Foyles Book of the Year
British literary award (2010s–present)

The Foyles Books of the Year have been announced annually since 2017 by the British bookseller chain Foyles. From 2017 to 2023 they recognised outstanding literature in three categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, and Children's. A fiction award was conferred in 2016, before the other two categories were added. In 2024 the award changed to a combined one for all genres.[1]

When announcing the 2023 choices, Foyles said that they chose "our favourite, most interesting, most important, most year-defining titles published, recommended and sold this year".[2]

Winners (2016 – 2023)

Fiction

Year Author Book Ref[2][3]
2016 Paul Beatty The Sellout [4]
2017 Naomi Alderman The Power [5][6]
2018 Sayaka Murata Convenience Store Woman [7]
2019 Ocean Vuong On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous [8][9][10]
2020 Brandon Taylor Real Life [11]
2021 Natasha Brown Assembly [12][13]
2022 Sheena Patel I'm a Fan [14][15]
2023 R. F. Kuang Yellowface [16][17][18][19]

Non-fiction

Year Author Book Ref[2][3]
2017 Reni Eddo-Lodge Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race [5]
2018 Akala Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire [7]
2019 Lisa Taddeo Three Women [9]
2020 Doireann Ní Ghríofa A Ghost in the Throat [20][11]
2021 Warren Ellis Nina Simone's Gum [21][22]
2022 Thomas Halliday Otherlands: A World in the Making [23][15]
2023 Cat Bohannon Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution [17][24]

Children's

Year Author Book Ref[2][3]
2017 Elena Favilli Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls [5][6]
2018 Tomi Adeyemi Children of Blood and Bone [25][7]
2019 Katherine Rundell The Good Thieves [26][9][10]
2020 Myriam Dahman The Wolf’s Secret [27][11][28][29]
2021 Tom Gauld The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess [30][31][13][29]
2022 S. F. Said Tyger [29][15]
2023 Katherine Rundell Impossible Creatures [32][17][18][33][34]

Winners and shortlist (2024 – )

Year Author Book Result Ref
2024 Sally Rooney Intermezzo Winner [35][36][37]
Gillian Anderson (editor) Want Shortlist [1]
Jonn Elledge A History of the World in 47 Borders
Percival Everett James
Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane (co-authors), Emily Sutton (illustrator) The World to Come
Megan Hopkins Starminster
Olga Tokarczuk (author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator) The Empusium
Asako Yuzuki (author), Polly Barton (translator) Butter

References

  1. ^ a b "Foyles Book of the Year Shortlist [2024]". Foyles. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Foyles Books of the Year [2023]". Foyles. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Foyles Winners". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Foyles picks The Sellout as book of the year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Foyles' Books of the Year champion women's voices". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b "The Power and Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls announced as Foyles Books of the Year". www.penguin.co.uk. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Convenience Store Woman crowned Foyles' Fiction Book of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  8. ^ "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Foyles reveals Books of the Year 2019". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  10. ^ a b "2019 Foyles Book of the Year Winners". www.fictiondb.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  11. ^ a b c "Real Life, A Ghost in the Throat and The Wolf's Secret named Foyles Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  13. ^ a b "2021 Foyles Book of the Year Winners". www.fictiondb.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  14. ^ "I'm a Fan". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  15. ^ a b c "Foyles names works by Patel, Halliday and Said as Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Yellowface". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  17. ^ a b c "Works by Kuang, Rundell and Bohannon crowned Foyles' Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  18. ^ a b "2023 Foyles Books of the Year Winners". Locus Online. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Foyles Fiction". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  20. ^ "A Ghost in the Throat". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Nina Simone's Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Otherlands". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Foyles Non Fiction". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Adeyemi Wins Foyles Book of the Year Award". Locus Online. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  26. ^ "The Good Thieves". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  27. ^ "The Wolf's Secret". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Children's Book Awards 2020: Shortlists and Winners". Toppsta. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  29. ^ a b c "Children's Book Awards 2022: Shortlists and Winners". Toppsta. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  30. ^ "The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  31. ^ "Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  32. ^ "Impossible Creatures". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  33. ^ "Foyles Childrens". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  34. ^ Kan, Toni (7 November 2023). "Foyles Book of the Year unveils diverse shortlist, from historical drama to poetic reverie to kid's adventure". The Lagos Review. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  35. ^ "intermezzo". Foyles. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  36. ^ "Sally Rooney's Intermezzo named Foyles Book of the Year". The Bookseller. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  37. ^ "Intermezzo wins Foyles Book of the Year 2024". Bookbrunch. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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