Costa Book Awards 2020

by Costa Coffee

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21 books

Launched in 1971, the Costa Book Awards is one of the UK's most prestigious and popular book prizes and celebrates the most enjoyable books of the year by writers resident in the UK and Ireland.

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See the source list and commentary at www.costa.co.uk

Book of the Year

The Mermaid of Black Conch

Monique Roffey, 2020

First Novel

Winner

Love After Love

Ingrid Persaud, 2020

Shortlist

Big Girl, Small Town

Michelle Gallen, 2020

The Family Tree

Sairish Hussain, 2020

All the Water in the World

Karen Raney, 2019

Novel

Winner

The Mermaid of Black Conch

Monique Roffey, 2020

Shortlist

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke, 2020

Peace Talks

Tim Finch, 2020

The Less Dead

Denise Mina, 2020

Biography

Winner

The Louder I Will Sing

A Story of Racism, Riots and Redemption

Lee Lawrence, 2020

Shortlist

The Man in the Red Coat

Julian Barnes, 2020

Dear Life

A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss

DEAR LIFE Rachel Clarke, 2020

Ghost Town

Jeff Young, 2020

Poetry

Winner

The Historians

Eavan Boland, 2020

Shortlist

The Air Year

Caroline Bird, 2020

My Darling from the Lions

Rachel Long, 2020

Citadel

Martha Sprackland, 2020

Children's Book

Winner

Voyage of the Sparrowhawk

Natasha Farrant, 2021

Shortlist

Wranglestone

Darren Charlton, 2020

The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates

Jenny Pearson, 2020

The Great Godden

Meg Rosoff, 2021