Foyles Book of the Year

The Foyles Books of the Year have been announced annually since 2017 by the British bookseller chain Foyles. From 2017 to 2023 they recognised outstanding literature in three categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, and Children's. A fiction award was conferred in 2016, before the other two categories were added. In 2024 the award changed to a combined one for all genres.{{Cite web |title=Foyles Book of the Year Shortlist [2024] |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/highlights/foyles-books-of-the-year |access-date=26 October 2024 |website=Foyles}}

When announcing the 2023 choices, Foyles said that they chose "our favourite, most interesting, most important, most year-defining titles published, recommended and sold this year".

Winners (2016 – 2023)

= Fiction =

class="wikitable" !Year !Author !Book !Ref{{Cite web \|title=Foyles Books of the Year [2023] \|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/highlights/foyles-books-of-the-year \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Foyles \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912153523/https://www.foyles.co.uk/highlights/foyles-books-of-the-year \| archive-date=12 September 2024 \| url-status=live}}{{Cite web \|title=Foyles Winners \|url=https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/search/?groupcode=FoyBoo_PrevWinners \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=www.brownsbfs.co.uk}}
2016 \|Paul Beatty \|The Sellout \|{{Cite web \|title=Foyles picks The Sellout as book of the year \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/foyles-picks-sellout-book-year-439301 \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=The Bookseller \|language=En}}
2017 \|Naomi Alderman \|The Power \|{{Cite web \|title=Foyles' Books of the Year champion women's voices \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/womens-voices-championed-foyles-books-year-680596 \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=The Bookseller \|language=En}}{{Cite web \|date=2017-11-30 \|title=The Power and Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls announced as Foyles Books of the Year \|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/company-article/the-power-and-goodnight-stories-for-rebel-girls-announced-as-foy \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=www.penguin.co.uk \|language=en}}
2018 \|Sayaka Murata \|Convenience Store Woman \|{{Cite web \|title=Convenience Store Woman crowned Foyles' Fiction Book of the Year \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/convenience-store-woman-crowned-foyles-fiction-book-year-901526 \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=The Bookseller \|language=En}}
2019 \|Ocean Vuong \|On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous \|{{Cite web \|title=On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous \|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous/ocean-vuong/9781529110685 \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Foyles}}{{Cite web \|title=Foyles reveals Books of the Year 2019 \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/foyles-reveals-books-year-2019-1116726#:~:text=Books%20by%20Ocean%20Vuong,%20Lisa%20Taddeo%20and,was%20named%20non-fiction%20book%20of%20the%20year. \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=The Bookseller \|language=En}}{{Cite web \|title=2019 Foyles Book of the Year Winners \|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/awards/2019~foyles-book-of-the-year~306.htm \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=www.fictiondb.com}}
2020 \|Brandon Taylor \|Real Life \|{{Cite web \|title=Real Life, A Ghost in the Throat and The Wolf's Secret named Foyles Books of the Year \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/newstaylor-and-n-ghr-ofa-named-foyles-books-year-1229645 \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=The Bookseller \|language=En}}
2021 \|Natasha Brown \|Assembly \|{{Cite web \|title=Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/brown-ellis-and-gauld-named-foyles-books-year-1292695 \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=The Bookseller \|language=En}}{{Cite web \|title=2021 Foyles Book of the Year Winners \|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/awards/2021~foyles-book-of-the-year~306.htm \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=www.fictiondb.com}}
2022 \|Sheena Patel \|I'm a Fan \|{{Cite web \|title=I'm a Fan \|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/im-a-fan/sheena-patel/9781783789818 \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Foyles}}{{Cite web \|title=Foyles names works by Patel, Halliday and Said as Books of the Year \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/foyles-names-works-by-patel-halliday-and-said-as-books-of-the-year \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=The Bookseller \|language=En}}
2023 \|R. F. Kuang \|Yellowface \|{{Cite web \|title=Yellowface \|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/yellowface/r-f-kuang/9780008532772 \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Foyles}}{{Cite web \|title=Works by Kuang, Rundell and Bohannon crowned Foyles' Books of the Year \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/works-by-kuang-rundell-and-bohannon-crowned-foyles-books-of-the-year \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=The Bookseller \|language=En}}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2023-12-01 \|title=2023 Foyles Books of the Year Winners \|url=https://locusmag.com/2023/12/2023-foyles-books-of-the-year-winners/ \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=Locus Online \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|title=Foyles Fiction \|url=https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/bbfs/awards-and-shortlists/Foyles-Book-Award/Foyles-Fiction \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=www.brownsbfs.co.uk}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Author

