Guardian First Book Award Winners First Book

Awards List

2015

Man V. Nature: Stories (Nominee)
Diane Cook

Oct-2014
/ Literary

The Fishermen (Nominee)
Chigozie Obioma

Apr-2015
/ General Fiction

The Shore (Nominee)
Sara Taylor

Jun-2015
/ Literary

2014

Young Skins: Stories (Winner)
Colin Barrett

Mar-2015
/ General Fiction

The Night Guest (Nominee)
Fiona McFarlane

Oct-2013
/ Literary

In the Light of What We Know (Nominee)
Zia Haider Rahman

Apr-2014
/ Literary

We Are Not Ourselves (Nominee)
Matthew Thomas

Aug-2014
/ Literary

Young Skins: Stories (Nominee)
Colin Barrett

Mar-2015
/ General Fiction

2013

The Spinning Heart (Winner)
Donal Ryan

Feb-2014
/ Literary

We Need New Names (Nominee)
Noviolet Bulawayo

May-2013
/ General Fiction

Burial Rites (Nominee)
Hannah Kent

Sep-2013
/ Thriller

The Hive (Nominee)
Gill Hornby

Sep-2013
/ General Fiction

2012

The Yellow Birds (Winner)
Kevin Powers

Sep-2012
/ General Fiction

The Art of Fielding (Nominee)
Chad Harbach

Sep-2011
/ General Fiction

2011

Pigeon English (Nominee)
Stephen Kelman

Jul-2011
/ Literary

The Submission (Nominee)
Amy Waldman

Aug-2011
/ Literary

2010

Black Mamba Boy (Nominee)
Nadifa Mohamed

Aug-2010
/ Literary

Your Presence Is Requested at Suvanto (Nominee)
Maile Chapman

Jun-2011
/ Literary

2009

An Elegy for Easterly (Winner)
Petina Gappah

Jun-2009
/ General Fiction

The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet (Nominee)
Penguin Books

May-2009
/ Literary

2008

A Case of Exploding Mangoes (Nominee)
Mohammed Hanif

Jan-2008
/ General Fiction

A Fraction of the Whole (Nominee)
Steve Toltz

Feb-2008
/ General Fiction

God's Own Country (Nominee)
Ross Raisin

Feb-2009
/ General Fiction

2007

Children of the Revolution (Winner)
Dinaw Mengestu

Jun-2008
/ General Fiction

What Was Lost (Nominee)
Catherine O'Flynn

Jan-2007
/ General Fiction

2006

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (Winner)
Yiyun Li

Sep-2005
/ General Fiction

Harbor (Nominee)
Lorraine Adams

Sep-2004
/ General Fiction

In the Country of Men (Nominee)
Hisham Matar

Feb-2007
/ General Fiction

Poppy Shakespeare (Nominee)
Clare Allan

Mar-2007
/ General Fiction

2005

Sightseeing (Nominee)
Rattawut Lapcharoensap

Jan-2006
/ Literary

2004

Natasha: And Other Stories (Nominee)
David Bezmozgis

Jun-2004
/ General Fiction

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Nominee)
Susanna Clarke

Sep-2004
/ Fantasy

2003

Brick Lane (Nominee)
Monica Ali

Jun-2003
/ General Fiction

2002

Everything Is Illuminated (Winner)
Jonathan Safran Foer

Apr-2002
/ Literary

The Impressionist (Nominee)
Hari Kunzru

Apr-2002
/ Historical

The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done (Nominee)
Sandra Newman

Mar-2003
/ General Fiction

2001

The Dark Room (Nominee)
Rachel Seiffert

May-2001
/ General Fiction

Carter Beats the Devil (Nominee)
Glen David Gold

Sep-2001
/ General Fiction

2000

White Teeth (Winner)
Zadie Smith

May-2000
/ General Fiction

House of Leaves (Nominee)
Mark Z. Danielewski

Mar-2000
/ Horror

1999

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families (Winner)
Philip Gourevitch

Sep-1999
/ Literary

The Blue Bedspread (Nominee)
Raj Kamal Jha

Apr-1999
/ General Fiction

Ghostwritten (Nominee)
David Mitchell

Sep-2000
/ General Fiction

1998

Trumpet (Winner)
Jackie Kay

Feb-1999
/ General Fiction

The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (Nominee)
Sebastian Barry

Aug-1998
/ Suspense

Breakfast on Pluto (Nominee)
Patrick McCabe

Nov-1998
/ Suspense

1997

Fugitive Pieces (Winner)
Anne Michaels

Mar-1997
/ General Fiction

Larry's Party (Nominee)
Carol Shields

Sep-1997
/ General Fiction

Jack Maggs (Nominee)
Peter Carey

Feb-1998
/ Suspense

Enduring Love (Nominee)
Ian McEwan

Jun-1998
/ Suspense

1996

Reading in the Dark (Winner)
Seamus Deane

Apr-1997
/ General Fiction

A Perfect Execution (Nominee)
Tim Binding

Jun-1996
/ General Fiction

The Insult (Nominee)
Rupert Thomson

Sep-1996
/ Suspense

Anita and Me (Nominee)
Meera Syal

May-1997
/ General Fiction

Asylum (Nominee)
Patrick McGrath

Mar-1998
/ Suspense

1995

The Golden Plough (Winner)
James Buchan

Jul-1995
/ Suspense

1994

Debatable Land (Winner)
Candia Mcwilliam

Jul-1995
/ General Fiction

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