Books

Desmond Elliott Prize (awards)

This award was given to 40 books.


  1. The Afterparty

    by Leo Benedictus

    Year: 2011
    Rank: Longlist
  2. The Spider Truces

    by Tom Connolly

    Year: 2011
    Rank: Longlist
  3. Who is Mr Satoshi?

    by Jonathan Lee

    Year: 2011
    Rank: Longlist
  4. A Vision of Loveliness

    by Louise Levene

    Year: 2011
    Rank: Longlist
  5. Pub Walks in Underhill Country

    by Nat Segnit

    Year: 2011
    Rank: Longlist
  6. Coconut Unlimited

    by Nikesh Shukla

    Year: 2011
    Rank: Longlist
  7. The Collaborator

    by Mirza Waheed

    Year: 2011
    Rank: Longlist
  8. Boxer, Beetle

    by Ned Beauman

    Year: 2011
    Rank: Shortlist
  9. Pigeon English

    by Stephen Kelman

    Year: 2011
    Rank: Shortlist
  10. The Hungry Ghosts

    by Anne Berry

    Year: 2010
    Rank: Longlist
  11. Rupture

    by Simon Lelic

    Year: 2010
    Rank: Longlist
  12. The Shadow of a Smile

    by Kachi A. Ozumba

    Year: 2010
    Rank: Longlist
  13. The Breaking of Eggs

    by Jim Powell

    Year: 2010
    Rank: Longlist
  14. Beauty

    by Raphael Selbourne

    Year: 2010
    Rank: Longlist
  15. The Upright Piano Player

    by David Abbott, David Abbott

    Year: 2010
    Rank: Longlist
  16. Before the Earthquake

    by Maria Allen

    Year: 2010
    Rank: Shortlist
  17. Talk of the Town

    by Jacob Polley

    Year: 2010
    Rank: Shortlist
  18. Blackmoor

    by Edward Hogan

    Year: 2009
  19. Little Gods

    by Anna Richards

    Year: 2009
    Rank: Longlist
  20. Mr Toppit

    by Charles Elton

    Year: 2009
    Rank: Longlist
  21. Never Never

    by David Gaffney

    Year: 2009
    Rank: Longlist
  22. Girl in a Blue Dress

    A Novel Inspired by the Life and Marriage of Charles Dickens

    by Gaynor Arnold

    Year: 2009
    Rank: Longlist
  23. The Sister

    (aka The Behaviour of Moths)

    by Poppy Adams

    Year: 2009
    Rank: Longlist
  24. Alexander Seaton: Book 2

    Redemption of Alexander Seaton

    by Shona MacLean

    Year: 2009
    Rank: Longlist
  25. The Alternative Hero

    by Tim Thornton

    Year: 2009
    Rank: Longlist
  26. The Rescue Man

    by Anthony Quinn

    Year: 2009
    Rank: Shortlist
  27. A Girl Made of Dust

    by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi

    Year: 2009
    Rank: Shortlist
  28. Gifted

    by Nikita Lalwani

    Year: 2008
  29. Hermes Diaktoros: Book 1

    The Messenger of Athens

    by Anne Zouroudi

    Year: 2008
    Rank: Longlist
  30. Broken

    by Daniel Clay

    Year: 2008
    Rank: Longlist
  31. Kill Your Friends

    by John Niven

    Year: 2008
    Rank: Longlist
  32. The Outcast

    by Sadie Jones

    Year: 2008
    Rank: Longlist
  33. Random Acts of Heroic Love

    by Danny Scheinmann

    Year: 2008
    Rank: Longlist
  34. The Truth about These Strange Times

    by Adam Foulds

    Year: 2008
    Rank: Longlist
  35. Submarine

    by Joe Dunthorne

    Year: 2008
    Rank: Longlist
  36. Gods Behaving Badly

    by Marie Phillips

    Year: 2008
    Rank: Longlist
  37. Leo Demidov: Book 1

    Child 44

    by Tom Rob Smith

    Year: 2008
    Rank: Shortlist
  38. Sunday at the Cross Bones

    by John Walsh

    Year: 2008
    Rank: Shortlist

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