Authors B - Annotated List

B, David 

Epileptic

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

Ba, Miriama

So Long a Letter

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Babnik, Gabriela

Dry Season

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2017

Bach, Richard 

Illusions

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Readers' List 98 

Bach, Richard 

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

BBC Big Read 179 

The Perfect Library: 110 Best books by the Telegraph

Bachelder, Chris

The Throwback Special

National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 2016 
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Bachi, Salim

The Silence of Mohammed

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2012

Bacigalupi, Paolo

Ship Breaker

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2012

Bacigalupi, Paolo

The Windup Girl

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Backman, Fredrik

A Man Called Ove

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Summer 2015

BBC Radio 2 Book Club - 30 June 2014

Backman, Fredrik

Britt-Marie Was Here

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Backman, Fredrik

My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2017

Bacon, Charlotte

Lost Geography

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2002

Bacon, Charlotte

There is Room for You

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2006

Badami, Anita Rau

Can you Hear the Nightbird Call?

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2008

Badami, Anita Rau

Tell It To The Trees

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013

Badami, Anita Rau 

The Hero's Walk

Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 2002 

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2002

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book - Canada and the Caribbean Regional Winner 2001

Baddiel, David
The Death of Eli Gold
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2011

Badenoch, Andrea

Loving Geordie

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2004

Badoe, Yaba

True Murder

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2009/2010

Bagchi, Amitabha

This Place

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2015

Bagley, Desmond

Running Blind

Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time 77

Bahr, Howard

The Judas Field

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2008

Bail, Murray

Eucalyptus

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book 1999 (South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner)

Bail, Murray

The Voyage

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

Bailey, Anthony

A View of Delft

Whitbread Biography Award Shortlist 2001

Bailey, Paul

At The Jerusalem

Somerset Maugham Award 1968

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 1967

Bailey, Paul
Chapman's Odyssey
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2011

Bailey, Paul 

Gabriel’s Lament

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1986 

Bailey, Paul 

Peter Smart’s Confessions

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1977 

Bailey, Paul 

Trespasses

Lost Man Booker Prize 1970 (awarded 2010) Longlist 

Bailey, Sara

Dark Waters

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2017/2018

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Bainbridge, Beryl 

According to Queeney

Booker-McConnell Prize Longlist 2001 

Bainbridge, Beryl 

An Awfully Big Adventure

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1990 

Man Booker Best of Beryl Shortlist

Bainbridge, Beryl 

Every Man For Himself

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1996 

Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 1997 

Man Booker Best of Beryl Shortlist

Whitbread Novel Award 1996

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book - Europe and South Asia Regional Winner 1997

Bainbridge, Beryl

Injury Time

Whitbread Novel Award 1977

Bainbridge, Beryl 

Master Georgie

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1998 

Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 1999 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel 

Man Booker Best of Beryl

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 1998

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book - Europe and South Asia Regional Winner 1999

Bainbridge, Beryl 

The Bottle Factory Outing

Guardian 100 Greatest Novels of all Time

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1974 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Comedy 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Comedy 

Man Booker Best of Beryl Shortlist

Guardian Fiction Prize 1974

Bainbridge, Beryl 

The Dressmaker

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1973 

Man Booker Best of Beryl Shortlist

Baingana, Doreen

Tropical Fish: Stories Out of Entebbe

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book - Africa Regional Winner 2006

Bajac, Vladislav

Hamam Balkania

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Bajwa, Rupa 

The Sari Shop

Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 2004 

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book - Europe and South Asia Regional Winner 2005

Baker, Jo

A Country Road

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2017
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Baker, Jo

Longbourn

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Spring 2014

Baker, Jo

Offcomer

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2003/2004

Baker, Nicholson

A Box of Matches

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2005

Baker, Nicholson 

Room Temperature

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

Baker, Nicholson

The Anthologist

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Baker, Nicholson

The Everlasting Story of Nory

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Baker, Nicholson
Travelling Sprinkler
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014

Baker, Sam

Fashion Victim

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2005/2006

Baker, Stephen
Hemispheres
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2010

Baker, Tiffany

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Baker, Tim

Fever City

John Creasy New Blood Dagger Shortlist 2016

Bakewell, Joan

All the Nice Girls

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2009/2010

Bakewell, Sarah

How to live: A life of Montaigne in twenty questions and one attempt at an answer

Costa Biography Award Shortlist 2010

Bakis, Kirsten 

Lives of the Monster Dogs

Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 1998 

Bakker, Gerbran

The Detour

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2014

Bakker, Gerbrand

The Twin

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2010

Balasubramanyam, Rajeev

In Beautiful Disguises

Betty Trask Award 1999

Guardian First Book Award Longlist 2000

Balchin, Nigel 

Darkness Falls from the Air

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel 

Baldeosingh, Kevin

The Ten Incarnations of Adam Avatar

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2007

Balding, Clare

My Animals and Other Family

Biography/Autobiography of the Year - Specsavers National Book Awards 2012

Baldwin, James 

Giovanni's Room

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

RSL Nation’s Favourite Second Novel Voting List
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1957

Baldwin, James 

Go Tell It On the Mountain

Telegraph 100 Novels Everyone Should Read 48 

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Board’s List 39 

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Radcliffe List 36 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

All-TIME 100 Novels

Baldwin, James
Just Above My Head
National Book Award for Fiction Hardback Finalist 1980

Ball, Jesse

A Cure for Suicide

National Book Award for Fiction Longlist 2015

Ball, Pamela

Lava

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1999

Ball, Philip

The Sun and Moon Corrupted

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2008/2009

Ballantyne, Lisa

The Guilty One

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Longlist 2013

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Autumn 2012

Ballard, JG

Cocaine Nights

Whitbread Novel Award Shortlist 1996

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Ballard, JG 

Crash

Telegraph 100 Novels Everyone Should Read 68 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Ballard, JG 

Empire of the Sun

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1984 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Guardian Fiction Prize 1984

Ballard, JG 

High Rise

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – Sci-Fi and Fantasy 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Ballard, JG 

Millennium People

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Ballard, JG

Super-Cannes

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book - Europe and South Asia Regional Winner 2001

Ballard, JG

The Atrocity Exhibition

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Ballard, JG 

The Drowned World

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

RSL Nation’s Favourite Second Novel Voting List

Balle, Solvej

According to the Law

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1998

Balzac, Honore de 

Black Sheep

Guardian 100 Greatest Novels of all Time 

Balzac, Honore de 

Eugenie Grandet

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Balzac, Honore de 

La Comedie Humaine

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation 

Balzac, Honore de 

Le Pere Goriot

Telegraph 100 Novels Everyone Should Read 86 

Norwegian Book Club World Library 

The Novel 100 26 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Balzac, Honore de

Lost Illusions

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bandele, Biyi

Burma Boy

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2009

Banerji, Sara

The Waiting Time

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2007

Banffy, Miklos 

They Were Counted

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation 

Bank, Melissa

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

Guardian First Book Award Longlist 1999

Banks, Iain

Complicity

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Banks, Iain

Dead Air

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2004

Banks, Iain 

The Crow Road

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Banks, Iain 

The Wasp Factory

BBC Big Read 108 

Amazon UK 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Guardian 100 Books You Can't Live Without 93

