named Author of the Year, the first time that a children's writer received up the accolade since Philip Pullman in 2018. In the run up to the awards ceremony, a daily podcast featuring nominated authors was made available online.
Presented: 13 May 2024 – Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London. :
| Overall Book of the Year | Author of the Year | Illustrator of the year |
| Murdle by G. T. Karber (Souvenir Press, Profile Books) | Katherine Rundell | Jamie Smart |
| Fiction Book of the Year | Debut Book of the Year | Crime and Thriller Book of the Year |
| Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang (The Borough Press, HarperCollins) Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (Piatkus, Little, Brown Book Group) So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan (Faber) Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley and Harry Whittaker (Macmillan, Pan Macmillan) Tackle! by Jilly Cooper (Bantam, Transworld) The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse (Mantle, Pan Macmillan) | In Memoriam by Alice Winn (Viking, Penguin General) Talking at Night by Claire Daverley (Penguin, Michael Joseph) The List by Yomi Adegoke (Fourth Estate, HarperCollins) Godkiller by Hannah Kaner (HarperVoyager, HarperCollins) Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey (Fourth Estate, HarperCollins) Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa, translated by Eric Ozawa, illustrated by Ilya Milstein (Manilla Press, Bonnier Books UK) | None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell (Century, Cornerstone) The Woman Who Lied by Claire Douglas (Penguin, Michael Joseph)   The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman (Viking, Penguin General) Damascus Station by David McCloskey (Swift Press) The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith (Sphere, Little, Brown) The Secret Hours by Mick Herron (Baskerville, John Murray Press) |
| Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | Non-fiction: Lifestyle and Illustrated | Page-turner of the Year |
| Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart (Jonathan Cape, Vintage) The Extra Mile: My Autobiography by Kevin Sinfield, with Paul Hayward (Century, Cornerstone Publishing) The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life by Steven Bartlett (Ebury Edge, Ebury) Normal Women – 900 Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory (William Collins, HarperCollins) Spare by Prince Harry (Bantam, Transworld) The Woman in Me by Britney Spears (Gallery Books, Simon & Schuster) | Murdle by G. T. Karber (Souvenir Press, Profile Books) Bored of Lunch: The Healthy Air Fryer Book by Nathan Anthony, illustrated by Sophie Yamamoto (Ebury Press, Ebury) Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken (Cornerstone Press) Marr's Guitars by Johnny Marr (Thames and Hudson) GHOSTS: The Button House Archives by Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond (Bloomsbury General) Let the Light Pour In by Lemn Sissay (Canongate) | Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Piatkus, Little, Brown Book Group) Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Vintage) Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Faber) The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods (One More Chapter, HarperCollins) It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (Simon & Schuster) Icebreaker by Hannah Grace (Simon & Schuster) |
| Children's Fiction Book of the Year | Children's Non-fiction Book of the Year | Children's Illustrated Book of the Year |
| Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Daniel Egnéus, Tomislav Tomić and Virginia Allyn (Bloomsbury Children's Books) Skandar and the Phantom Rider by A. F. Steadman (Simon & Schuster Children's Books) This Book Kills by Ravena Guron, cover illustrator Leo Nickolls (Usborne) The Boy Who Slept Through Christmas by Matt Lucas, illustrated by Forest Burdett (Farshore, HarperCollins) The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby (Puffin, Penguin Random House Children's) Powerless by Lauren Roberts (Simon & Schuster Children's Books) | Brilliant Black British History by Atinuke, illustrated by Kingsley Nebechi (Bloomsbury Children's Books) Stolen History: The Truth About the British Empire and How It Shaped Us by Sathnam Sanghera (Puffin, Penguin Random House Children's) Little People, Big Dreams: King Charles by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara, illustrated by Matt Hunt (Frances Lincoln, Quarto) Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers & Everyday Heroes by Leon Diop, Briana Fitzsimons, illustrated by Jessica Louis (Little Island Books) Kay's Incredible Inventions by Adam Kay, illustrated by Henry Paker (Puffin, Penguin Random House Children's) The Boy Who Didn't Want to Die by Peter Lantos (Scholastic) | Bunny vs Monkey: Multiverse Mix-up by Jamie Smart, illustrated by Jamie Smart (David Fickling Books) This Is Me by George Webster, in collaboration with Claire Taylor, illustrated by Tim Budgen (Scholastic) Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey, illustrated by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic) Heartstopper: Volume 5 by Alice Oseman, illustrated by Alice Oseman (Hodder Children's Books, Hachette Children's Group) We're Going on a Ghost Hunt by Martha Mumford, illustrated by Cherie Zamazing (Bloomsbury Children's Books) The King's Pants by Nicholas Allan, illustrated by Nicholas Allan (Andersen Press) |
| Discover Book of the Year | Non-fiction Audiobook of the Year | Fiction Audiobook of the Year |
| Lessons from Our Ancestors by Raksha Dave, illustrated by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong (Magic Cat Publishing) Imad's Syrian Kitchen by Imad Alarnab, illustrated by Evi-O.Studio (HQ, HarperCollins) A Bollywood State of Mind by Sunny Singh (Footnote Press) April's Garden by Isla McGuckin, illustrated by Catalina Echeverri (Graffeg) Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth (Verve Books) Pageboy by Elliot Page (Doubleday, Transworld) | Strong Female Character by Fern Brady, narrated by Fern Brady (Brazen, Octopus Publishing) The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life by Steven Bartlett, narrated by Steven Bartlett (Ebury Edge, Penguin Random House Audio) Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell, narrated by David Mitchell (Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House Audio) Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, narrated by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (Bantam/Transworld, Penguin Random House Audio) Big Beacon by Alan Partridge, narrated by Alan Partridge (Seven Dials, Orion Publishing Group) Making It So by Sir Patrick Stewart, narrated by Sir Patrick Stewart (Gallery UK, Simon & Schuster UK) | None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell, narrated by Nicola Walker and Louise Brealey (Cornerstone, Penguin Random House Audio) The List by Yomi Adegoke, narrated by Sheila Atim and Arinzé Kene (Fourth Estate, HarperCollins) The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith, narrated by Robert Glenister (Sphere, Little, Brown Audio) Poor Things by Alasdair Gray, narrated by Russ Bain and Kathryn Drysdale (W. F. Howes) The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden, narrated by Lauryn Allman (Bookouture) Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell, narrated by Samuel West (Bloomsbury Children's Books) |

