WHITBREAD PRIZE for FICTION

Established in 1971 the Whitbread Book Awards aim to celebrate and promote the best of contemporary British writing. Sponsored by Whitbread PLC.

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2003

• Novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
• First novel Vernon God Little DBC Pierre
• Poetry Landing Light Don Paterson

2002 

• Novel Spies Michael Frayn
• First novel The Song of Names Norman Lebrecht
• Poetry The Ice Age Paul Farley

2001 

• Book of the year and Children's book of the year The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (part 3 of His Dark Materials series)
• Novel Twelve Bar Blues Patrick Neate
• First novel Something Like a House Sid Smith

2000

• Book of the year English Passengers Matthew Kneale
• First novel White Teeth Zadie Smith
• Novel English Passengers Matthew Kneale

1999

• Book of the Year Beowulf Seamus Heaney (829.3 BEO)
• First Novel White City Blue Tim Lott
• Novel Music and Silence Rose Tremain

1998

• Book of the Year Birthday Letters Ted Hughes (821.914 HUG)
• First Novel The Last King of Scotland Giles Foden
• Novel Leading the Cheers Justin Cartwright

1997

• Book of the Year and First Novel The Ventriloquist's Tale Pauline Melville
• Novel Quarantine Jim Crace

1996

• Book of the Year and First Novel A Debt to Pleasure John Lanchester
• Novel Every Man for Himself Beryl Bainbridge

1995

• Book of the Year and First Novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum Kate Atkinson
• Novel The Moor's Last Sigh Salman Rushdie

1994

• Novel and Book of the Year Felicia’s journey William Trevor
• First Novel The Longest Memory Fred D’Aguiar

1993

• Novel and Grand Prize Theory of War Joan Brady
• First Novel Saving Agnes Rachel Cusk

1992

• Novel Poor Things Alasdair Gray
• First Novel Swing Hammer Swing! Jeff Torrington

1991

• Novel The Queen of the Tambourine Jane Gardam
• First Novel Alma Cogan Gordon Burn

1990

• Novel Hopeful Monsters Nicholas Mosley
• First Novel The Buddha of Suburbia Hanif Kureishi

1989

• Novel The Chymical Wedding Lindsay Clarke
• First Novel Gerontius James Hamilton-Paterson

1988

• Novel Satanic Berses Salman Rushdie
• First Novel and Grand Prize The Comforts of Madness Paul Sayer

1987

• Novel The Child in Time Ian McEwan
• First Novel The Other Garden Francis Wyndham

1986

• Novel and Grand Prize An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro
• First Novel Continent Jim Crace

1985

• Novel Hawksmoor Peter Ackroyd
• First Novel Oranges are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson

1984

• Novel Kruger’s Alp Christopher Hope
• First Novel A Parish of Rich Women James Buchan

1983

• Novel Fools of Fortune William Trevor
• First Novel Flying to Nowhere John Fuller

1982

• Novel Young Shoulders John Wain
• First Novel On the Black Hill Bruce Chatwin

1981

• Novel Silver’s City Maurice Leitch
• First Novel A Good Man in Africa William Boyd

1980

• Novel and Book of the Year How Far Can You Fo? David Lodge

1979

• Novel The Old Jest Jennifer Johnston

1978

• Novel Picture Palace Paul Theroux

1977

• Novel Injury Time Beryl Bainbridge

1976

• Novel The Children of Dynmouth William Trevor

1975

• Novel Docherty William McIlvanney

1974

• Novel The Sacred and Profane Love Machine Iris Murdoch

1973

• Novel The Chip-chip Gatherers Shiva Naipaul