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Waterstones Books of the Century 32

Banks, Iain M 

Consider Phlebas

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Banks, Iain M

The Player of Games

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Banks, Lynne Reid 

The L Shaped Room

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

Banks, Russell
Affliction
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 1990

Banks, Russell

Cloudsplitter

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist 1999

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 1999

Banks, Russell

Continental Drift

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist 1986

Banks, Russell
Lost Memory of Skin
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 2012

Banks, Russell

Rule of the Bone

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1997

Banks, Tom

The Great Galloon

Waverton Good Read Children's Award Entry 2013/2014

Bannister, Martin

A Map of Nowhere

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2013/2014

Banville, John

Athena

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1997

Banville, John

Doctor Copernicus

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 1976

Banville, John

Eclipse

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2002

Banville, John

Ghosts

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 1996

Banville, John

Kepler

Guardian Fiction Prize 1981

Banville, John 

Shroud

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2002 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2004

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2017

Banville, John 

The Book of Evidence

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1989 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Banville, John

The Newton Letter

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Banville, John 

The Sea

Man Booker Prize Winner 2005 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – British Classics 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2007

Banville, John

The Untouchable

Whitbread Novel Award Shortlist 1997

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1999

Barber, Richard

The Knight and Chivalry

Somerset Maugham Award 1971

Barber, Ros 

The Marlowe Papers

Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2013 

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2012/2013

Desmond Elliott Prize 2013

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2013
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2012

Barbery, Muriel

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2010, 2012 editions

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2010

Barbusse, Henri

The Inferno

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Barbusse, Henri

Under Fire

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Barclay, Linwood

No Safe House

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Longlist 2015

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Summer 2015

Barclay, Linwood

No Time For Goodbye

Richard & Judy Book Club Summer 2008

Barclay, Linwood

The Twenty Three

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Longlist 2017

Barclay, Robert

Melal

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2004

Bardi, Abby

The Book of Fred

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2003

Barfoot, Joan 

Critical Injuries

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2002 

Barfoot, Joan

Exit Lines

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010

Baricco, Alessandro

An Iliad

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2008

Baricco, Alessandro

Emmaus

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

Baricco, Alessandro

Silk

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1999

Baricco, Alessandro

The Young Bride

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Barker, AL

Innocents

Somerset Maugham Award 1947

Barker, AL 

John Brown's Body

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1970 

Barker, Clive

Galilee

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Barker, Clive 

Weaveworld

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Barker, Elspeth

O Caledonia

Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize 1991

Barker, Ian
Fallen Star
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2011

Barker, Nicola 

Clear: A Transparent Novel

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2004 

Barker, Nicola 

Darkmans

Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2007 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – Sci-Fi and Fantasy 

Hawthornden Prize 2008

Barker, Nicola
H(A)PPY
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Barker, Nicola

Heading Inland

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 1996

Barker, Nicola
In the Approaches
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014

Barker, Nicola 

The Yips

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2012 

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2012

Barker, Nicola

Wide Open

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2000

Barker, Pat

Another World

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Barker, Pat

Border Crossing

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2003

Barker, Pat

Life Class

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2009

Barker, Pat 

Regeneration

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Barker, Pat 

Regeneration Trilogy

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - War and History - Best of the Rest 

Barker, Pat

The Eye in the Door

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1996

Guardian Fiction Prize 1993

Barker, Pat 

The Ghost Road

Booker-McConnell Prize Winner 1995 

Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 1996 

Best of Booker 2008 Shortlist 

Whitbread Novel Award Shortlist 1995

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010 editions

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1997

Barker, Pat

Toby’s Room

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

                

Barker, Susan

Sayonara Bar

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2005/2006

Barker, Susan

The Incarnations

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014

Barnard, Frank

Blue Man Falling

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2006/2007

Barnard, Joanna

Precocious

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2015/2016

Barnard, Josie

Poker Face

Betty Trask Award 1997

Barnard, Sue
The Ghostly Father
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014

Barnás, Ferenc

The Ninth

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Barnes, Djuna 

Nightwood

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Barnes, Julian 

A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Comedy 

Barnes, Julian 

Arthur and George

Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2005 

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2007

Richard & Judy Book Club 2006

Barnes, Julian 

England, England

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1998 

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Barnes, Julian 

Flaubert's Parrot

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1984 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Comedy 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 1985

Barnes, Julian

Metroland

Somerset Maugham Award 1981

Barnes, Julian

The Noise of Time

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Barnes, Julian 

The Sense of an Ending

Amazon UK 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime 

Man Booker Prize Winner 2011 

Costa Novel Award Shortlist 2011

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2012 edition

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013

Barnes, Kim

A Country Called Home

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010

Barnes, Kim

In the Kingdom of Men

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

Barnes, Margaret Ayer

Years of Grace

Pulitzer Prize Novel 1931

Barnett, Laura
Greatest Hits
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Barnett, Laura

The Versions of Us

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2015/2016

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Spring 2016

New Writer of the Year Shortlist - British Book Awards 2016

Barr, Nevada

Ill Wind

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1997

Barrett, Andrea

Servants of the Map: Stories

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist 2003

Barrett, Andrea

Ship Fever and Other Stories

National Book Award for Fiction Winner 1996

Barrett, Andrea 

The Voyage of the Narwhal

Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 1999

Barrett, Colin

Young Skins

Guardian First Book Award 2014

Barrett, Shirley
Rush Oh!
Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2016
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Barrow, Andrew

The Tap Dancer

Hawthornden Prize 1993

Barrow, Judith

Pattern of Shadows

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2010/2011

Barrowman, John

Barrowman, Carole

Hollow Earth

Waverton Good Read Children's Award Entry 2012/2013

Barrows, Annie

The Truth According To Us

BBC Radio 2 Book Club - 13 July 2015

Barry, Angela

Goree: a point of departure

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2012

Barry, Clive

Crumb Borne

Guardian Fiction Prize 1965

Barry, Kevin

Beatlebone

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2017

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Barry, Kevin

City of Bohane

Costa First Novel Award Shortlist 2011

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2013

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2011/2012

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2012

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2011

Barry, Sebastian 

A Long Long Way

Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2005 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel 

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2007

Barry, Sebastian

Annie Dunne

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2004

Barry, Sebastian

Days Without End

Costa Book of the year 2016

Costa Novel Award 2016

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Fiction Book of the Year Shortlist - British Book Awards 2017