### 2023 Books of the Year

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 17 March 2023. Once again the in-person ceremony was livestreamed. In 2023 the Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year category was expanded to include Illustrated books.
Salman Rushdie was recognised with a special Freedom to Publish honour. It is only the second time that the British Book Awards regime has conferred this prize, previously being awarded in 2022 to HarperCollins UK and its publishing director Arabella Pike "in recognition of their defense of [their] authors against interference from Russian oligarchs, and for their ‘robust defense of investigative non-fiction and publishing in the public interest."
Presented: 15 May 2023 – Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London. :
| Overall Book of the Year | Author of the Year | Illustrator of the year |
| Menopausing by Davina McCall with Dr. Naomi Potter (HQ) | Bonnie Garmus | Alice Oseman |
| Fiction Book of the Year | Debut Book of the Year | Crime and Thriller Book of the Year |
| Babel by R. F. Kuang (HarperVoyager) Love Marriage by Monica Ali (Virago) Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes (Mantle Books) Fairy Tale by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton) The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell (Tinder Press) Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart (Picador) | Trespasses by Louise Kennedy (Bloomsbury) Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola (Headline Review) Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty (Oneworld Publications) The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer (Gallery, Simon & Schuster) The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn (Fig Tree, Penguin Random House) | The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett (Viper Books, Profile Books) Murder Before Evensong by Reverend Richard Coles (W&N) The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (HarperFiction) Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister (Michael Joseph) The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman (Viking Books) Bamburgh by LJ Ross (Dark Skies Publishing) |
| Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | Non-fiction: Lifestyle and Illustrated | Page-turner of the Year |
| Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell (Faber and Faber) brother.do.you.love.me by Manni Coe and Reuben Coe (Little Toller Books) A Visible Man by Edward Enninful (Bloomsbury) Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride into Parenthood by Sophie McCartney (HarperNorth) Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry (Headline Nonfiction) Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries by Alan Rickman (Canongate Books) | Menopausing by Davina McCall with Dr. Naomi Potter (HQ) The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel (Hutchinson Heinemann) One: Simple One-Pan Wonders by Jamie Oliver (Michael Joseph) The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Talya Baldwin (Faber and Faber) Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr Julie Smith (Michael Joseph) The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg et al. (Allen Lane) | Verity by Colleen Hoover (Sphere Books) The Summer That Changed Us by Cathy Bramley (Orion Fiction) Sunday's Child by Dilly Court (HarperFiction) How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie (The Borough Press) The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page (One More Chapter) The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak (Viking Books) |
| Children's Fiction Book of the Year | Children's Non-fiction Book of the Year | Children's Illustrated Book of the Year |
| Tyger by S. F. Said, illustrated by Dave McKean (David Fickling Books) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde by Jeff Kinney (Puffin) Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tọlá Okogwu (Simon & Schuster Children's Books UK) The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera (Simon & Schuster Children's Books UK) Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A. F. Steadman (Simon & Schuster Children's Books UK) Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell (Walker Books) | A Better Day: Your Positive Mental Health Handbook by Dr Alex George and illustrated by The Boy Fitz Hammond (Wren & Rook, Hachette) Am I Made of Stardust?: Dr Maggie Answers the Big Questions for Young Scientists by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and illustrator Chelen Ecija (Buster Books) Girlhood Unfiltered by Ebinehita Iyere (Knights Of) You Can Do It: How to Find Your Voice and Make a Difference by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka (Macmillan Children's Books) Queen Elizabeth: (Volume 88) Little People, Big Dreams by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and illustrator Melissa Lee Johnson (Frances Lincoln Children's Books) You Don't Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl From Ukraine by Yeva Skalietska (Bloomsbury) | Grandad's Camper by Harry Woodgate (Andersen Press) What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks (Macmillan Children's Books) The Baddies by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Alison Green Books, Scholastic) Supertato presents Jack and the Beanstalk by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (Simon & Schuster Children's Books) The Heartstopper Yearbook by Alice Oseman (Hodder Children's Books) Bunny vs Monkey: Rise of the Maniacal Badger by Jamie Smart (David Fickling Books) |
| Discover Book of the Year | Non-fiction Audiobook of the Year | Fiction Audiobook of the Year |
| I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel (Rough Trade) The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph (Dialogue Books) As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh (Bloomsbury) Carrie Kills A Man by Carrie Marshall (404 Ink) Home Is Not a Place by Johny Pitts and Roger Robinson (William Collins) Aftermath by Preti Taneja (And Other Stories) | A Pocketful of Happiness written and narrated by Richard E. Grant (Gallery UK, Simon & Schuster) Parenting Hell written and narrated Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe (Blink Publishing) A Visible Man written and narrated by Edward Enninful (Audible Original) Ten Steps to Nanette written and narrated by Hannah Gadsby (W. F. Howes) Menopausing written and narrated by Davina McCall and Dr. Naomi Potter (HarperCollins) Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing written and narrated by Matthew Perry (Headline Publishing Group) | Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart, narrated by Chris Reilly (Picador) Geneva by Richard Armitage, narrated by Richard Armitage, Nicola Walker and Jane Perry (Audible Original) The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, narrated by Shivantha Wijesinha (Bolinda Publishing) The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman, narrated by Fiona Shaw (Penguin Audio) The Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett, narrated by Bill Nighy, Indira Varma, Andy Serkis, Colin Morgan, Peter Serafinowicz et al. (Penguin Audio) Tyger by S. F. Said, narrated by Sarah Agha (Bolinda Publishing) |

