The Booker Prize
The leading literary award in the English-speaking world, awarded annually for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.
Prize: £50,000
Latest Winner (2025)
Flesh by David Szalay
Explore the fiction prizes and winning books that define the modern literary canon across the UK, Europe, and the United States.
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The leading literary award in the English-speaking world, awarded annually for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.
Prize: £50,000
Latest Winner (2025)
Flesh by David Szalay
Awarded for a single book translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The prize is split between author and translator.
Prize: £50,000
Latest Winner (2025)
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq
Celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women throughout the world. Previously known as the Orange Prize.
Prize: £30,000
Latest Winner (2025)
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Formerly the Whitbread Book Awards, honoured books across multiple categories by authors resident in UK/Ireland. Discontinued in 2022.
Prize: £30,000
Launched to fill the gap left by Costa, celebrating the best reads of the year by UK and Ireland-based writers.
Prize: £15,000
Known as the "Nibbies", these awards recognize literary quality and commercial success, plus the industry behind bringing books to readers.
Britain's oldest literary award, administered by the University of Edinburgh.
Prize: £10,000
Awarded to the best published literary work in English by an author aged 39 or under.
Prize: £20,000
Prizes for political writing that comes closest to George Orwell's ambition to make political writing into an art.
Prize: £3,000
Recognizes the best emerging fiction writers in Europe, highlighting the wealth of creativity and diversity of European contemporary literature.
Prize: €5,000
France's most prestigious literary award, given annually to the author of the best and most imaginative prose work of the year.
Prize: €10
Latest Winner (2025)
La Maison vide by Laurent Mauvignier
One of the major French literary prizes, awarded by an all-female jury.
Prize: None
Major French literary prize announced on the same day as the Prix Goncourt.
French literary prize rewarding a novel or collection of short stories by an author whose fame does not yet match their talent.
Awarded annually during the Frankfurt Book Fair for the best German-language novel of the year.
Prize: €25,000
Latest Winner (2025)
Die Holländerinnen by Dorothee Elmiger
The most important literary award in Germany, recognizing writers who have made significant contributions to German-language literature.
Prize: €50,000
Italy's most prestigious literary prize, awarded annually for the best Italian-language novel.
Latest Winner (2025)
L'anniversario by Andrea Bajani
Major Italian literary award presented annually for Italian fiction.
The richest literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, awarded for unpublished Spanish-language fiction.
Prize: €1,000,000
The oldest literary prize in Spain, awarded annually for Spanish-language novels.
Prize: €30,000
Unique among international literary prizes as nominations come from public libraries worldwide.
Prize: €100,000
French literary prize awarded by journalists to a novel by a French journalist.
One of the most prestigious American awards for achievements in journalism, literature, and music.
Prize: $15,000
Latest Winner (2025)
James by Percival Everett
One of the most prestigious literary prizes in the United States, administered by the National Book Foundation.
Prize: $10,000
Latest Winner (2024)
James by Percival Everett
Award presented by the National Book Critics Circle for the finest fiction published in the US.
The largest peer-juried award for fiction in the United States.
Prize: $15,000
One of the richest literary awards in the world, bestowed by Kirkus Reviews.
Prize: $50,000
Awarded by the American Library Association for the best fiction book for adult readers.