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Barry, Sebastian 

On Canaan’s Side

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2011 

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013

Barry, Sebastian 

The Secret Scripture

Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2008 

Costa Book of the year 2008

Costa Novel Award 2008

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 2008

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010

Barry, Sebastian

The Temporary Gentleman

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014

Barry, Sebastian

The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Barstow, Stan 

A Kind of Loving

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation 

Barth, John

Chimera

National Book Award for Fiction Winner 1973

Barth, John

Giles Goat Boy

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Barth, John

Lost in the Funhouse
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1969

Barth, John

The End of the road

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Barth, John

The Floating Opera

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Barth, John

The Sot-Weed Factor

All-TIME 100 Novels

Barthelme, Donald

Amateurs

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Barthelme, Donald

Come Back, Dr. Caligari

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Barthelme, Donald 

Guilty Pleasures

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Readers' List 82 

National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1975

Barthelme, Donald

Paradise

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist 1987

Barthelme, Donald
Sixty Stories
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 1982
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 1981

Barthelme, Donald

The Dead Father

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Barthelme, Frederick
Elroy Nights
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 2004

Bartlett, Neil

Mr Clive & Mr Page

Whitbread Novel Award Shortlist 1996

Bartlett, Neil

Skin Lane

Costa Novel Award Shortlist 2007

Bartol, Vladimir

Alamut

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bartolomei, Fabio

Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

Barton, Emily

Brookland

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2008

Barton, Emily

The Testament of Yves Gundron

Guardian First Book Award Longlist 2001

Barton, Fiona

The Child

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Spring 2018

Barton, Fiona

The Widow

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Autumn 2016

Crime & Thriller Book of the Year Shortlist - British Book Awards 2017

Barton, Laura

Twenty-One Locks

Betty Trask Award 2011

Bashford, Henry Howard 

Augustus Carp, Esq. by Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Comedy 

Basil, Priya

Ishq and Mushq

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2009

Bassani, Giorgio 

The Garden of the Finzi-Cortinis

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Basso, Hamilton
The Light Infantry Ball
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1960

Basso, Hamilton
The View from Pompey's Head
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1955

Bataille, Georges

Story of the Eye

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bataille, Georges

The Abbot C

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bataille, Georges

The Blue of Noon

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bate, Jonathan

John Clare: A Biography

Hawthornden Prize 2004

Bateman, Colin

Divorcing Jack

Betty Trask Award 1994

Bateman, Colin

Mystery Man

Richard & Judy Book Club Summer 2009

Bates, HE 

A Little Of What You Fancy?

Lost Man Booker Prize 1970 (awarded 2010) Longlist 

Bates, HE 

Fair Stood the Wind for France

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel 

Bates, HE 

Love for Lydia

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

Bates, Quentin

Frozen Out

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2011/2012

Bathurst, Bella 

Special

Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 2003 

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2003/2004

Bathurst, Bella

The Lighthouse Stevensons

Somerset Maugham Award 2000

Guardian First Book Award Shortlist 1999

Bathurst, Bella

The Wreckers

Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction Shortlist 2005

Batuman, Elif
The Idiot
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Batuman, Elif

The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

Guardian First Book Award Longlist 2011

Baudelaire, Charles 

Les Fleurs du Mal

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Poetry - Best of the Rest

Bauer, Belinda

Blacklands

Goldsboro Gold Dagger 2010

Bauer, Belinda

Finders Keepers

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Longlist 2013

Bauer, Belinda

Rubbernecker

Goldsboro Gold Dagger Shortlist 2013

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2014

BBC Radio 2 Book Club - 28 January 2013
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2013

Bauer, Belinda

The Beautiful Dead

Gold Dagger Shortlist 2017

Bauer, Belinda

The Facts of Life and Death

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2015

Bauer, Belinda

The Shut Eye

Goldsboro Gold Dagger Shortlist 2015

Bauer, Jon

Rocks in the Belly

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2012

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2012/2013

Baum, L Frank 

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Radcliffe List 47 

Baume, Sara
A Line Made By Walking
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Baume, Sara

Spill Simmer Falter Wither

Costa First Novel Award Shortlist 2015

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2016/2017

Desmond Elliott Longlist 2016

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2017

Guardian First Book Award Longlist 2015

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2015

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2015

Bausch, Richard
Spirits
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 1988

Bausch, Richard
Take Me Back
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 1982

Bawden, Nina 

Carrie's War

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel 

Bawden, Nina 

Circles of Deceit

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1987 

Bawden, Nina 

The Birds on the Trees

Lost Man Booker Prize 1970 (awarded 2010) Shortlist 

Baxter, Charles

The Feast of Love

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Dead Not Buried

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If the Invader Comes

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Vathek

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Hawthornden Prize 1999

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The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War

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About Schmidt

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Schmidt Delivered

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Home

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£9.99

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Windows on the World

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More Die of Heartbreak

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Petersburg

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The Island Walkers

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2004 

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City of Thieves

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Bitter Grounds

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Benmore, James
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A Blind Goddess

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Talking Heads

Hawthornden Prize 1989

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The Laying on of Hands

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The Uncommon Reader

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Writing Home

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Two Cousins of Azov
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Clayhanger

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Riceyman Steps

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The Old Wives' Tale

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The Mothers

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All the Dogs

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Someone from the Past 

Crossed Red Herring Award 1958

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The Man Who Didn't Fly

Crossed Red Herring Shortlist 1955

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Havoc, in its Third Year

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The Catastrophist

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Portrait of an Unknown Woman

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The Broken String: The Last Words of an Extinct People

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The Underlings

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 1977

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Queen Lucia

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Bright Travellers

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2014

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A Lesser Dependency

Encore Award 1990

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The Levels

Betty Trask Award 1987

Guardian Fiction Prize 1987

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The Other Occupant

Somerset Maugham Award 1991

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Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke
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The Farm

Guardian First Book Award Shortlist 2005

Richard & Judy Book Club 2006

Bentley, EC 

Trent's Last Case

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Inside the Black Horse

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The Faithful Spy

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Shortlist 2007

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Open House

Oprah's Book Club 2000

Bergen, David

The Matter with Morris

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The Time in Between

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From A to X

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2008 

Berger, John 

G

Booker-McConnell Prize Winner 1972 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

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James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 1972

Guardian Fiction Prize 1972

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To The Wedding

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Best Friends

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The Feud

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist 1984

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The Poisoned Chocolates Case

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Berlin, SV

The Favourite

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Fieldwork

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The Woman Who Dived into the Heart of the World

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Under Satan's Sun

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Miss Fuller

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Bernard, Bruce

Century

Illustrated Book of the Year - British Book Awards 2000

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A Crime in the Neighborhood

Orange Prize for Fiction 1999 

Berne, Suzanne

The Dogs of Littlefield

Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2014

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The Long and Faraway Gone

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Concrete

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Correction

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Extinction

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Old Masters

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Wittgenstein's Nephew

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Yes

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Women in Their Beds
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Winner 1997
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner 1996

Berry, Anne

The Hungry Ghosts

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2009/2010

Desmond Elliott Longlist 2010

Berry, Emily

Dear Boy

Hawthornden Prize 2014

Berry, Lauren

Living the Dream

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2017/2018

Berry, Liz

Black Country

Somerset Maugham Award 2015

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2014

Berry, Paul

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Vera Brittain – A Life

Whitbread Biography Award Shortlist 1995

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Jayber Crow

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Exodus

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The Last Wave
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Bird Eat Bird

