2013 Costa Book Awards

The Costa Book Awards (before 2006 known as the Whitbread Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 2013.

The shortlist was announced on 26 November 2013. The category winners were announced 6 January 2014. The Book of the Year was announced 28 January 2014.

Winner: Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall

Winner: Chris Riddell, Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse

Shortlist:

Winner: Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall

Shortlist:

Winner: Kate Atkinson, Life After Life

Shortlist:

Winner: Lucy Hughes-Hallett, The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War

Shortlist:

Winner: Michael Symmons Roberts, Drysalter

Shortlist:

Winner:

Second:

Third:

Shortlist:

...
Wikipedia