Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction
The Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction is a prize category in the annual Indie Book Awards (Australia) presented by Australian Independent Booksellers.[1]
The award was established in 2008.
Winners and shortlists
[edit]| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Tim Winton | Breath | Winner | [2] |
| 2009 | Craig Silvey | Jasper Jones | Winner | [2] |
| 2010 | Not awarded | [2] | ||
| 2011 | Chris Womersley | Bereft | Winner | [2] |
| 2012 | Elliot Perlman | The Street Sweeper | Winner | [2] |
| Geraldine Brooks | Caleb's Crossing | Finalist | [3] | |
| Gillian Mears | Foal's Bread | Finalist | [3] | |
| Gail Jones | Five Bells | Finalist | [3] | |
| 2013 | Toni Jordan | Nine Days | Winner | [4] |
| Christopher Koch | Lost Voices | Finalist | [5] | |
| Michelle de Kretser | Questions of Travel | Finalist | [5] | |
| Drusilla Modjeska | The Mountain | Finalist | [5] | |
| 2014 | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Winner | [6] |
| Christos Tsiolkas | Barracuda | Finalist | [7] | |
| Alex Miller | Coal Creek | Finalist | [7] | |
| Tim Winton | Eyrie | Finalist | [7] | |
| 2015 | Sonya Hartnett | Golden Boys | Winner | [8] |
| Favel Parrett | When the Night Comes | Finalist | [9] | |
| Peter Carey | Amnesia | Finalist | [9] | |
| Graeme Simsion | The Rosie Effect | Finalist | [9] | |
| 2016 | Charlotte Wood | The Natural Way of Things | Winner | [10] |
| Gail Jones | A Guide to Berlin | Finalist | [11] | |
| Stephanie Bishop | The Other Side of the World | Finalist | [11] | |
| Geraldine Brooks | The Secret Chord | Finalist | [11] | |
| 2017 | Dominic Smith | The Last Painting of Sara de Vos | Winner | [12] |
| Hannah Kent | The Good People | Finalist | [13] | |
| Liane Moriarty | Truly Madly Guilty | Finalist | [13] | |
| Inga Simpson | Where the Trees Are | Finalist | [13] | |
| 2018 | Sofie Laguna | The Choke | Winner | [14] |
| Jane Harper | Force of Nature | Finalist | [15] | |
| Jock Serong | On the Java Ridge | Finalist | [15] | |
| Chris Womersley | City of Crows | Finalist | [15] | |
| 2019 | Markus Zusak | Bridge of Clay | Winner | [16] |
| Jane Harper | The Lost Man | Finalist | [17] | |
| Kristina Olsson | Shell | Finalist | [17] | |
| Tim Winton | The Shepherd's Hut | Finalist | [17] | |
| 2020 | Favel Parrett | There Was Still Love | Winner | [18] |
| Heather Rose | Bruny | Finalist | [19] | |
| Christian White | The Wife and the Widow | Finalist | [19] | |
| Charlotte Wood | The Weekend | Finalist | [19] | |
| 2021 | Craig Silvey | Honeybee | Winner | [20] |
| Trent Dalton | All Our Shimmering Skies | Finalist | [21] | |
| Richard Flanagan | The Living Sea of Waking Dreams | Finalist | [21] | |
| Chris Flynn | Mammoth | Finalist | [21] | |
| 2022 | Charlotte McConaghy | Once There Were Wolves | Winner | [22] |
| Chris Hammer | Treasure and Dirt | Finalist | [23] | |
| Hannah Kent | Devotion | Finalist | [23] | |
| Inga Simpson | The Last Woman in the World | Finalist | [23] | |
| 2023 | Geraldine Brooks | Horse | Winner | [24] |
| Robbie Arnott | Limberlost | Finalist | [25] | |
| Diana Reid | Seeing Other People | Finalist | [25] | |
| Holly Ringland | The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding | Finalist | [25] | |
| 2024 | Melissa Lucashenko | Edenglassie | Winner | [26] |
| Trent Dalton | Lola in the Mirror | Finalist | [27] | |
| Chris Hammer | The Seven | Finalist | [27] | |
| Pip Williams | The Bookbinder of Jericho | Finalist | [27] |
References
[edit]- ^ ""Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2012 & prior"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""2012 Indie Awards"". ANZ LitLovers LitBlog. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2013"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""The 2013 Indie Awards Shortlist Announced"". Readings. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2014"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""The Indie Awards Shortlist for 2014"". Readings. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2015"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2015 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2016"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2016 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2017"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2017 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2018"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2018 shortlists announced"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2019"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2019 shortlists announced"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2020"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2020 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2021"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2021 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2022"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2022 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2023"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2023 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2024"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2024 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.