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book - Canada and the Caribbean Regional Winner 2011

Bester, Alfred 

The Stars My Destination

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Bethell, Zillah

Seahorses Are Real

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2009/2010

Betts, Charlotte

The Apothecary's Daughter

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Betts, Doris
Beasts of the World and Other Stories
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1974

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Broken Monsters
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The Shining Girls

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Zoo City

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Dodgers

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Bey, Maissa

Above All, Don’t Look Back

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Kaltenburg

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Bezmozgis, David

Natasha and Other Stories

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book - Canada and the Caribbean Regional Winner 2005

Guardian First Book Award Shortlist 2004

Bhabra, HS

Gestures

Betty Trask Award 1987

Bhattacharya, Rahul

The Sly Company of People Who Care

Ondaatje Prize 2012

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013

Bhutto, Fatima

The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2014

Bilal, Parker

The Ghost Runner

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Bildøen, Brit

Seven Days in August

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Billingham, Mark

Buried

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2008

Billingham, Mark

Death Message

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2009

Billingham, Mark

Die Of Shame

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Billingham, Mark

From the Dead

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2011

Billingham, Mark

In the Dark

Goldsboro Gold Dagger Shortlist 2009

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2010

Billingham, Mark

Lazybones

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Billingham, Mark

Rush Of Blood

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Billingham, Mark

Scaredy Cat

Macallan Gold Dagger Shortlist 2002

Billingham, Mark

The Dying Hours

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Billingham, Mark

Time of Death

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Bilton, Michael

Wicked Beyond Belief

Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction Shortlist 2003

Bilyeau, Nancy

The Crown

Ellis Peters Historical Award Shortlist 2012

Binchy, Maeve

Tara Road

Oprah's Book Club 1999

Binding, Tim

Island Madness

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Binebine, Mahi

Horses of God

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2015

Binet, Laurent

HHhH

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 2012

Bingham, Harry

The Lieutenant’s Lover

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2008

Bingham, John

The Double Agent

Gold Dagger Shortlist 1966

Binstock, RC

Tree of Heaven

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1997

Birch, Carol 

Jamrach’s Menagerie

Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2011 

Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2011 

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Autumn 2011

Birch, Carol

The Fog Line

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 1991

Birch, Carol 

Turn Again Home

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2003 

Bird, Carmel

Cape Grimm

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2006

Bird, Geoffrey

One Man's Empire

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2008/2009

Bird, John C

Alby and Me

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2007/2008

Bird, Sarah

Above the East China Sea

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016

Birdsell, Sandra

Children of the Day

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2007

Birgisson, Bergsveinn

Reply to a Letter from Helga

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2015

Birkby, Michelle

The House at Baker Street

Endeavor Historical Dagger Shortlist 2016

Birkegaard, Mikkel

The Library of Shadows

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Birkett, Dea

Jella

Somerset Maugham Award 1993

Biroco, Joel
World of Dust
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2013

Bishop, Bernardine

Unexpected Lessons in Love

Costa Novel Award Shortlist 2013

Bitmead, Luke

Catherine, Richards

Heading South

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2007/2008

Bitto, Emily

The Strays

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016

Bivald, Katarina

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Autumn 2016

Bjork, Samuel

I'm Travelling Alone

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Spring 2017

Black, Peter Jay

Urban Outlaws

Waverton Good Read Children's Award Entry 2014/2015

Black, Robin

Life Drawing

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016
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Black, Tony
The Last Tiger
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Shortlist 2014

Blackaby, Mark

You’ll Never be Here Again

Betty Trask Award 1993

Blackburn, Julia 

The Book of Colour

Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 1996 

Blackburn, Julia 

The Leper's Companions

Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 1999 

Blackburn, Julia

Thin Paths: Journeys in and around a Mountain Village

Costa Biography Award Shortlist 2011

Blacker, David

A Cause Untrue

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2007

Blacklock, Mark

I'm Jack

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2015/2016

Blackman, Malorie 

Chasing the Stars

Jhalak Prize Longlist 2016 

Blackman, Malorie 

Noughts And Crosses

BBC Big Read 61 

Amazon UK 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime 

TES Teachers' Top 100 Books 92

Blackman, Malorie

Trust Me

RSL Nation’s Favourite Second Novel Voting List

Blackmore, RD 

Lorna Doone

BBC Big Read 166 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

Blackwood, Caroline 

Great Granny Webster

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1977 

Blais, Marie-Claire

Rebecca, Born in the Maelstrom

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Blake, Fanny

What Women Want

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2011/2012

Blake, James Carlos

The Rules of Wolfe

Goldsboro Gold Dagger Shortlist 2015

Blake, Nicholas 

(Day-Lewis, Cecil)

The Beast Must Die

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Crime 

Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time 81

Blake, Nicholas

(Day-Lewis, Cecil)

The Private Wound

Gold Dagger Shortlist 1968

Blake, Philippa

Mzungu’s Wife

Betty Trask Award 1986

Blake, Victoria
The Return of the Courtesan
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Blake, William

Songs of Innocence and Experience

The Perfect Library: 110 Best books by the Telegraph

Blakstad, Matthew

Sockpuppet

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2016/2017

Blanchard¸Stephen

Gagarin & I

Whitbread First Novel Award Shortlist 1995

Blanchot, Maurice

Death Sentence

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Blandford, Richard

Hound Dog

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2006/2007

Blayney, Mark

Two Kinds of Silence

Somerset Maugham Award 2004

Blincoe, Nicholas

Manchester Slingback

Silver Dagger 1998

Blissett, Luther

Q

Guardian First Book Award Longlist 2003

Blixen, Karen 

Dinesen, Isak

Out of Africa

Amazon US 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Lives - Best of the Rest 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Block, Lawrence

Hit and Run

Goldsboro Gold Dagger Shortlist 2009

Bloom, Amy
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 2000

Bloom, Amy

Away

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2009

Bloom, Amy

Come to Me: Stories

National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1993

Bloom, Harry

Episode

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 1956

Bloom, Jo

Ridley Road

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2015/2016

Bloom, Lochlan
The Wave
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Blount, Margaret

When Did You Last See your Father?

