2015 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 2015.

The shortlist was announced c. 17 November 2015. The category winners were announced c. 4 January 2016, and the overall winner was announced on 26 January 2016.

Winner: Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

Winner: Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

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Winner: Andrew Michael Hurley, The Loney

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Winner: Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins

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Winner: Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt, The Lost Hero of Science

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Winner: Don Paterson, 40 Sonnets

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