### 2022 Books of the Year

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 25 March 2022. This year marked the return to the first live awards ceremony since 2019 but was also broadcast as a livestream.
A new category of Discover Book of the Year was introduced aiming to showcase traditionally underrepresented authors with a particular focus on the work of indie presses and imprints. Alongside this, also new for 2022, was a split of the Children's Awards into non-fiction and illustrated, in addition to the fiction award, and a split of the Audiobook of the Year award into Fiction audiobook of the Year and Non-fiction audiobook of the Year.
Presented: 23 May 2022 – Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London. :
| Overall Book of the Year | Author of the Year | Illustrator of the year |
| You Are a Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka (Macmillan Children's Books) | Marian Keyes | Dapo Adeola |
| Fiction Book of the Year | Debut Book of the Year | Crime and Thriller Book of the Year |
| Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) The Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz (Pushkin Press) Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (Fourth Estate) Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber and Faber) Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff (HarperVoyager) Beautiful World, Where are You by Sally Rooney (Faber and Faber) | Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson (Viking Books) Assembly by Natasha Brown (Hamish Hamilton) Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden (Canongate Books) Luster by Raven Leilani (Picador) How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie (Borough Press) She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Mantle Books) | The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin (Canongate Books) Girl A by Abigail Dean (HarperFiction) The Appeal by Janice Hallett (Viper Books, Profile Books) A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins (Doubleday) 1979 by Val McDermid (Sphere Books) The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (Viking Books) |
| Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year | Page-turner of the Year |
| Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera (Viking Books) Windswept and Interesting by Billy Connolly (Two Roads) Vaxxers by Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green (Hodder & Stoughton) This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes (John Murray Press) And Away... by Bob Mortimer (Gallery UK, Simon & Schuster) Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe (Picador) | The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartney (Allen Lane) Pinch of Nom: Comfort Food by Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone (Bluebird, Pan Macmillan) Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm by Jeremy Clarkson (Michael Joseph) Jane's Patisserie by Jane Dunn (Ebury) ONE: Pot, Pan, Planet by Anna Jones (Fourth Estate) Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen (Macmillan) | Small Pleasures by Claire Chambers (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) Worst. Idea. Ever. by Jane Fallon (Michael Joseph) The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper (Head of Zeus) The Party Crasher by Sophie Kinsella (Bantam Press) The Summer Seekers by Sarah Morgan (HQ) The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (Viper Books, Profile Books) |
| Children's Fiction Book of the Year | Children's Non-fiction Book of the Year | Children's Illustrated Book of the Year |
| When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle (Andersen Press) Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, illustrated by Kingsley Nebechi (Usborne) The Last Bear by Hannah Gold, illustrated by Levi Pinfold (HarperCollins Children's Books) You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus (Penguin Random House Children's) The Christmas Pig by J. K. Rowling, illustrated by Jim Field (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Megamonster by David Walliams, illustrated by Tony Ross (HarperCollins Children's Books) | You Are a Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka (Macmillan Children's Books) A Different Sort of Normal written and illustrated by Abigail Balfe (Puffin) Grown: The Black Girls' Guide to Glowing Up by Melissa Cummings-Quarry and Natalie A. Carter, illustrated by Dorcas Magbadelo (Bloomsbury) First Questions and Answers: What Is racism? by Katie Daynes and Jordan Akpojaro, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat (Usborne) Kay's Marvellous Medicine by Adam Kay, illustrated by Henry Paker (Puffin) How to Grow Up and Feel Amazing! by Dr Ranj Singh, illustrated by David O'Connell (Wren & Rook, Hachette Children's Group) | Hey You! curated by Dapo Adeola (Puffin) The Christmas Pine by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Victoria Sandøy (Alison Green Books, Scholastic) Supertato: Night of the Living Veg by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (Simon & Schuster Children's Books) Greg the Sausage Roll: Santa's Little Helper by Mark Hoyle and Roxanne Hoyle, illustrated by Gareth Conway (Puffin) Heartstopper: Volume Four written and illustrated by Alice Oseman (Hodder Children's Books) Peekaboo by Camilla Reid, illustrated Ingela P Arrhenius (Nosy Crow) |
| Discover Book of the Year | Non-fiction Audiobook of the Year | Fiction Audiobook of the Year |
| Keisha the Sket by Jade LB (#Merky Books, Cornerstone) Keeping the House by Tice Cin (And Other Stories) We Have a Dream by Mya-Rose Craig (Magic Cat Publishing) Nen and The Lonely Fisherman by Ian Eagleton (Owlet Press) Maybe I Don't Belong Here by David Harewood (Bluebird, Pan Macmillan) Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (Serpent's Tail) | Windswept and Interesting by Billy Connolly, Narrator: Billy Connolly (Two Roads) Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth by Amnesty International with Angelina Jolie and Geraldine Van Bueren QC, Narrators: Angelina Jolie, Ariyon Bakare, Daisy Head, Homer Todiwala, Amanda Shodeko (Bolinda Audio) The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl, Narrator: Dave Grohl (Simon & Schuster) How to Be a Rockstar by Shaun Ryder, Narrator: Shaun Ryder (W. F. Howes & Atlantic Books) Will by Will Smith, Narrator: Will Smith (Penguin Random House Audio) What Happened to You by Oprah Winfrey and Dr Bruce Perry, Narrators: Oprah Winfrey and Dr Bruce Perry (Bluebird, Pan Macmillan) | The Wizards of Once: Never and Forever by Cressida Cowell, Narrator: David Tennant (Hodder Children's Books) Careless by Kirsty Capes, Narrator: Amber Gadd (Orion Audio) The Sandman Act II by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs, Narrators: Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Emma Corrin, Brian Cox, Kat Dennings, John Lithgow, Bill Nighy et al. (Audible) The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell, Narrator: Joanne Froggatt (Penguin Random House Audio) The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman, Narrator: Lesley Manville (Penguin Random House Audio) The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, Narrator: Andy Serkis (HarperFiction) |