Guardian Fiction Prize 1970

Blower, Lisa
Sitting Ducks
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Blower, Neil
Dividing Lines
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2013

Blume, Judy 

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Amazon US 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime 

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Blume, Judy

Summer Sisters

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Blunden, Edmund

The Shepherd

Hawthornden Prize 1922

Blunt, Giles

Breaking Lorca

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Blunt, Giles

Forty Words for Sorrow

Silver Dagger 2001

Blunt, Giles

The Delicate Storm

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2005

Blunt, Giles

The Fields of Grief

Duncan Lawrie Dagger Shortlist 2007

Blyton, Enid 

The Enchanted Wood

Amazon UK 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime 

Blyton, Enid 

The Faraway Tree Collection

BBC Big Read 66 

Guardian 100 Books You Can't Live Without 90

Blyton, Enid

The Magic Faraway Tree

TES Teachers' Top 100 Books 96

Boakye, Jeffrey
Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials and the Meaning of Grime
Jhalak Prize Longlist 2017

Boange, Dilshan

Omunkashyu

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2015

Boardman, Peter

The Shining Mountain

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 1979

Boast, Rachael

Sidereal

Guardian First Book Award Longlist 2011

Boccaccio, Giovanni 

The Decameron

Norwegian Book Club World Library 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - European and Russian Classics 

Bock, Charles

Beautiful Children

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010

Bock, Dennis

Olympia

Betty Trask Award 1999

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Bock, Dennis

The Ash Garden

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2003

Boden, Angelena
The Cruelty of Lambs
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Boffard, Rob

Tracer

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2015/2016

Bohjalian, Chris

Midwives

Oprah's Book Club 1998

Bohjalian, Christopher

The Sandcastle Girls

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

Boianjiu, Shani 

The People of Forever are Not Afraid

Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2013 

Bola, JJ
No Place To Call Home
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Bolaño, Roberto

2666

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner 2008

Bolaño, Roberto 

The Savage Detectives

Telegraph 100 Novels Everyone Should Read 58 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – Latin American Classics
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bolger, Dermot

A Second Life

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1996

Boling, Dave

Guernica

Richard & Judy Book Club Summer 2009

Böll, Heinrich

Billiards at Half Past Nine

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Böll, Heinrich

Group Portrait with a Lady

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Böll, Heinrich

Lost Honour of Katharina Blum

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Böll, Heinrich

The Safety Net

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Bologna, Filippo

The Parrots

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2015

Bolton, Guy

The Pictures

John Creasy New Blood Dagger Shortlist 2017

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2017/2018

Bolouri, Joanna
The List: My Year of Sexual Adventures
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014

Bolton, Isabel

Many Mansions

National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1953

Bolton, Sharon

Like This, For Ever

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Longlist 2014

Bolton, SJ

Blood Harvest

Goldsboro Gold Dagger Shortlist 2010

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2011

Bolton, SJ

Dead Scared

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Longlist 2013

Bolton, SJ

Now You See Me

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2012

Boltshauser, Patrick

Rapids

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016

Bond, Alison

How To Be Famous

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2005/2006

Bond, Cynthia 

Ruby

Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2016 

Oprah's Book Club 2015

Bond, Ruskin

The Room on the Roof

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 1957

Bonfiglioli, Kyril

Don't Point That Thing at Me

John Creasy New Blood Dagger 1973

Bonilla, Juan

The Nubian Prince

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2008

Bonner, Samuel

Playground

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2010/2011

Boo, Katherine

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Guardian First Book Award Shortlist 2012

Booker, Simon

Without Trace

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2016/2017

Booth, Anne

Girl With a White Dog

Waverton Good Read Children's Award Entry 2014/2015

Booth, Martin 

The Industry of Souls

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1998 

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Booth, Stephen

Dancing with the Virgins

Macallan Gold Dagger Shortlist  2001

Booth, Stephen

One Last Breath

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2006

Booth, Stephen

The Dead Place

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2007

Borges, Jorge Luis 

Ficciones

Norwegian Book Club World Library 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Harvard Book Store Top 100 Books 11

Borges, Jorge Luis 

Labyrinths

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Latin American Classics - Best of the Rest 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Borlenghi, Patricia
Dorek: Deaf and Unheard
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2015

Borodale, Sean

Bee Journal

Costa Poetry Award 2012

Borowski, Tadeusz

This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bossy, John

Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair

Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 1991

Boswell, James 

The Life of Samuel Johnson

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Lives 

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Boullosa, Carmen

Texas: The Great Theft

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016

Boullosa, Carmen

The Miracle Worker

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1997

Boullosa, Carmen

Leaving Tabasco

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2003

Bouman, Tom

Dry Bones in the Valley

John Creasy New Blood Dagger Longlist 2015

Bourdain, Anthony 

Kitchen Confidential

Amazon US 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – Food and Drink 

Bourne, Sam

The Righteous Men

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2006/2007

Richard & Judy Book Club Summer 2006

Bouzane, Lillian

In the Hands of the Living God

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2001

Bowdring, Paul

The Strangers’ Gallery

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2015

Bowen, Elizabeth

A World of Love

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Bowen, Elizabeth 

Eva Trout

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1970 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 1969

Bowen, Elizabeth 

The Death of the Heart

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Board’s List 84 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

All-TIME 100 Novels

Bowen, Elizabeth 

The Heat of the Day

Guardian 100 Best Novels Written in English 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bowen, Elizabeth

The House in Paris

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Bowen, Elizabeth 

The Last September

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

RSL Nation’s Favourite Second Novel Voting List

Bowen, Elizabeth

To the North

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bower, Gavin James
Made in Britain
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2011

Bowering, Marilyn 

Visible Worlds

Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 1999 

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1999

Bowes, Richard

Minions of the Moon

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2001

Bowles, Jane 

Two Serious Ladies

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

Bowles, Paul
Collected Stories
National Book Award for Fiction Paperback Finalist 1980

Bowles, Paul 

The Sheltering Sky

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Board’s List 97 

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Readers' List 92 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel 

All-TIME 100 Novels

Bowles, Paul
The Spider's House
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1956

Bowman, WE 

The Ascent of Rum Doodle

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Comedy 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Comedy - Best of the Rest 

Box, CJ

Blood Trail

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010

Boyagoda, Randy

Beggar’s Feast

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013

Boyce, Niamh

The Herbalist

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2015

Boyce, NP

Veronica Britton: Chronic Detective

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2013/2014

Boyd, William 

A Good Man in Africa

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Comedy 

Whitbread First Novel Award 1981

Somerset Maugham Award 1982

Boyd, William 

An Ice-Cream War

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1982 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel 

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 1982

RSL Nation’s Favourite Second Novel Voting List

Boyd, William 

Any Human Heart

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2002 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2004

Boyd, William

Armadillo

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Boyd, William

Brazzaville Beach

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 1990

Boyd, William

Ordinary Thunderstorms

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Boyd, William

Restless

Costa Novel Award 2006

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2008

Richard & Judy Book Club 2007

Boyd, William

Sweet Caress

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2017

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Summer 2016

Boyd, William 

The New Confessions

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – British Classics 

Boyd, William

Waiting for Sunrise

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

Boyden, Joseph

The Orenda

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2015

BBC Radio 2 Book Club - 11 November 2013

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014

Boyden, Joseph

Three Day Road

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2007

Boyden, Joseph

Through Black Spruce

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010

Boyle, Andrew

Poor Dear Brendan

Whitbread Biography Award 1974

Boyle, Charles

The Age of Cardboard and String

Whitbread Poetry Award Shortlist 2001

Boyle, Kay
Generation Without Farewell
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1961

