I Costa Book Awards sono stati una serie di premi letterari assegnati a scrittori residenti nel Regno Unito e in Irlanda pubblicati l'anno precedente.

Istituiti a partire dal 1971 per celebrare i "libri più divertenti dell'anno" come Whitbread Awards, hanno cambiato il loro nome in quello attuale nel 2006 quando è subentrato il nuovo sponsor Costa Coffee.

Sono suddivisi in cinque categorie: Romanzo d'esordio, Romanzo, Libro per ragazzi, Biografia, Poesia alle quali si è aggiunta dal 2012 una sesta: Raccolta di racconti.

Ad ogni vincitore viene riconosciuta una cifra pari a 5000£ e, a partire dal 1985, l'autore del libro dell'anno scelto tra i premiati si aggiudica ulteriori 30000£.

Il riconoscimento è stato cancellato improvvisamente il 10 giugno 2022 dopo 50 anni di attività.

Albo d'oro

AnnoPremiNoteRomanzoRomanzo d'esordioLibro per ragazziPoesiaBiografiaRaccolta di racconti1971Gerda CharlesThe Destiny Waltz——Geoffrey HillMercian HymnsMichael MeyerHenrik Ibsen—1972Susan HillThe Bird of Night—Rumer GoddenThe Diddakoi—James Pope-HennessyAnthony Trollope—1973Shiva NaipaulThe Chip-Chip Gatherers—Alan Aldridge and William PlomerThe Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast—John WilsonCB: A Life of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman—1974Iris MurdochThe Sacred and Profane Love MachineClaire TomalinThe Life and Death of Mary WollstonecraftRussell Hoban and Quentin BlakeHow Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired SportsmenJill Paton WalshThe Emperor's Winding Sheet—Andrew BoylePoor Dear Brendan—1975William McIlvanneyDochertyRuth SpaldingThe Improbable Puritan: A Life of Bulstrode Whitelocke——Helen CorkeIn Our Infancy—1976William TrevorThe Children of Dynmouth—Penelope LivelyL'estate in cui tutto cambiò—Winifred GerinElizabeth Gaskell—1977Beryl BainbridgeInjury Time—Shelagh MacdonaldNo End to Yesterday—Nigel NicolsonMary Curzon—1978Paul TherouxPicture Palace—Philippa PearceThe Battle of Bubble & Squeak—John GriggLloyd George: The People's Champion—1979Jennifer JohnstonThe Dawning—Peter DickinsonTulku—Penelope MortimerAbout Time—1980David LodgeHow Far Can You Go —Leon GarfieldJohn Diamond—David NewsomeOn the Edge of Paradise: A. C. Benson, Diarist—1981Maurice LeitchSilver's CityWilliam BoydA Good Man in AfricaJane GardamThe Hollow Land—Nigel HamiltonMonty: The Making of a General—1982John WainYoung ShouldersBruce ChatwinSulla collina neraW. J. CorbettThe Song of Pentecost—Edward CrankshawBismark—1983William TrevorFools of FortuneJohn FullerFlying to NowhereRoald DahlLe streghe—Victoria GlendinningVitaKenneth RoseKing George V—1984Christopher HopeKruger's AlpJames BuchanA Parish of Rich WomenBarbara WillardThe Queen of the Pharisees' Children—Peter AckroydT. S. EliotDiane RoweTomorrow is our Permanent Address1985Peter AckroydHawksmoorJeanette WintersonNon ci sono solo le aranceJanni HowkerThe Nature of the BeastDouglas DunnElegies Ben PimlottHugh Dalton—1986Kazuo IshiguroUn artista del mondo fluttuante Jim CraceContinentAndrew TaylorThe Coal House Peter ReadingStetRichard MabeyGilbert White—1987Ian McEwanBambini nel tempoFrancis WyndhamThe Other GardenGeraldine McCaughreanA Little Lower than the AngelsSeamus HeaneyThe Haw LanternChristopher NolanUnder the Eye of the Clock —1988Salman RushdieI versi sataniciPaul SayerLe comodità della pazzia Judy AllenAwaiting DevelopmentsPeter PorterThe Automatic OracleA. N. WilsonTolstoy—1989Lindsay ClarkeThe Chymical WeddingJames Hamilton-PatersonGerontiusHugh ScottWhy Weeps the BroganMichael DonaghyShibbolethRichard HolmesColeridge: Early Visions —1990Nicholas MosleyHopeful Monsters Hanif KureishiIl Budda delle periferiePeter DickinsonAKPaul DurcanDaddy, DaddyAnn ThwaiteAA Milne – His Life—1991Jane GardamThe Queen of the TambourineGordon BurnAlma CoganDiana HendryHarvey AngellMichael LongleyGorse FiresJohn RichardsonA Life of Picasso —1992Alasdair GrayPoor ThingsJeff TorringtonSwing Hammer Swing!Gillian CrossIl caso del grande elefanteTony HarrisonThe Gaze of the GorgonVictoria GlendinningTrollope —1993Joan BradyTheory of War Rachel CuskSaving AgnesAnne FineFlour BabiesCarol Ann DuffyMean TimeAndrew MotionPhilip Larkin: A Writer's Life—1994William TrevorFelicia's Journey Fred D'AguiarThe Longest MemoryGeraldine McCaughreanGold DustJames FentonOut of DangerBrenda MaddoxD H Lawrence: The Married Man —1995Salman RushdieL'ultimo sospiro del MoroKate AtkinsonBehind the Scenes at the Museum Michael MorpurgoThe Wreck of the ZanzibarBernard O'DonoghueGunpowderRoy JenkinsGladstone—1996Beryl BainbridgeOgnuno per séJohn LanchesterThe Debt to PleasureAnne FineThe Tulip TouchSeamus HeaneyThe Spirit Level