### 2021 Books of the Year

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 19 March 2021. Once again the ceremony was held online due to the continuing restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. It took place on 13 May 2021 at the Battersea Arts Centre, London.
This year saw the addition of a new award category: Page-turner of the Year.
Presented: 13 May 2021 – Online ceremony due to COVID-19. :
| Overall Book of the Year | Author of the Year | Illustrator of the year |
| Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Picador) | Richard Osman | Charlie Mackesy |
| Fiction Book of the Year | Debut Book of the Year | Crime and Thriller Book of the Year |
| Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (Tinder Press) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Dialogue Books) The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein (Europa Editions) The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett (Macmillan) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Canongate Books) The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel (Fourth Estate) | Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Picador) Ghosts by Dolly Alderton (Fig Tree, Penguin Random House) The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (Sceptre) Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan (W&N) Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez (Dialogue Books) Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid (Bloomsbury Circus) | Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith (Sphere Books) The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Transworld) The Patient Man by Joy Ellis (Joffe Books) The Guest List by Lucy Foley (HarperFiction) The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Viking Books) A Song for the Dark Times by Ian Rankin (Orion Fiction) |
| Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year | Page-turner of the Year |
| Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty (Little Toller Books) A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough (Ebury Press) Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day by Captain Sir Tom Moore (Michael Joseph) A Promised Land by Barack Obama (Viking Books) Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad (Quercus) Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake (Vintage Books) | Skincare: The Ultimate No-Nonsense Guide by Caroline Hirons (HQ) Nadiya Bakes by Nadiya Hussain (Michael Joseph) Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty (Thorsons) Not a Diet Book by James Smith (HarperCollins) Five Minute Mum: Give Me Five by Daisy Upton (Penguin Random House Children's) What Mummy Makes: Cook just once for you and your baby by Rebecca Wilson (DK) | Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owen (Corsair) False Value by Ben Aaronovitch (Gollancz) Rag and Bone Christmas by Dilly Court (HarperFiction) All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle (Hodder & Stoughton) Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff (HarperVoyager) Just My Luck by Adele Parks (HQ) |
| Children's Fiction Book of the Year | Children's Illustrated and Non-fiction | Audiobook of the Year |
| The Highland Falcon Thief by M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli (Macmillan Children's Books) The Danger Gang by Tom Fletcher, illustrated by Shane Devries (Puffin) Anisha, Accidental Detective by Serena Patel, illustrated by Emma McCann (Usborne) The Ickabog by J. K. Rowling (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Dragon Mountain by Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang (Simon & Schuster Children's Books) Code Name Bananas by David Walliams, illustrated by Tony Ross (HarperCollins Children's Books) | Black and British: A short, essential history by David Olusoga (Macmillan Children's Books) Draw with Rob by Rob Biddulph (HarperCollins Children's Books) I'm Sticking With You by Smriti Halls, illustrated by Steve Small (Simon & Schuster Children's Books) Kay's Anatomy by Adam Kay, illustrated by Henry Paker (Puffin) The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris (Hamish Hamilton) The Book of Hope by Katherine Rundell (Bloomsbury Children's Books) | Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty, Narrator: by Jay Shetty (HarperCollins) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, Narrator: Chiwetel Ejiofor (Bloomsbury) Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith, Narrator: Robert Glenister (Hachette Audio) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, Narrator: Carey Mulligan (Canongate Books) Grown Ups by Marian Keyes, Narrator: Marian Keyes (W. F. Howes) Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, Narrator: Matthew McConaughey (Headline) A Promised Land by Barack Obama, Narrator: Barack Obama (Penguin Random House Audio) The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, Narrator: Lesley Manville (Penguin Random House Audio) The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs, Narrators: Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Andy Serkis, Michael Sheen et al. (Audible) |

