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
editYear | 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.