Diarmaid MacCullochThomas Cranmer: A Life—1997Jim CraceQuarantinePauline MelvilleThe Ventriloquist's TaleAndrew NorrissAquilaTed HughesTales from Ovid Graham RobbVictor Hugo—1998Justin CartwrightLeading the CheersGiles FodenThe Last King of ScotlandDavid AlmondSkelligTed HughesBirthday Letters Amanda ForemanGeorgiana, Duchess of Devonshire—Libro dell'anno postumo1999Rose TremainMusic and SilenceTim LottWhite City BlueJ.K. RowlingHarry Potter e il prigioniero di AzkabanSeamus HeaneyBeowulf David CairnsBerlioz Volume Two: Servitude and Greatness—2000Matthew KnealeIl passeggero inglese Zadie SmithDenti bianchiJamila GavinCoram BoyJohn BurnsideThe Asylum DanceLorna SageBad Blood – A Memoir—2001 Patrick NeateTwelve Bar BluesSid SmithSomething Like A HousePhilip PullmanIl cannocchiale d'ambra Selima HillBunnyDiana SouhamiSelkirk's Island—2002Michael FraynSpiesNorman LebrechtThe Song of NamesHilary McKayL'angelo di SaffyPaul FarleyThe Ice AgeClaire TomalinSamuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self —2003Mark HaddonLo strano caso del cane ucciso a mezzanotte DBC PierreVernon God LittleDavid AlmondL'uomo che mangiava il fuocoDon PatersonLanding LightDJ TaylorOrwell: The Life—2004Andrea LevySmall Island Susan FletcherEve GreenGeraldine McCaughreanNot the End of the WorldMichael Symmons RobertsCorpusJohn GuyMy Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots—2005Ali SmithVoci fuori campoTash AwThe Harmony Silk FactoryKate ThompsonThe New PolicemanChristopher LogueCold CallsHilary SpurlingMatisse the Master —2006William BoydInquietudineStef PenneyLa tenerezza dei lupi Linda NewberySet in StoneJohn HaynesLetter to PatienceBrian ThompsonKeeping Mum—2007Alison Louise KennedyDay Catherine O'FlynnWhat Was LostAnn KelleyThe Bower Bird Jean SpracklandTiltSimon Sebag MontefioreYoung Stalin—2008Sebastian BarryIl segreto Sadie JonesIl bambino del fiumeMichelle MagorianJust HenryAdam FouldsThe Broken WordDiana AthillSomewhere Towards the End—2009Colm TóibínBrooklynRaphael SelbourneBeautyPatrick NessThe Ask and the AnswerChristopher ReidA Scattering Graham FarmeloThe Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius—2010Maggie O'FarrellLa mano che teneva la miaKishwar DesaiWitness the NightJason WallaceOut of ShadowsJo ShapcottDella mutabilità Edmund de WaalUn'eredità di avorio e ambra—2011Andrew MillerPure Christie WatsonUn cielo pieno di luccioleMoira YoungDark EdenCarol Ann DuffyThe BeesMatthew HollisNow All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas—2012Hilary MantelAnna Bolena, una questione di famiglia Francesca SegalLa cugina americanaSally GardnerMaggot MoonKathleen JamieThe OverhaulMary M. Talbot and Bryan TalbotDotter of Her Father's EyesAvril JoyMillie and Bird2013Kate AtkinsonVita dopo vitaNathan FilerThe Shock of the Fall Chris RiddellGoth Girl and the Ghost of a MouseMichael Symmons RobertsDrysalter Lucy Hughes-HallettThe PikeAngela ReadmanThe Keeper of the Jackalopes2014 Ali SmithHow to Be BothEmma HealeyElizabeth è scomparsaKate SaundersFive Children on the Western FrontJonathan EdwardsMy Family and Other SuperheroesHelen MacdonaldH is for Hawk Zoe Gilbert Fishskin, Hareskin2015 Kate AtkinsonUn dio in rovinaAndrew Michael HurleyLoneyFrances HardingeThe Lie Tree Don Paterson40 SonnetsAndrea WulfThe Invention of NatureDanny MurphyRogey2016 Sebastian BarryDays Without End Francis SpuffordGolden HillBrian ConaghanThe Bombs That Brought Us TogetherAlice OswaldFalling AwakeKeggie CarewDadland: A Journey into Uncharted TerritoryJess KiddDirty Little Fishes2017 Jon McGregorBacino 13Gail HoneymanEleanor Oliphant sta benissimo Katherine RundellL'esploratoreHelen DunmoreInside the Wave Rebecca StottIn the Days of Rain—Libro dell'anno postumo2018 Sally RooneyPersone normaliStuart TurtonLe sette morti di Evelyn Hardcastle Hilary McKayThe Skylarks' WarJ. O. MorganAssurancesBart van EsLa ragazza cancellata —2019Jonathan CoeMiddle EnglandSara CollinsThe Confessions of Frannie Langton Jasbinder BilanAsha & the Spirit BirdMary Jean ChanFlècheJack FairweatherVolontario ad Auschwitz—2020Monique RoffeyLa sirena di Black ConchIngrid PersaudLove After Love Natasha FarrantVoyage of the SparrowhawkEavan BolandThe HistoriansLee LawrenceThe Louder I Will Sing—2021Claire FullerUnsettled GroundCaleb Azumah NelsonMare aperto Manjeet MaanThe CrossingHannah LoweThe kids: l'arte d'insegnareJohn PrestonFall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell—AnnoRomanzoRomanzo d'esordioLibro per ragazziPoesiaBiografiaRaccolta di raccontiNote "—" non assegnato quest'anno --- In grassetto i vincitori del "Libro dell'anno"

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