### 2020 Books of the Year

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 20 March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the live event due to be held on 18 May 2020 was cancelled and the ceremony was held online over a month later in June 2020. This year's ceremony was named Event of the Year at the 2020 Independent Publisher Awards.
In celebration of the Nibbies' 30th anniversary, 2020 saw a special award called "30 from 30" to celebrate the best of the best, where a longlist of 30 previous winners was narrowed down by a public poll to a shortlist of 10 nominees, plus a wildcard entry (This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay), that had not taken home a trophy in the past.
2020 was a notable year for the Nibbies in that except for illustrator Axel Scheffler, who won with his longtime co-creator Julia Donaldson, the programme's entire slate of authorial honours went to women and the Book of the Year and Author of the Year categories had their first ever black winners.
Presented: 29 June 2020 – Online ceremony due to COVID-19. :
| Overall Book of the Year | Author of the Year | Illustrator of the year |
| Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams (Trapeze) | Bernardine Evaristo | David McKee |
| Fiction Book of the Year | Debut Book of the Year | Crime and Thriller Book of the Year |
| Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (Hamish Hamilton) The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (Chatto & Windus) The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman (David Fickling Books and Penguin Random House) The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes (Michael Joseph) Lies, Lies, Lies by Adele Parks (HQ) Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris (Bonnier Books UK) | Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams (Trapeze) The Binding by Bridget Collins (The Borough Press) The Familiars by Stacey Halls (Bonnier Books UK) Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Wildfire) Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession (Bluemoose) The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins (Viking) | My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Atlantic Books) How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid (Little, Brown) The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (HarperCollins) Imposter by LJ Ross (Dark Skies Publishing) The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (The Orion Publishing Group) Blue Moon by Lee Child (Transworld) |
| Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year | Children's Fiction Book of the Year |
| Three Women by Lisa Taddeo (Bloomsbury) Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner (Hodder & Stoughton) Me by Elton John (Pan Macmillan) Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay (Pan Macmillan) Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez (Vintage) The Body by Bill Bryson (Doubleday) | Pinch of Nom by Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone (Pan Macmillan) Veg by Jamie Oliver (Michael Joseph) Hinch Yourself Happy by Sophie Hinchcliffe (Michael Joseph) Dishoom by Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar, Naved Nasir (Bloomsbury) The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read by Philippa Perry (Penguin Random House) The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy (Ebury) | A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Egmont) A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison (Simon & Schuster) The 117-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton (Pan Macmillan) The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell (Bloomsbury) The Beast of Buckingham Palace by David Walliams & Tony Ross (HarperCollins) The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Rauf (Orion Children's Books) |
| Children's Illustrated and Non-fiction | Audiobook of the Year | 30 from 30 Special Award |
| The Smeds and the Smoos by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler (Scholastic UK) You Got This by Bryony Gordon (Hachette Children's Group) Heartstopper: Volume 1 by Alice Oseman (Hachette Children's Group) On the Origin of Species by Sabina Radeva (Penguin Random House Children's) Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall, illustrated by Grace Easton and Jessica Smith (Elliott & Thompson and Simon & Schuster Children's UK) Look Up! By Nathan Bryon, illustrated by Dapo Adeola (Penguin Random House Children's) | The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (Penguin Random House) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Narrators: Amy Landecker, Ann Dowd, Bradley Whitford, Elisabeth Moss (Penguin Random House) Gotta Get Theroux This by Louis Theroux. Narrator: Louis Theroux (Macmillan) The Body by Bill Bryson. Narrator: Bill Bryson (Audible) My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Narrator: Weruche Opia (W.F. Howes) The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray. Narrator: Douglas Murray (Bloomsbury) The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri. Narrator: Art Malik (Bonnier Books UK) The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman. Narrator: Michael Sheen (Penguin Random House) | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury) – 1998 Northern Lights, Philip Pullman (Scholastic) – 1997 Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (Picador) – 1998 White Teeth, Zadie Smith (Penguin) – 2001 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Mark Haddon (David Fickling) – 2004 The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (Picador) – 2004 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Quercus) – 2009 One Day, David Nicholls (Hodder) – 2010 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman (HarperFiction) – 2018 Normal People, Sally Rooney (Faber and Faber) – 2019 This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay (Picador) – wildcard entry |