Prize: $5,000
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Women's Prize
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Women's Prize
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1 award · through 2024
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Kamel Daoud
1 award · through 2024
Goncourt
by Jenny Erpenbeck
1 award · through 2024
Int. Booker
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1 award · through 2024
Strega
by Jayne Anne Phillips
1 award · through 2024
Pulitzer
by Samantha Harvey
1 award · through 2024
Booker
by Justin Torres
1 award · through 2023
NBA Fiction
by Ada D'Adamo
1 award · through 2023
Strega
by Barbara Kingsolver
1 award · through 2023
Women's Prize
by Tonio Schachinger
1 award · through 2023
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Paul Lynch
1 award · through 2023
Booker
by Georgi Gospodinov
1 award · through 2023
Int. Booker
by Hernan Diaz
1 award · through 2023
Pulitzer
by Jean-Baptiste Andrea
1 award · through 2023
Goncourt
by Kim de l'Horizon
1 award · through 2022
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Mario Desiati
1 award · through 2022
Strega
by Ruth Ozeki
1 award · through 2022
Women's Prize
by Joshua Cohen
1 award · through 2022
Pulitzer
by Tess Gunty
1 award · through 2022
NBA Fiction
by Shehan Karunatilaka
1 award · through 2022
Booker
by Geetanjali Shree
1 award · through 2022
Int. Booker
by Brigitte Giraud
1 award · through 2022
Goncourt
by David Diop
1 award · through 2021
Int. Booker
by Antje Rávik Strubel
1 award · through 2021
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Emanuele Trevi
1 award · through 2021
Strega
by Jason Mott
1 award · through 2021
NBA Fiction
by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
1 award · through 2021
Goncourt
by Susanna Clarke
1 award · through 2021
Women's Prize
by Louise Erdrich
1 award · through 2021
Pulitzer
by Damon Galgut
1 award · through 2021
Booker
by Anne Weber
1 award · through 2020
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Maggie O'Farrell
1 award · through 2020
Women's Prize
by Sandro Veronesi
1 award · through 2020
Strega
by Charles Yu
1 award · through 2020
NBA Fiction
by Hervé Le Tellier
1 award · through 2020
Goncourt
by Douglas Stuart
1 award · through 2020
Booker
by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
1 award · through 2020
Int. Booker
by Colson Whitehead
1 award · through 2020
Pulitzer
by Tayari Jones
1 award · through 2019
Women's Prize
by Jokha al-Harthi
1 award · through 2019
Int. Booker
by Saša Stanišić
1 award · through 2019
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Antonio Scurati
1 award · through 2019
Strega
by Richard Powers
1 award · through 2019
Pulitzer
by Margaret Atwood
1 award · through 2019
Booker
by Jean-Paul Dubois
1 award · through 2019
Goncourt
by Susan Choi
1 award · through 2019
NBA Fiction
by Inger-Maria Mahlke
1 award · through 2018
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Olga Tokarczuk
1 award · through 2018
Int. Booker
by Kamila Shamsie
1 award · through 2018
Women's Prize
by Helena Janeczek
1 award · through 2018
Strega
by Andrew Sean Greer
1 award · through 2018
Pulitzer
by Nicolas Mathieu
1 award · through 2018
Goncourt
by Anna Burns
1 award · through 2018
Booker
by Sigrid Nunez
1 award · through 2018
NBA Fiction
by David Grossman
1 award · through 2017
Int. Booker
by Robert Menasse
1 award · through 2017
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Éric Vuillard
1 award · through 2017
Goncourt
by Paolo Cognetti
1 award · through 2017
Strega
by George Saunders
1 award · through 2017
Booker
by Jesmyn Ward
1 award · through 2017
NBA Fiction
by Naomi Alderman
1 award · through 2017
Women's Prize
by Leïla Slimani
1 award · through 2016
Goncourt
by Edoardo Albinati
1 award · through 2016
Strega
by Lisa McInerney
1 award · through 2016
Women's Prize
by Paul Beatty
1 award · through 2016
Booker
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
1 award · through 2016
Pulitzer
by Han Kang
1 award · through 2016
Int. Booker
by Bodo Kirchhoff
1 award · through 2016
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Marlon James