Boyle, TC

A Friend of the Earth

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2002

Boyle, TC

Drop City

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2005

National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 2003

Boyle, TC

The Harder They Come

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2017

Boyle, TC

The Terranauts

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Boyle, TC

The Women

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Boyle, TC

Tortilla Curtain

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1997

Boyle, TC

When the Killing’s Done

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013

Boyle, TC

World's End

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Winner 1988

Boyne, John

A History Of Loneliness

BBC Radio 2 Book Club - 22 September 2014

Boyne, John

The Absolutist

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013

Boyne, John 

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Amazon UK 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime 

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2008

TES Teachers' Top 100 Books 36

Boyne, John
The Heart’s Invisible Furies
WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Spring 2018

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Boyne, John

This House Is Haunted

BBC Radio 2 Book Club - 20 May 2013

Braam, Conny

The Cocaine Salesman

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013

Brackston, Paula

The Book of Shadows

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2009/2010

Bradbury, Malcolm 

Rates of Exchange

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1983 

Bradbury, Malcolm 

The History Man

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Comedy 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Comedy - Best of the Rest 

Bradbury, Megan
Everyone Is Watching
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Bradbury, Ray 

Fahrenheit 451

Amazon US 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime 

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Readers' List 77 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy

RSL Nation’s Favourite Second Novel Voting List

Bradbury, Ray 

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Readers' List 65 

Bradby, Tom

The God of Chaos

Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Shortlist 2005

Bradby, Tom

The Master of Rain

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Shortlist 2002

Bradby, Tom

The White Russian

Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Shortlist 2003

Braddon, Mary E 

Lady Audley's Secret

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Crime 

Bradley, David

The Chaneysville Incident
National Book Award for Fiction Paperback Finalist 1983
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Winner 1982
Bradley, James

Clade

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2017

Bradley, James

The Resurrectionist

Richard & Judy Book Club Summer 2008

Bradley, SJ
Brick Mother
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014

Bradley, SJ
Guest
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Brady, Joan 

Death Comes for Peter Pan

Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 1997 

Brady, Joan

Theory of War   

Whitbread Book of the year 1993

Whitbread Novel Award 1993

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1996

Bragg, Marie-Elsa

Towards Mellbreak

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2017/2018

Bragg, Melvyn 

A Place in England

Lost Man Booker Prize 1970 (awarded 2010) Longlist 

Bragg, Melvyn 

A Son of War

Booker-McConnell Prize Longlist 2001 

Bragg, Melvyn 

Crossing the Lines

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2003 

Bragg, Melvyn

Without a City Wall

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 1969

Brahmachari, Sita
Worry Angels
Jhalak Prize Longlist 2018

Brahms, Caryl

Simon, SJ

A Bullet in the Ballet

Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time 70

Brahms, Caryl 

Simon, SJ

No Bed for Bacon

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Comedy 

Braine, John 

Room at the Top

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation 

Brand, Christianna

Green for Danger

Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time 84

Brand, Russell

My Booky Wook

Biography of the Year - British Book Awards 2008

Brautigan, Richard

In Watermelon Sugar

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Brautigan, Richard

Willard and his Bowling Trophies

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bray, Carys

A Song for Issy Bradley

Costa First Novel Award Shortlist 2014

Waverton Good Read Shortlist 2014/2015

Desmond Elliott Shortlist 2015

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Summer 2015

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2015
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014

Bray, Carys

The Museum of You

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Brecht, Bertolt

Threepenny Novel

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Bregin, Elana

The Red Haired Khumalo

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1996

Bretherick, Diana

City of Devils

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2013/2014

Breton, Andre

Arcanum 17

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Breton, Andre

Nadja

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Brett, Ivan

Casper Candlewacks in Death by Pigeon

Waverton Good Read Children's Award Entry 2011/2012

Brett, Lily

Lola Bensky

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

Brett, Lily

Too Many Men

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book - South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner 2000

Brett, Simon

What Bloody Man Is That?

Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time 98

Briggs, Raymond

Ethel and Ernest

Illustrated Book of the Year - British Book Awards 1999

Briggs, Raymond 

When the Wind Blows

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel 

Brijs, Stefan

The Angel Maker

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010

Brill, Francesca

The Harbour

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2012/2013

Brill, Marius
How To Forget
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2011

Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme 

The Physiology of Taste

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – Food and Drink 

Brink, André 

A Dry White Season

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - African Classics - Best of the Rest 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Brink, André 

An Instant in the Wind

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1976 

Brink, André

Before I Forget

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2006

Brink, André

Devil’s Valley

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Brink, André

Imaginings of Sand

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 1998

Brink, André

On the Contrary

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1996

Brink, André 

Philida

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2012 

Brink, André

Praying Mantis

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2007

Brink, André 

Rumours of Rain

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1978 

Brink, André

The Other Side of Silence

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book - Africa Regional Winner 2003

Brink, André

The Rights of Desire

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2002

Briscoe, Joanna

Mothers and Other Lovers

Betty Trask Award 1993

Briscombe, Michelle

Silent Mountain

Waverton Good Read Children's Award Entry 2013/2014

Bristow, Su
Sealskin
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Brite, Poppy Z 

Lost Souls

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Brittain, Vera 

A Testament of Youth

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Lives 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Waterstones Books of the Century 59

Britton, Paul

The Jigsaw Man

Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 1997

Broadway, Alice
Ink
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Broch, Hermann 

The Death of Virgil

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Broch, Hermann

The Guiltless

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Broch, Hermann 

The Sleepwalkers

The Novel 100 81 

Brockmeier, Kevin

The Brief History of the Dead

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2008

Brodber, Erna

Louisiana

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1996

Brodber, Erna

Myal

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book - Canada and the Caribbean Regional Winner 1989