### 2019 Books of the Year

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 22 March 2019. The awards were now simplified into just two divisions, Books of the Year (the Nibbies) and The Trade Awards.
2019 saw the Children's Book of the Year category split into two categories: Children's Fiction Book of the Year and Children's Illustrated and Non-fiction Book of the Year. This year also saw Becoming, the memoir by former first lady Michelle Obama winning two awards.
Presented: 13 May 2019 – Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London. :
| Overall Book of the Year | Author of the Year | Illustrator of the year |
| Normal People by Sally Rooney (Faber and Faber) | Lee Child | Judith Kerr |
| Fiction Book of the Year | Debut Book of the Year | Crime and Thriller Book of the Year |
| Normal People by Sally Rooney (Faber and Faber) Transcription by Kate Atkinson (Doubleday) Milkman by Anna Burns (Faber and Faber) Still Me by Jojo Moyes (Michael Joseph) Tombland by C. J. Sansom (Mantle) Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims (HarperFiction) | Lullaby by Leila Slimani (Faber and Faber) The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar (Harvill Secker) Never Greener by Ruth Jones (Bantam Press) The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (Zaffre) Dear Mrs Bird by A. J. Pearce (Picador) The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Raven Books) | Our House by Louise Candlish (Simon & Schuster) The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn (HarperFiction) The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (Pan) Close to Home by Cara Hunter (Viking/Penguin Paperbacks) Macbeth by Jo Nesbo (Hogarth) In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin (Orion) |
| Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year | Children's Fiction Book of the Year |
| Becoming by Michelle Obama (Viking) Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton (Fig Tree) First Man In: Leading from the Front by Ant Middleton (HarperNonFiction) The Secret Barrister by The Secret Barrister (Picador) The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story by Christie Watson (Chatto & Windus) Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff (Little, Brown) | BOSH! by Henry Firth and Ian Theasby (HQ) Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinene (Fourth Estate) Feminists Don't Wear Pink (and Other Lies) by curated by Scarlett Curtis (Penguin) Lose Weight for Good by Tom Kerridge (Absolute Press) Ottolenghi Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi and Tara Wigley (Ebury Press) The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book by Ordnance Survey (Trapeze) | The Ice Monster by David Walliams (HarperCollins Children's Books) Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Macmillan Children's Books) The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson (Usborne) Head Kid by David Baddiel (HarperCollins Children's Books) The Skylarks' War by Hilary McKay (MacMillan Children's Books) My Mum Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson (Doubleday) |
| Children's Illustrated and Non-fiction | Audiobook of the Year | |
| You Are Awesome by Matthew Syed, illustrated by Toby Triumph (Wren & Rook) Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different by Ben Brooks, illustrated by Quinton Winter (Quercus) Politics for Beginners by Alex Frith, Rosie Hore, Louie Stowell, illustrated by Kellan Stover (Usborne) Oi Duck Billed Platypus! by Kes Grey and Jim Field, illustrated by Jim Field (Hodder Children's Books) Fantastically Great Women Who Made History by Kate Pankhurst (Bloomsbury Children's Books) I Am the Seed That Grew The Tree: A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year by Fiona Waters, illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon (Nosy Crow) | Becoming by Michelle Obama. Narrator: Michelle Obama (Penguin) Milkman by Anna Burns. Narrator: Brid Brennan (Faber and Faber) Their Lost Daughters by Joy Ellis. Narrator: Richard Armitage (Audible Studios) Lethal White by Robert Galbraith. Narrator: Robert Glenister (Hachette Audio) Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking. Narrator: Ben Wishaw (John Murray) First Man In: Leading from the Front by Ant Middleton. Narrator: Ant Middleton (HarperNonFiction) | |

### 2018 Books of the Year

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 16 March 2018. Again the awards comprised four divisions: Books of the Year (the Nibbies), Great People, Bringing Books to Readers and Publishing Success.
New categories of Author of the Year, Illustrator of the Year were added this year. Audiobook of the Year and an award for Overall Book of the Year from all the category winners were also reintroduced after being omitted in 2017. This year also saw a joint winner for the Children's Book of the Year category.
Presented: 14 May 2018 – Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London. :
| Overall Book of the Year | Author of the Year | Illustrator of the year |
| Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Harper Fiction) | Philip Pullman | Axel Scheffler |
| Fiction Book of the Year | Debut Book of the Year | Crime and Thriller Book of the Year |
| Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor (Fourth Estate) The Break by Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph) Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (Hutchinson/Windmill) Winter by Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton) How to Stop Time by Matt Haig (Canongate) City of Friends by Joanna Trollope (Mantle) | Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Harper Fiction) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Viking) Sirens by Joseph Knox (Doubleday) Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (Faber and Faber) Why Mummy Drinks by Gill Sims (HarperCollins) My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent (HarperCollins) | The Dry by Jane Harper (Abacus) The Midnight Line by Lee Child (Bantam Press) The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney (Quercus) Spook Street by Mick Herron (John Murray) He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly (Mulholland) Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough (HarperCollins) |
| Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year | Children's Book of the Year |
| Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (Bloomsbury Circus) What Does This Button Do? By Bruce Dickinson (Harper Non-Fiction) This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay (Picador) I AM, I AM, I AM: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell (Tinder Press) Ask an Astronaut: My Guide to Life in Space by Tim Peake (Century) The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young (Faber and Faber) | 5 Ingredients by Jamie Oliver (Michael Joseph) Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions by Russell Brand (Bluebird) Happy: Finding Joy in Every Day and Letting Go of Perfect by Fearne Cotton (Orion Spring) The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories & 100 Essential Recipes for Midwinter by Nigel Slater (HarperCollins) The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World by Haemin Sunim (Penguin Life) Cooking for Family and Friends by Joe Wicks (Bluebird) | The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Walker Books) The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane, illustrated by Jackie Morris (Penguin Random House Children's) Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo (Particular Books) Oi Cat! by Kes Gray, illustrated by Jim Field (Hodder Children's Books) La Belle Sauvage: the Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman, illustrated by Chris Wormell (David Fickling books in association with Penguin Random House Children's) Bad Dad by David Walliams (HarperCollins Children's Books) |
| Audiobook of the Year | | |
| La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman. Narrator: Michael Sheen (Penguin Random House UK Audio) Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle. Narrator: Stephen Fry (Audible) The Girl Before by J. P. Delaney. Narrators: Emilia Fox, Finty Williams, Lise Aagaard Knudsen (Quercus) Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. Narrator: Cathleen McCarron (HarperCollins) Kid Normal by Greg James and Chris Smith. Narrators: Greg James and Chris Smith (W. F. Howes/Nudged Audiobooks) How Not To Be a Boy by Robert Webb. Narrator: Robert Webb (Audible Studio) | | |

