*Has read it. DNF: Did not finish.
Crime Novel of the Year (British and Irish authors) Winner announced July #oldpeculiercrimewritingfestival #crimenoveloftheyear
- 2019: Thirteen Steve Cavanagh
- 2018 The Intrusions Stav Sherez
- 2017 Black Widow by Chris Brookmyre
- 2016 Clare Mackintosh, I Let You Go*
- 2015 Sarah Hilary Someone Else’s Skin
- 2014 Belinda Bauer Rubbernecker
- 2013 Denise Mina – Gods and Beasts
- 2012 Denise Mina The End of the Wasp Season
- 2011 Lee Child 61 Hours
- 2010 R J Ellory A Simple Act of Violence
- 2009 Mark Billingham Death Message
- 2008 Stef Penney The Tenderness of Wolves
- 2007 Allan Guthrie Two-Way Split
- 2006 Val McDermid The Torment of Others
- 2005 Mark Billingham Lazybones
Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (UK, Ireland or Commonwealth) Winner announced June. #walterscottprize #walterscottprize2019
- 2020 The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey
- 2019 The Long Take by Robin Robertson*
- 2018 The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers
- 2017 Days Without End* Sebastian Barry
- 2016 Tightrope by Simon Mawer
- 2015 The ten thousand things John Spurling
- 2014 An Officer and a Spy, Robert Harris
- 2013 The Garden of Evening Mists* by Tan Twan Eng
- 2012 On Canaan’s Side by Sebastian Barry
- 2011 The Long Story by Andrea Levy
- 2010 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel DNF
David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction – to encourage and reward excellent American historical fiction.
- 2019 Mark Barr Watershed
- 2018 Laurel Davis Huber The Velveteen Daughter
- 2016 Michele Moore for Her The Cigar Factory
- 2015 Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse by Faith Sullivan
- 2014 What is Visible by Kimberly Elkins
- 2013 Crossing Purgatory, by Gary Schanbacher
- 2012 The Cove, by Ron Rash
- 2011 Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
- 2010 Robin Oliveira for My Name is Mary Sutter
- 2009 Edward Rutherfurd for New York: The Novel*
- 2008 Kathleen Kent for The Heretic’s Daughter: A Novel
- 2007 Kurt Andersen for his Heyday, a novel
- 2006 Sheldon Russell for his Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush
- 2005 Madison House: A Novel by Peter Donahue
- 2004 Linda Busby Parker for her Seven Laurels: A Novel
- 2003 Robert J. Begiebing Rebecca Wentworth’s Distraction: A Novel
