Draft:Foyles Books of the Year

Every year since 2018, the British bookseller chain Foyles has awarded standout literature – in three categories – at the Foyles Books of the Year announcement, normally in Fall around late November. Before a winner is selected, they compose a shortlist and make a decision shortly after.

The three categories are Fiction, Non-fiction, and Children's. Awards were made for fiction for the two years leading up to 2018. According to the website, the committee selects works that are their "favourites" and representing the "most interesting, most important, most year-defining titles published, recommended and sold each year."

Categories

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  • Fiction was the sole award in 2016.
  • Non-fiction was added as a category in 2017.
  • Children's was included in the roster since 2018.

Fiction

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Year Author Book Ref
2016 Paul Beatty The Sellout [1][2]
2017 Naomi Alderman The Power [1][2]
2018 Sayaka Murata Convenience Store Woman [1][2]
2019 Ocean Vuong On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous [1][3][4][2]
2020 Brandon Taylor Real Life [1][2]
2021 Natasha Brown Assembly [1][5][2]
2022 Sheena Patel I'm a Fan [1][6][2]
2023 R. F. Kuang Yellowface [1][7][8][9]

Non-fiction

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Year Author Book Ref
2017 Reni Eddo-Lodge Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race [1][2]
2018 Akala Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire [1][2]
2019 Lisa Taddeo Three Women [1][2]
2020 Doireann Ní Ghríofa A Ghost in the Throat [1][10][2]
2021 Warren Ellis Nina Simone's Gum [1][11][2]
2022 Thomas Halliday Otherlands: A World in the Making [1][12][2]
2023 Cat Bohannon Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution [1][8][13]

Children's

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Year Author Book Ref
2018 Tomi Adeyemi Children of Blood and Bone [1][2]
2019 Katherine Rundell The Good Thieves [1][14][3][2]
2020 Myriam Dahman The Wolf’s Secret [1][15][16][2]
2021 Tom Gauld The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess [1][17][5][16][2]
2022 S. F. Said Tyger [1][16][2]
2023 Katherine Rundell Impossible Creatures [1][18][8][19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Foyles Books of the Year". Foyles. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Foyles Winners". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  3. ^ a b "2019 Foyles Book of the Year Winners". www.fictiondb.com. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  4. ^ "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous". Foyles. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "2021 Foyles Book of the Year Winners". www.fictiondb.com. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  6. ^ "I'm a Fan". Foyles. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  7. ^ "Yellowface". Foyles. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Works by Kuang, Rundell and Bohannon crowned Foyles' Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  9. ^ "Foyles Fiction". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  10. ^ "A Ghost in the Throat". Foyles. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  11. ^ "Nina Simone's Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found". Foyles. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  12. ^ "Otherlands". Foyles. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  13. ^ "Foyles Non Fiction". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  14. ^ "The Good Thieves". Foyles. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  15. ^ "The Wolf's Secret". Foyles. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  16. ^ a b c "Children's Book Awards 2022: Shortlists and Winners". Toppsta. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  17. ^ "The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess". Foyles. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  18. ^ "Impossible Creatures". Foyles. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  19. ^ "Foyles Childrens". www.brownsbfs.co.uk. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
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