Waterstones Book of the Year

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The Waterstones Book of the Year, established in 2012,[1] is an annual award presented to a book published in the previous 12 months. Waterstones' booksellers nominate and vote to determine the winners and finalists for the prize.

Award winners receive "full and committed backing" from Waterstones both in-person and online.[2]

Recipients[edit]

Waterstones Book of the Year winners and finalists
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2012 Russell Norman Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook (of Sorts) Won [1][3]
Laurent Binet HHhH Shortlisted [4]
Artemis Cooper Patrick Leigh Fermor Shortlisted [4]
Simon Garfield On the Map Shortlisted [4]
Robert Macfarlane The Old Ways Shortlisted [4]
Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies Shortlisted [4]
2013 John Williams Stoner Won [5][1]
2014 Jessie Burton The Miniaturist Won [6][7]
Laura Bates Everyday Sexism Shortlisted [8]
Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Shortlisted [8]
Sabrina Ghayour Persiana: Recipes from the Middle East & Beyond Shortlisted [8]
Oliver Jeffers Once Upon an Alphabet Shortlisted [8]
Marina Keegan The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays & Stories Shortlisted [8]
Helen Macdonald H Is for Hawk Shortlisted [8]
Thomas Piketty Capital in the Twenty-First Century Shortlisted [8]
2015 Coralie Bickford-Smith The Fox and the Star Won [9][10]
Harper Lee Go Set a Watchman Shortlisted [11]
Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend Shortlisted [11]
Paula Hawkins The Girl on the Train Shortlisted [11]
James Rebanks The Shepherd's Life Shortlisted [11]
Matt Haig Reasons to Stay Alive Shortlisted [11]
Mary Beard SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Shortlisted [11]
Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life Shortlisted [11]
2016 Sarah Perry The Essex Serpent Won [12]
J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Shortlisted [13]
Emma Jane Kirby The Optician of Lampedusa Shortlisted [13]
Beatrix Potter with Quentin Blake (illus.) The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots Shortlisted [13]
Christopher de Hamel Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts Shortlisted [13]
Paul Kalanithi When Breath Becomes Air Shortlisted [13]
2017 Philip Pullman La Belle Sauvage: Book of Dust Volume One Won [1][14]
Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Shortlisted [15]
George Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo Shortlisted [15]
Jenny Uglow Mr. Lear Shortlisted [15]
Yanis Varoufakis Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Shortlisted [15]
Frances Hardinge A Skinful of Shadows Shortlisted [15]
Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris The Lost Words Shortlisted [15]
2018 Sally Rooney Normal People Won [1][16][17]
Isabel Hardman Why We Get the Wrong Politicians Shortlisted [1][2][16]
Dan Jones and Marina Amaral The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 Shortlisted [1][2][16]
The Secret Barrister The Secret Barrister Shortlisted [1][2][16]
Dolly Alderton Everything I Know About Love Shortlisted [1][2][16]
Henry Eliot The Penguin Classics Book Shortlisted [1][2][16]
Madeline Miller Circe Shortlisted [1][2][16]
Fiona Waters and Frann Preston-Gannon I Am the Seed that Grew the Tree Shortlisted [1][2][16]
2019 Charlie Mackesy The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Won [18][19]
Margaret Atwood The Testaments Shortlisted [20][21]
Candice Carty-Williams Queenie Shortlisted [21]
Bridget Collins The Binding Shortlisted [20][21]
Robert Macfarlane Underland Shortlisted [21]
Max Porter Lanny Shortlisted [20][21]
Greta Thunberg No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference Shortlisted [19][21]
2020 Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet Won [22][23][24]
Dara McAnulty Diary of a Young Naturalist Shortlisted [25]
Brit Bennett The Vanishing Half Shortlisted [25]
Michiko Kakutani Ex Libris Shortlisted [25]
Gavin Francis Island Dreams Shortlisted [25]
Philippe Sands The Ratline Shortlisted [25]
Craig Brown One, Two, Three, Four: The Beatles in Time Shortlisted [25]
Naoise Dolan Exciting Times Shortlisted [25]
Bolu Babalola Love in Colour Shortlisted [25]
David Olusoga Black and British: A Short, Essential History Shortlisted [25]
Fiona Waters with Britta Teckentrup (illus.) Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! Shortlisted [25]
Rundell Katherine (ed) The Book of Hopes Shortlisted [25]
2021 Paul McCartney with Paul Muldoon (ed.) The Lyrics Won [26][27]
Jonathan Drori with Lucille Clerc (illus.) Around the World in 80 Plants Shortlisted [28]
Janice Hallett The Appeal Shortlisted [28]
Kiran Millwood Hargrave with Tom de Freston (illus.) Julia and the Shark Shortlisted [28]
Charlotte Higgins with Chris Ofili (illus.) Greek Myths Shortlisted [28]
Kazuo Ishiguro Klara and the Sun Shortlisted [28]
Amy Jeffs Storyland Shortlisted [28]
Caleb Azumah Nelson Open Water Shortlisted [28]
Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka You Are a Champion Shortlisted [28]
Jennifer Saint Ariadne Shortlisted [28]
Adam Silvera They Both Die at the End Shortlisted [28]
Colin Thubron Amur River Shortlisted [28]
Tracey Turner and Andrew Donkin with Libby VanderPloeg (illus.) British Museum: History of the World in 25 Cities Shortlisted [28]
2022 Katy Hessel The Story of Art without Men Won [29]
Maggie O'Farrell The Marriage Portrait Shortlisted [30]
Alice Oseman Heartstopper Volume 1 Shortlisted [30]
Bonnie Garmus Lessons in Chemistry Shortlisted [30]
Jonathan Freedland The Escape Artist Shortlisted [30]
Thomas Halliday Otherlands Shortlisted [30]
Katherine Rundell with Talya Baldwin (illus.) In the Golden Mole Shortlisted [30]
Jeremy Lee Cooking Shortlisted [30]
R. F. Kuang Babel Shortlisted [30]
A. F. Steadman Skandar and the Unicorn Thief Shortlisted [30]
2023 Katherine Rundell Impossible Creatures Won [31]
Chris Broad Abroad in Japan Shortlisted [32]
G. T. Karber Murdle Shortlisted [32]
Rebecca F. Kuang Yellowface Shortlisted [32]
Ann Patchett Tom Lake Shortlisted [32]
Rick Rubin The Creative Act: A Way of Being Shortlisted [32]
Zadie Smith The Fraud Shortlisted [32]
Chris van Tulleken Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t... Shortlisted [32]
Alice Winn In Memoriam Shortlisted [32]
Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing Shortlisted [32]
Lou Peacock and Matt Hunt A Whale of a Time: A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year Shortlisted [32]
Mary Beard Emperor of Rome Shortlisted [32]

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References[edit]

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