Brodrick, William

A Whispered Name

Goldsboro Gold Dagger 2009

Brodrick, William

The Sixth Lamentation

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2003/2004

Richard & Judy Book Club 2005

Broks, Paul

Into the Silent Land

Guardian First Book Award Shortlist 2003

Bromfield, Louis

Early Autumn

Pulitzer Prize Novel 1927

Bronsky, Alina

Baba Dunja’s Last Love

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Bronsky, Alina

The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013

Brontë, Anne

Agnes Grey

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Brontë, Anne

Tenant of Wildfell Hall

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

RSL Nation’s Favourite Second Novel 3

Brontë, Charlotte 

Jane Eyre

BBC Big Read 10 

Guardian 100 Greatest Novels of all Time 

Telegraph 100 Novels Everyone Should Read 7 

Guardian 100 Best Novels Written in English 

The Novel 100 52 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Romance 

Guardian 100 Books You Can't Live Without 3

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

The Perfect Library: 110 Best books by the Telegraph

Harvard Book Store Top 100 Books 1

TES Teachers' Top 100 Books 5

Brontë, Charlotte 

Shirley

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

RSL Nation’s Favourite Second Novel Voting List

Brontë, Charlotte 

Vilette

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Brontë, Emily 

Wuthering Heights

BBC Big Read 12 

Guardian 100 Greatest Novels of all Time 

Telegraph 100 Novels Everyone Should Read 14 

Amazon UK 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime 

Guardian 100 Best Novels Written in English 

Norwegian Book Club World Library 

The Novel 100 39 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Romance 

Guardian 100 Books You Can't Live Without 7

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

TES Teachers' Top 100 Books 4

Brook, Rhidian

The Testimony of Taliesin Jones

Betty Trask Award 1996

Somerset Maugham Award 1997

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 1996

Brooke, Amanda

Yesterday's Sun

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Spring 2012

Brooke-Rose, Christine

Such

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 1966

Brookes, Adam

Night Heron

John Creasy New Blood Dagger Longlist 2014

Brookmyre, Christopher

A Snowball in Hell

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Shortlist 2009

Brookmyre, Christopher

A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2008

Brookmyre, Christopher

All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2007

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2006

Brookmyre, Christopher

Black Widow

Goldsboro Gold Dagger Shortlist 2016

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2017

Brookmyre, Christopher

Where the Bodies are Buried

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2012

Brookner, Anita

Falling Slowly: a novel

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Brookner, Anita 

Hotel du Lac

Booker-McConnell Prize Winner 1984 

Brookner, Anita

Incidents in the rue Laugier

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1997

Brookner, Anita 

Look At Me

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

Brookner, Anita

Strangers

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Brookner, Anita

The Bay of Angels

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2003

Brookner, Anita 

The Next Big Thing

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2002 

Brookner, Anita

The Rules of Engagement

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2005

Brookner, Anita

Visitors

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1999

Brooks, Ben

Lolito

Somerset Maugham Award 2015

Brooks, Charlie

Citizen

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2009/2010

Brooks, Geraldine 

A Secret Chord

Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2016 

Brooks, Geraldine

March

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2006

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2007

Richard & Judy Book Club 2006

Brooks, Geraldine

People of the Book

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010

Brooks, Geraldine

The Secret Chord

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2017

Brooks, Geraldine

Year of Wonders

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2003

Brooks, Nick

My Name is Denise Forrester

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2005/2006

Brooks, Xan

The Clocks in the House All Tell Different Times

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2017/2018

Costa First Novel Award Shortlist 2017
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Broome, Iain

A is for Angelica

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2013/2014

Brothers, Caroline
Hinterland
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2012

Brothers, Caroline

The Memory Stones

BBC Radio 2 Book Club - 18 July 2016

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Brower, Brock
The Late Great Creature
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1973

Brown, Amanda

Legally Blonde

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2005

Brown, Brene 

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Amazon US 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime 

Brown, Carrie

Lamb in Love

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2001

Brown, Charles Brockden 

Wieland

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Brown, Christy 

Down All the Days

Lost Man Booker Prize 1970 (awarded 2010) Longlist 

Brown, Clare

The Creation Myths

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2005/2006

Brown, Dan

Angels & Demons

RSL Nation’s Favourite Second Novel Voting List

Brown, Dan 

The Da Vinci Code

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Thrillers 

Guardian 100 Books You Can't Live Without 42

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2005

Book of the Year - British Book Awards 2005

Brown, Dan

The Lost Symbol

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Brown, Dee 

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – War and History 

Brown, Kate Lord

The Beauty Chorus

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2011/2012

Brown, Liam

Real Monsters

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2015/2016

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2015

Brown, Liam
Wild Life
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Brown, Loranne

The Handless Maiden

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Brown, Luke

My Biggest Lie

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2014/2015

Brown, Matt

Compton Valance - The Most Powerful Boy in the Universe

Waverton Good Read Children's Award Entry 2014/2015

Brown, Nora Anne

The Flower Plantation

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2013/2014

Brown, Rita Mae 

Rubyfruit Jungle

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

Browne, Liam

The Emigrant's Farewell

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2006/2007

Browne, Sheryl
A Little Bit of Madness
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2013

Browne, Sheryl
Learning To Love
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2013

Browning, Christopher R 

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – War and History 

Brownjohn, Alan

The Way You Tell Them

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 1990

Brownlee, Lucie

Life After You

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Autumn 2015

Bruce, Alastair

Wall of Days

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2011/2012
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2011

Brun, Theodore

A Mighty Dawn

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2017/2018

Brundage, Elizabeth

All Things Cease to Appear

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Brunt, Carol Rifka

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

Waverton Good Read Shortlist 2012/2013

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

Bryce, Colette

The Whole and Rain-domed Universe

Costa Poetry Award 2014

Bryce Echenique, Alfredo

A World for Julius

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bryce Echenique, Alfredo

Tarzan’s Tonsillitis

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2003

Bryden, Diana Fitzgerald

No Place Strange

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Bryson, Bill 

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - War and History - Best of the Rest 

Bryson, Bill 

Notes From A Small Island

Amazon UK 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime 

Guardian 100 Books You Can't Live Without 74

Bryson, Bill

The Road to Little Dribbling

Non-fiction Book of the Year Shortlist - British Book Awards 2016

Bryson, John

Evil Angels

Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 1986

Buarque, Chico

Budapest

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2006

Buarque, Chico

Spilt Milk

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

Buchan, James

A Parish of Rich Women

Whitbread First Novel Award 1984

Betty Trask Award 1984

Buchan, James

Heart's Journey in Winter

Guardian Fiction Prize 1995

Buchan, James

High Latitudes

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1998

Buchan, John 

Greenmantle

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Crime 

Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time 91

Buchan, John 

The Thirty-Nine Steps

BBC Big Read 138 

Guardian 100 Greatest Novels of all Time 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Crime 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Thrillers 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time 20        

Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time 22

Buchanan, Mark

Ubiquity

Guardian First Book Award Longlist 2000

Buchanan, Rowan Hisayo 

Harmless Like You

Jhalak Prize Longlist 2016

Betty Trask Award 2017

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2016/2017

Desmond Elliott Shortlist 2017

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Buck, Alison

Devoted Sisters

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2006/2007

Buck, Pearl S

The Good Earth

Pulitzer Prize Novel 1932

Oprah's Book Club 2004

Buck, Simon

Library of the Soul

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2006/2007

Buckingham, Will

Cargo Fever

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2007/2008

Buckley, Jonathan
Contact
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2010

Budnitz, Judy 

If I Told You Once

Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2000 

Budrys, Algis 

Rogue Moon

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Buechner, Frederick

Godric

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist 1981

Buechner, Frederick
Lion Country
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1972

Buechner, Frederick

On the Road with the Archangel

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1999

Buechner, Frederick

The Storm

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000

Bugadze, Lasha

The Literature Express

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014

Bugler, Suzanne

This Perfect World

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Spring 2011

Bulawayo, Noviolet 

We Need New Names

Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2013 

Betty Trask Award 2014

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2015

Guardian First Book Award Shortlist 2013

Bulgakov, Mikhail 

The Master and Margarita

BBC Big Read 130 

The Novel 100 110 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Harvard Book Store Top 100 Books 16

