Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction

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

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Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction
Year 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

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  1. ^ ""Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2012 & prior"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c ""2012 Indie Awards"". ANZ LitLovers LitBlog. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2013"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b c ""The 2013 Indie Awards Shortlist Announced"". Readings. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  6. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2014"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b c ""The Indie Awards Shortlist for 2014"". Readings. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  8. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2015"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2015 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  10. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2016"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  11. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2016 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  12. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2017"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  13. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2017 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  14. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2018"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  15. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2018 shortlists announced"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  16. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2019"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  17. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2019 shortlists announced"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  18. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2020"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  19. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2020 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  20. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2021"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  21. ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2021 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  22. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2022"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  23. ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2022 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  24. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2023"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  25. ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2023 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  26. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2024"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  27. ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2024 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.