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)
editFiction
editYear | 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
editChildren's
editWinners and shortlist (2024 – )
editYear | Author | Book | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 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 | |||
Sally Rooney | Intermezzo | |||
Olga Tokarczuk (author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator) | The Empusium | |||
Asako Yuzuki (author), Polly Barton (translator) | Butter |
References
edit- ^ a b "Foyles Book of the Year Shortlist [2024]". Foyles. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Foyles Books of the Year [2023]". Foyles. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Foyles Winners". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Foyles picks The Sellout as book of the year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Foyles' Books of the Year champion women's voices". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Convenience Store Woman crowned Foyles' Fiction Book of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Foyles reveals Books of the Year 2019". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b "2019 Foyles Book of the Year Winners". www.fictiondb.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b "2021 Foyles Book of the Year Winners". www.fictiondb.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "I'm a Fan". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Foyles names works by Patel, Halliday and Said as Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Yellowface". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Works by Kuang, Rundell and Bohannon crowned Foyles' Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b "2023 Foyles Books of the Year Winners". Locus Online. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Foyles Fiction". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "A Ghost in the Throat". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Nina Simone's Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Otherlands". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Foyles Non Fiction". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Adeyemi Wins Foyles Book of the Year Award". Locus Online. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "The Good Thieves". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "The Wolf's Secret". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Children's Book Awards 2020: Shortlists and Winners". Toppsta. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Children's Book Awards 2022: Shortlists and Winners". Toppsta. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Impossible Creatures". Foyles. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Foyles Childrens". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ 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.