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Audible.co.uk Audiobook of the Year
Winner: My Dear I Wanted to Tell You Louisa Young (HCAudio). Shortlisted: Any Human Heart William Boyd, narrator Mike Grady, Before I Go To Sleep S J Watson, narrator Susannah Harker, My Dear I Wanted to Tell You Louisa Young, narrator Dan Stevens, My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Annabel Pitcher, narrator David Tennant, Snowdrops A.D. Miller, narrator Kevin Howarth, The Player Of Games Iain M. Banks, narrator Peter Kenny.
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Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the Year
Winner: A Tiny Bit Marvelous Dawn French (Penguin). Shortlisted: A Tiny Bit Marvellous Dawn French, Daughters-in-Law Joanna Trollope, Gillespie and I Jane Harris, My Last Duchess Daisy Goodwin, Snuff Terry Pratchett, The Radleys Matt Haig.
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Crime & Thriller of the Year
Winner: Before I Go To sleep S J Watson (Doubleday). Shortlisted: Before I Go To Sleep S.J. Watson, The Fear Index Robert Harris, Heartstone C J Sansom, The Family Martina Cole, The Impossible Dead Ian Rankin, Trick Of The Dark Val McDermid.
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More4 Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year
Winner: How To Be a Woman Caitlin Moran (Ebury). Shortlisted: A History of the World in 100 Objects Neil MacGregor, How To Be a Woman Caitlin Moran, Madeleine Kate McCann, Map of a Nation Rachel Hewitt, The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex Mark Kermode, Wonders of the Universe Brian Cox.
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Galaxy New Writer of the Year
Winner: When God was a Rabbit Sarah Winman (Headline). Shortlisted: Before I Go To Sleep S.J. Watson, Grace Williams Says it Loud Emma Henderson, Pigeon English Stephen Kelman, Rivers of London Ben Aaronovitch, Snowdrops A.D. Miller, When God was a Rabbit Sarah Winman.
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National book Tokens Children’s Book of the Year
Winner: A Monster Calls Patrick Ness (Walker). Shortlisted: A Monster Calls Patrick Ness, Dead Man’s Cove Lauren St John, My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Annabel Pitcher, One Dog and His Boy Eva Ibbotson, Stuck Oliver Jeffers, The Highway Rat Julia Donaldson illus. Axel Scheffler.
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Food & Drink Book of the Year
Winner: The Good Cook Simon Hopkinson (BBC Books). Shortlisted: Home Cooking Made Easy Lorraine Pascale, Jamie’s Great Britain Jamie Oliver, Made in Sicily Giorgio Locatelli, Rick Stein’s Spain Rick Stein, The Good Cook Simon Hopkinson, The Vintage Tea Party Angel Adoree.
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The Telegraph Biography of the Year
Winner: Charles Dickens Claire Tomalin (Viking). Shortlisted: Charles Dickens Claire Tomalin, The Genius in My Basement Alexander Masters, Hitch 22 Christopher Hitchens, Life Keith Richards, Mud, Sweat and Tears Bear Grylls, Red Dust Road Jackie Kay.
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International Author of the Year
Winner: A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan (Corsair). Shortlisted: A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan, 1Q84 Haruki Murakami, The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern, On Canaan’s Side Sebastian Barry, The Leopard Jo Nesbo, The Tiger’s Wife Téa Obreht.
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Waterstone’s UK Author of the Year
Winner: The Stranger’s Child Alan Hollinghurst (Picador). Shortlisted: The Sense Of An Ending Julian Barnes, Jamrach’s Menagerie Carol Birch, The Bees Carol Ann Duffy, The House of Silk Anthony Horowitz, The Long Song Andrea Levy, The Stranger’s Child Alan Hollinghurst.
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WH Smith Paperback of the Year
Winner: Room Emma Donoghue (Picador). Shortlisted: Room Emma Donoghue, The Brightest Star in the Sky Marian Keyes, The Postmistress Sarah Blake, The Red Queen Philippa Gregory, When God was a Rabbit Sarah Winman, You’re Next Gregg Hurwitz.
