"The Costa Awards is one of the UK's most prestigious
and popular literary prizes and recognises some of the most
enjoyable books of the year by writers based in the UK and
Ireland."Here are the shortlists for the awards for best novel and best first novel.
Novel:
Bring Up the Bodies (M)
by Hilary MantelLife! Death! Prizes! (M)
by Stephen May
The Heart Broke In (M)
by James Meek
Days of the Bagnold Summer (M)
by Joff Winterhart
First Novel:
The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder (M) by J.W. Ironmonger
Snake Ropes (M)
by Jess Richards
The Innocents (M)
by Francesca Segal
The Bellwether Revivals (M)
by Benjamin Wood
Last year's winners were for best novel: Pure (M) by Andrew Miller, and for best first novel: Tiny Sunbirds Far Away (M) by Christie Watson.
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