Waterstones Books of the Century 63

RSL Nation’s Favourite Second Novel 7

Bullock, Emily

The Longest Fight

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2015/2016

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2015

Bullough, Tom
Addlands
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton 

The Coming Race

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Bunker, Edward

Mr Blue

Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2000

Bunny, Sam

Estuary

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013

Buntin, Julie
Marlena
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017

Bunyan, Carol

The Choir Mistress

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2012/2013

Bunyan, John 

The Pilgrims Progress

Guardian 100 Greatest Novels of all Time 

Guardian 100 Best Novels Written in English 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - British Classics - Best of the Rest 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Burford-Jones, Benjamin

Beware of the Mirror Man

Waverton Good Read Children's Award Entry 2013/2014

Burgess, Anthony 

A Clockwork Orange

Guardian 100 Best Novels Written in English 

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Board’s List 65 

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Readers' List 55 

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Radcliffe List 49 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – British Classics 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Waterstones Books of the Century 27

All-TIME 100 Novels

Burgess, Anthony 

Earthly Powers

Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1980 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation 

Waterstones Books of the Century 98

Burgess, Anthony

Inside Mr Enderby

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Burgess, Anthony 

The End of the World News

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Burgess, Melvin

Junk

Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award Shortlist 1997

Burgis, Stephanie

A Most Improper Magick

Waverton Good Read Children's Award 2010/2011

Burke, James Lee

Jolie Blon's Bounce

Macallan Gold Dagger Shortlist 2002

Burke, James Lee

Last Car to Elysian Fields

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2005

Burke, James Lee

Pegasus Descending

Duncan Lawrie Dagger Shortlist 2007

Burke, James Lee

Purple Cane Road

Macallan Gold Dagger Shortlist 2000

Burke, James Lee

Rain Gods

Goldsboro Gold Dagger Longlist 2010

Burke, James Lee

Sunset Limited

Macallan Gold Dagger 1998

Burke, James Lee 

The Neon Rain

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Crime 

Burke, James Lee 

The Tin Roof Blowdown

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Crime 

Duncan Lawrie Dagger Shortlist 2008

Burke, John

Bridge of Triangles

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1996

Burke, Richard

Frozen

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2004/2005

Burke, Sean

Deadwater

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2003/2004

Burke, Shannon

Black Flies

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010

Burn, Gordon

Alma Cogan

Whitbread First Novel Award 1991

Burnard, Bonnie

A Good House

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2001

Burnard, Bonnie

Women of Influence

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book 1989 (Canada and the Caribbean Regional Winner)

Burnett, Alice

Ideal Love

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2017/2018

Burnett, WR

Little Caesar

Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time 75

Burnett, WR 

The Asphalt Jungle

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Crime 

Burney, Fanny

Camilla

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Burney, Fanny

Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Burney, Fanny 

Evelina

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Burns, Anna 

No Bones

Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2002 

Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize 2001

Burns, Jimmy

The Land That Lost Its Heroes

Somerset Maugham Award 1988

Burnside, John

A Summer of Drowning

Costa Novel Award Shortlist 2011

Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2011

Burnside, John

Feast Days

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 1994

Burnside, John

The Asylum Dance

Whitbread Poetry Award 2000

Burnside, John

The Devil’s Footprints

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2009

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 

A Princess of Mars

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan of the Apes

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Burroughs, William S

Junkie

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Burroughs, William S

Queer

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Burroughs, William 

The Naked Lunch

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Readers' List 80

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Radcliffe List 73 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

All-TIME 100 Novels

Burroughs, William S

The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Burston, Paul
The Black Path
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Burt, Guy

After the Hole

Betty Trask Award 1994

Burton, Jessie

The Miniaturist

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2014/2015

Desmond Elliott Longlist 2015

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Spring 2015

Book of the Year - Specsavers National Book Awards 2014

New Writer of the Year - Specsavers National Book Awards 2014

Authors' Club Best First Novel Longlist 2015
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014

Burton, Jessie

The Muse

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Spring 2017

Fiction Book of the Year Shortlist - British Book Awards 2017

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Buruma, Ian

The China Lover

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010

Busby, CJ

Frogspell

Waverton Good Read Children's Award Entry 2011/2012

Busby, Sian

A Commonplace Killing

WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Spring 2014

Busby, Sian

McNaughten

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2009/2010

Busch, Frederick

A Memory of War

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2005

Busch, Frederick
The Children in the Woods
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist  1995

Busch, Frederick

The Night Inspector

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2001

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 2000
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 1999

Busfield, Andrea

Aphrodite’s War

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2012

Busquets, Milena

This Too Shall Pass

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Buss, Louis Caron

The Luxury of Exile

Betty Trask Award 1996

Butcher, Tim

Blood River

Richard & Judy Book Club 2008

Butler, Gwendoline

A Coffin for Pandora

Silver Dagger 1973

Butler, Heather

Us Minus Mum

Waverton Good Read Children's Award Entry 2015/2016

Butler, John

The Tenderloin

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2011/2012

Butler, Octavia E 

Kindred

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

Butler, Robert Olen

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1993
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 1993

Butler, Samuel 

Erewhon

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Butler, Samuel 

The Way of All Flesh

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Board’s List 12 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Butler, Sarah

Ten Things I've Learnt About Love

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2013/2014

Butler Hallett, Michelle

This Marlowe

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018

Butlin, Ron

Ghost Moon

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016

Butlin, Ron 

The Sound of my Voice

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 

Buwalda, Peter

Bonita Avenue

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016

Buxton, Jackie
Glass Houses
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2016

Buxton, Jayne

Lessons in Duck Shooting

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2006/2007

Buzzati, Dino

The Tartar Steppe

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Bwye, JL

Breath of Africa

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2013/2014
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2013

Byatt, Andrew

Holmes, Martha

Fothergill, Alastair

The Blue Planet

Illustrated Book of the Year - British Book Awards 2002

Byatt, AS

A Whistling Woman

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2004

Byatt, AS 

Possession

BBC Big Read 129 

Booker-McConnell Prize Winner 1990 

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Romance - Best of the Rest 

Guardian 100 Books You Can't Live Without 80

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition

Waterstones Books of the Century 37

All-TIME 100 Novels

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book - Europe and South Asia Regional Winner 1991

Byatt, AS

The Biographer’s Tale

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2002

Byatt, AS 

The Children’s Book

Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2009 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2010, 2012 editions

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 2009

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2009

Byatt, AS 

The Virgin in the Garden

Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation 

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions

Byers, Sam

Idiopathy

Costa First Novel Award Shortlist 2013

Betty Trask Award 2014

Waverton Good Read Nomination 2013/2014

Desmond Elliott Longlist 2014
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2013

Byrne, Paula

Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson

Richard & Judy Book Club 2005

Byrne, Tanya

Heart-Shaped Bruise

John Creasy New Blood Dagger Shortlist 2012

Waverton Good Read Longlist 2012/2013

Byrne, Trevor
Ghosts and Lightening
Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2009

Byrom, James

Or Be He Dead

Crossed Red Herring Shortlist 1958

Byron, Lord 

Don Juan

Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Poetry

Byron, Richard
Running From The Darkness
Waverton Good Read Nomination 2003/2004

Byrski, Liz

Gang of Four

Waverton Good Read Shortlist 2006/2007