### 2017 Books of the Year

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 15 March 2017 at the London Book Fair. The awards comprised four divisions: Books of the Year (the Nibbies), Great People, Bringing Books to Readers and Publishing Success. For the first Nibbies since 2014, the ceremony was expanded, Crime and Thriller titles regained their own category (previously called the Crime Thriller of the Year and changed to Thriller and Crime Novel of the Year in 2011), while non-fiction was split into Narrative and Lifestyle. The Newcomer of the Year / New Writer of the Year award was renamed Debut Book of the Year and The Popular Fiction award which had changed to Popular Fiction Book of the Year in 2010 was renamed simply as Fiction Book of the Year in this year.
Presented: 8 May 2017 – Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London. :
| Fiction Book of the Year | Debut Book of the Year | Crime and Thriller Book of the Year |
| The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (Serpent's Tail) Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Faber & Faber) The Sellout by Paul Beatty (Oneworld) The Muse by Jessie Burton (Picador) Cartes Postales from Greece by Victoria Hislop (Headline Review) This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell (Headline) | What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell (Picador) The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon (Borough Press) The Girls by Emma Cline (Chatto & Windus) My Name Is Leon by Kit de Waal (Penguin) Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain by Barney Norris (Doubleday) Golden Hill by Francis Spufford (Faber) | Dodgers by Bill Beverley (No Exit Press) The Widow by Fiona Barton (Bantam Press) Night School by Lee Child (Bantam Press) Lie with Me by Sabine Durrant (Mulholland Books) Conclave by Robert Harris (Hutchinson) I See You by Clare Mackintosh (Little, Brown) |
| Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year | Children's Book of the Year |
| East West Street by Philippe Sands (W&N) Mad Girl by Bryony Gordon (Headline) When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (The Bodley Head) The Outrun by Amy Liptrot (Canongate) The Good Immigrant, ed by Nikesh Shukla (Unbound) Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (S&S) | Hello, Is this Planet Earth? By Tim Peake (Century) Sidemen: The Book by The Sidemen (Coronet) The Unmumsy Mum by Sarah Turner (Bantam Press) Five on Brexit Island by Bruno Vincent (Quercus) Lean in 15: The Sustain Plan by Joe Wicks (Bluebird) The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking (Penguin Life) | The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargreave (Chicken House) The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher, illustrated by Shane Devries (Puffin) Oi Dog! Kes Gray, Claire Gray, illustrated by Jim Field (Hodder) Nadiya's Bake Me a Story by Nadiya Hussain, illustrated by Clair Rossiter (Hodder) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne (Little, Brown and Pottermore) The World's Worst Children by David Walliams, illustrated by Tony Ross (HarperCollins Children's Books) |
| Bestseller of the Year |||
| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling |||

## 1990–2016
### 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 the winning books in the other categories. The category was resurrected in 2018.
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Ref. |
| 1994 | Jung Chang | Wild Swans | Flamingo | |
| 1995 | Alan Bennett | Writing Home | Faber & Faber | |
| 1996 | Delia Smith | Delia Smith's Winter Collection | BBC Books | |
| 1997 | Dava Sobel | Longitude | Fourth Estate | |
| 1998 | Helen Fielding | Bridget Jones's Diary | Picador | |
| 1999 | Ted Hughes | Birthday Letters | Faber & Faber | |
| 2000 | Alex Ferguson | Managing My Life | Hodder & Stoughton | |
| 2001 | Tony Parsons | Man and Boy | HarperCollins | |
| 2002 | Pamela Stephenson | Billy | HarperCollins | |
| 2003 | Michael Moore | Stupid White Men | Penguin | |
| 2004 | Lynne Truss | Eats, Shoots & Leaves | Profile | |
| 2005 | Dan Brown | The Da Vinci Code | Corgi | |
| 2006 | J. K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Bloomsbury | |
| 2007 | Con and Hal Iggulden | The Dangerous Book for Boys | HarperCollins | |
| 2008 | Ian McEwan | On Chesil Beach | Jonathan Cape | |
| 2009 | Kate Summerscale | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher | Bloomsbury | |
| 2010 | David Nicholls | One Day | Hodder & Stoughton | |
| 2011 | Caitlin Moran | How to Be a Woman | Ebury Press | |
| 2012 | EL James | Fifty Shades of Grey | Vintage Books | |
| 2013 | Neil Gaiman | The Ocean at the End of the Lane | William Morrow and Company | |
| 2014 | Jessie Burton | The Miniaturist | Ecco (US) Picador (UK) | |
| 2015 | No award | No award | No award | No award |
| 2016 | No award | No award | No award | No award |

