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