1 award · through 2015
Booker
by Anthony Doerr
1 award · through 2015
Pulitzer
by Mathias Énard
1 award · through 2015
Goncourt
by Frank Witzel
1 award · through 2015
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Adam Johnson
1 award · through 2015
NBA Fiction
by Ali Smith
1 award · through 2015
Women's Prize
by Nicola Lagioia
1 award · through 2015
Strega
by Eimear McBride
1 award · through 2014
Women's Prize
by Francesco Piccolo
1 award · through 2014
Strega
by Lutz Seiler
1 award · through 2014
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Lydie Salvayre
1 award · through 2014
Goncourt
by Phil Klay
1 award · through 2014
NBA Fiction
by Donna Tartt
1 award · through 2014
Pulitzer
by Richard Flanagan
1 award · through 2014
Booker
by Pierre Lemaitre
1 award · through 2013
Goncourt
by Terézia Mora
1 award · through 2013
Deutscher Buchpreis
by A. M. Homes
1 award · through 2013
Women's Prize
by Walter Siti
1 award · through 2013
Strega
by James McBride
1 award · through 2013
NBA Fiction
by Eleanor Catton
1 award · through 2013
Booker
by Adam Johnson
1 award · through 2013
Pulitzer
by Hilary Mantel
1 award · through 2012
Booker
by Alessandro Piperno
1 award · through 2012
Strega
by Ursula Krechel
1 award · through 2012
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Jérôme Ferrari
1 award · through 2012
Goncourt
by Louise Erdrich
1 award · through 2012
NBA Fiction
by Madeline Miller
1 award · through 2012
Women's Prize
by Jennifer Egan
1 award · through 2011
Pulitzer
by Eugen Ruge
1 award · through 2011
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Alexis Jenni
1 award · through 2011
Goncourt
by Jesmyn Ward
1 award · through 2011
NBA Fiction
by Edoardo Nesi
1 award · through 2011
Strega
by Julian Barnes
1 award · through 2011
Booker
by Téa Obreht
1 award · through 2011
Women's Prize
by Antonio Pennacchi
1 award · through 2010
Strega
by Michel Houellebecq
1 award · through 2010
Goncourt
by Jaimy Gordon
1 award · through 2010
NBA Fiction
by Melinda Nadj Abonji
1 award · through 2010
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Howard Jacobson
1 award · through 2010
Booker
by Barbara Kingsolver
1 award · through 2010
Women's Prize
by Paul Harding
1 award · through 2010
Pulitzer
by Kathrin Schmidt
1 award · through 2009
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Marilynne Robinson
1 award · through 2009
Women's Prize
by Colum McCann
1 award · through 2009
NBA Fiction
by Elizabeth Strout
1 award · through 2009
Pulitzer
by Tiziano Scarpa
1 award · through 2009
Strega
by Marie NDiaye
1 award · through 2009
Goncourt
by Hilary Mantel
1 award · through 2009
Booker
by Uwe Tellkamp
1 award · through 2008
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Paolo Giordano
1 award · through 2008
Strega
by Peter Matthiessen
1 award · through 2008
NBA Fiction
by Atiq Rahimi
1 award · through 2008
Goncourt
by Junot Díaz
1 award · through 2008
Pulitzer
by Rose Tremain
1 award · through 2008
Women's Prize
by Aravind Adiga
1 award · through 2008
Booker
by Gilles Leroy
1 award · through 2007
Goncourt
by Niccolò Ammaniti
1 award · through 2007
Strega
by Julia Franck
1 award · through 2007
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
1 award · through 2007
Women's Prize
by Anne Enright
1 award · through 2007
Booker
by Cormac McCarthy
1 award · through 2007
Pulitzer
by Denis Johnson
1 award · through 2007
NBA Fiction
by Sandro Veronesi
1 award · through 2006
Strega
by Katharina Hacker
1 award · through 2006
Deutscher Buchpreis
by Jonathan Littell
1 award · through 2006
Goncourt
by Geraldine Brooks
1 award · through 2006
Pulitzer
by Zadie Smith
1 award · through 2006
Women's Prize
by Richard Powers
1 award · through 2006
NBA Fiction
by Kiran Desai
1 award · through 2006
Booker
by Arno Geiger
1 award · through 2005
Deutscher Buchpreis
by William T. Vollmann
1 award · through 2005
NBA Fiction
by Marilynne Robinson
1 award · through 2005
Pulitzer
by Maurizio Maggiani
1 award · through 2005
Strega
by John Banville
1 award · through 2005
Booker
by François Weyergans
1 award · through 2005
Goncourt
by Lionel Shriver
1 award · through 2005
Women's Prize