This prize for historical fiction, first awarded in 2000, is open to books published in the UK, Ireland or the Commonwealth.
The Gustav Sonata
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This is the Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. It was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award. What is...
Mothering Sunday
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From the Booker-winning author of Last Orders and Waterland comes a long-awaited new novel -...
Golden Hill
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New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. One rainy evening, a charming and...
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
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Amsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the...
Literary fiction historical fiction
The Essex Serpent
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Essex Serpent Strange News Out of Essex...'One of the most memorable historical novels of...
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The Grim Company
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First in an epic, gritty trilogy from the hottest new voice in British fantasy. It is a time of...
Sword of the North
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It is the Age of Ruin, a time in desperate need of heroes. But heroes are in short supply. ...
Dead Man's Steel
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The final instalment in the critically acclaimed Grim Company trilogy. The Age of Ruin is near...
Nightblade's Vengeance
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In a thrilling fantasy series from the author of the Nightblade novels, revenge becomes a quest for...
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Little Fires Everywhere
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In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned – from the...
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
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As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead...
Biography spirituality essays
American Fire:Love, Arson, And Life In A Vanishing Land
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A breathtaking feat of reportage, American Fire combines procedural with love story, redefining...
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn
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Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her...
A prize open to all works of fiction written in English and published in the UK. All genres and forms of literature are eligible, except work written primarily for children.
Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution & War
Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami
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In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government of...
Conflict politics
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
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WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017...
Golden Hill
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New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. One rainy evening, a charming and...
The Argonauts
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An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family ...
Biography memoir social issues
The Sport of Kings
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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction...
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The Roanoke Girls
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Underneath the Roanoke Girls' perfect exterior lies a chilling secret...'Utterly addictive' LISA...
The Blackbird Season
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New York Times bestselling author Kate Moretti’s latest is the story of a scandal-torn...
fiction mystery thriller
Now Is Everything
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Read the book New York Times bestselling author Amber Smith calls "powerful and haunting," and...
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The Widow's House
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This chilling novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages blends...
fiction thriller
Sycamore
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Out for a hike one scorching afternoon in Sycamore, Arizona, a newcomer to town stumbles across what...
fiction contemporary fiction
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
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When local authorities fail to find a suspect in the case of her daughter's murder, a distraught...
Black comedy Dark comedy 3 Billboards
The Post (2017)
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In the early 1970s, the journalists of the Washington Post attempt to publish the Pentagon Papers,...
Kay Graham Ben Bradlee Political thriller
Top Films of 2017
These are my 10 favorite films - of the films that I have seen - that were released in 2017
Dunkirk (2017)
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In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under...
Lady Bird (2017)
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Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson, a high school senior living in Sacramento, has an unstable...
Baby Driver (2017)
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A talented, young getaway driver known as Baby works for a crime boss, helping criminals escape from...
The Shape of Water (2017)
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Elisa is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security government...
Aquatic Asset
The Big Sick (2017)
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Pakistan-born comedian Kumail struggles with cultural differences, family traditions, and his inner...
Muslim Islam Montreal Comedy Festival Coma
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The Last of Us
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The Last of Us is an action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer...
God of War
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His vengeance against the gods of Olympus far behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the lands of...
Every October I try to watch an average of one horror movie a day, three on Halloween itself.
Phantasm (1979)
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A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man.
Carnival of Souls (1962)
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After a young woman is traumatized in a car crash, she moves to a new city for a job as a church...
horror paranormal cult
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
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By trying to destroy his corpse once and for all, Tommy Jarvis unintentionally revives Jason...
Slasher Hockey mask
I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
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An aspiring novelist named Jennifer Hills seeks revenge after being gang-raped and left for dead by...
Exploitation rape-and-revenge Day of the Woman I Hate Your Guts rape and revenge video nasty
The Void (2016)
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When a patient is delivered to an understaffed hospital, a group of people become trapped inside the...
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Logan Lucky (2017)
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West Virginia family man Jimmy Logan teams up with his one-armed brother Clyde and sister Mellie to...