### 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.
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Ref. |
| 1996 | Alison Sage ed. | The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Literature | Hutchinson | |
| 1997 | Philip Pullman | Northern Lights | Scholastic | |
| 1998 | J. K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Bloomsbury | |
| 1999 | J. K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Bloomsbury | |
| 2000 | Jacqueline Wilson | The Illustrated Mum | Doubleday | |
| 2001 | Philip Pullman | The Amber Spyglass | Scholastic | |
| 2002 | Eoin Colfer | Artemis Fowl | Viking/Puffin | |
| 2003 | Jacqueline Wilson | Girls in Tears | Corgi Children's | |
| 2004 | Mark Haddon | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | David Fickling | |
| 2005 | Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler | The Gruffalo's Child | Macmillan Children's Books | |
| 2006 | Anthony Horowitz | Ark Angel | Walker Books | |
| 2007 | Ricky Gervais | Flanimals of the Deep | Faber & Faber | |
| 2008 | Francesca Simon | Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman | Orion Children's Books | |
| 2009 | Stephenie Meyer | Breaking Dawn | Little, Brown | |
| 2010 | Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler | Zog | Alison Green | |
| 2011 | Patrick Ness | A Monster Calls | Walker Books | |
| 2012 | David Walliams | Ratburger | HarperCollins | |
| 2013 | David Walliams | Demon Dentist | HarperCollins | |
| 2014 | David Walliams | Awful Auntie | HarperCollins | |
| 2015 | No award | No award | No award | No award |
| 2016 | No award | No award | No award | No award |

### Fiction Book of the Year

Previously called Popular Fiction Award. Name changed to Popular Fiction Book of the Year in 2010 and subsequently to Fiction Book of the Year in 2017.
* 2016 – (no award)
* 2015 – (no award)
* 2014 – The Shock of the Fall – Nathan Filer
* 2013 – An Officer and a Spy – Robert Harris
* 2012 – Fifty Shades of Grey – E. L. James
* 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)

### Début Book of the Year

Previously called the Newcomer of the Year. Name changed to New Writer of the Year in 2010 and subsequently to Début Book of the Year in 2017.
* 2016 – (no award)
* 2015 – (no award)
* 2014 – The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
* 2013 – Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussman
* 2012 – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
* 2011 – When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
* 2010 – The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
* 2009 – Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
* 2008 – Catherine O'Flynn –
* 2007 – Victoria Hislop –
* 2006 – Marina Lewycka –
* 2005 – Susanna Clarke –
* 2004 – Brick Lane by Monica Ali
* 2003 – Allison Pearson
* 2002 – Pete McCarthy
* 2001 – White Teeth by Zadie Smith
* 2000 – Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart
* 1999 – Borders –
* 1998 – Daisy & Tom –
* 1997 – Kate Atkinson –
* 1990 – The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

### 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 and subsequently to Crime & Thriller Book of the Year in 2017.
* 2016 – (no award)
* 2015 – (no award)
* 2014 – I Am Pilgrim – Terry Hayes
* 2013 – The Carrier – Sophie Hannah (Hodder)
* 2012 – A Wanted Man – Lee Child
* 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)

### Illustrated Children's Book of the Year

Resurrected as a standalone category in 2022.
* 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)

## Retired awards

The following awards are no longer active or have been split into sub categories.

### Audiobook of the Year

* 2014 – Awful Auntie – David Walliams
* 2013 – The Ocean at the End of the Lane – written and narrated by Neil Gaiman (Headline)
* 2012 – The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year – Sue Townsend, narrated by Caroline Quentin
* 2011 – My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You – Louisa Young, narrated by Dan Stevens
* 2005–2010 – (no award)
* 2004 – Forgotten Voices of the Great War – Max Arthur (Random House)
* 2003 – A Series of Unfortunate Events – written by Lemony Snicket, narrated by Tim Curry (Collins)
* 2002 – The Laying on of Hands – written and narrated by Alan Bennett (BBC Radio Collection)

### Bestseller Award

Named Bestseller of the Year in 1991. Renamed Bestseller Award in 2017.
* 2017 – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – J. K. Rowling
* 1992–2016 – (no award)
* 1991 – Delia Smith's Christmas – Delia Smith (BBC Books)

### 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
* 2013 – David Jason: My Life – David Jason (Random House)
* 2012 – My Animals and Other Family – Clare Balding
* 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
* 2013 – I Am Malala – Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb
* 2012 – Is It Just Me – Miranda Hart
* 2011 – How To Be a Woman – Caitlin Moran
* 2010 – The Making of Modern Britain – Andrew Marr

### Food & Drink Book of the Year

* 2014 – Plenty More – Yotam Ottolenghi
* 2013 – Eat – Nigel Slater (HarperCollins)
* 2012 – The Hairy Dieters – Si King and Dave Myers
* 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
* 2013 – (no award)
* 2012 – Ian Rankin
* 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
* 2013 – Kate Atkinson – Life After Life
* 2012 – Hilary Mantel – Bring Up the Bodies
* 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
* 1999 – Beryl Bainbridge
* 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
* 2013 – Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
* 2012 – The Snow Child – Eowyn Ivey
* 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 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 & 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