!Book

!Ref{{Cite web |title=Foyles Books of the Year [2023] |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/highlights/foyles-books-of-the-year |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Foyles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912153523/https://www.foyles.co.uk/highlights/foyles-books-of-the-year | archive-date=12 September 2024 | url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Foyles Winners |url=https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/search/?groupcode=FoyBoo_PrevWinners |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=www.brownsbfs.co.uk}}

2016

|Paul Beatty

|The Sellout

|{{Cite web |title=Foyles picks The Sellout as book of the year |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/foyles-picks-sellout-book-year-439301 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}

2017

|Naomi Alderman

|The Power

|{{Cite web |title=Foyles' Books of the Year champion women's voices |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/womens-voices-championed-foyles-books-year-680596 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}{{Cite web |date=2017-11-30 |title=The Power and Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls announced as Foyles Books of the Year |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/company-article/the-power-and-goodnight-stories-for-rebel-girls-announced-as-foy |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=www.penguin.co.uk |language=en}}

2018

|Sayaka Murata

|Convenience Store Woman

|{{Cite web |title=Convenience Store Woman crowned Foyles' Fiction Book of the Year |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/convenience-store-woman-crowned-foyles-fiction-book-year-901526 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}

2019

|Ocean Vuong

|On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

|{{Cite web |title=On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous/ocean-vuong/9781529110685 |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Foyles}}{{Cite web |title=Foyles reveals Books of the Year 2019 |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/foyles-reveals-books-year-2019-1116726#:~:text=Books%20by%20Ocean%20Vuong,%20Lisa%20Taddeo%20and,was%20named%20non-fiction%20book%20of%20the%20year. |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}{{Cite web |title=2019 Foyles Book of the Year Winners |url=https://www.fictiondb.com/awards/2019~foyles-book-of-the-year~306.htm |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=www.fictiondb.com}}

2020

|Brandon Taylor

|Real Life

|{{Cite web |title=Real Life, A Ghost in the Throat and The Wolf's Secret named Foyles Books of the Year |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/newstaylor-and-n-ghr-ofa-named-foyles-books-year-1229645 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}

2021

|Natasha Brown

|Assembly

|{{Cite web |title=Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/brown-ellis-and-gauld-named-foyles-books-year-1292695 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}{{Cite web |title=2021 Foyles Book of the Year Winners |url=https://www.fictiondb.com/awards/2021~foyles-book-of-the-year~306.htm |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=www.fictiondb.com}}

2022

|Sheena Patel

|I'm a Fan

|{{Cite web |title=I'm a Fan |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/im-a-fan/sheena-patel/9781783789818 |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Foyles}}{{Cite web |title=Foyles names works by Patel, Halliday and Said as Books of the Year |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/foyles-names-works-by-patel-halliday-and-said-as-books-of-the-year |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}

2023

|R. F. Kuang

|Yellowface

|{{Cite web |title=Yellowface |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/yellowface/r-f-kuang/9780008532772 |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Foyles}}{{Cite web |title=Works by Kuang, Rundell and Bohannon crowned Foyles' Books of the Year |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/works-by-kuang-rundell-and-bohannon-crowned-foyles-books-of-the-year |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-12-01 |title=2023 Foyles Books of the Year Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2023/12/2023-foyles-books-of-the-year-winners/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Foyles Fiction |url=https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/bbfs/awards-and-shortlists/Foyles-Book-Award/Foyles-Fiction |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=www.brownsbfs.co.uk}}

= Non-fiction =

class="wikitable" !Year !Author !Book !Ref
2017 \|Reni Eddo-Lodge \|Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race \|
2018 \|Akala \|Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire \|
2019 \|Lisa Taddeo \|Three Women \|
2020 \|Doireann Ní Ghríofa \|A Ghost in the Throat \|{{Cite web \|title=A Ghost in the Throat \|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/a-ghost-in-the-throat/doireann-ni-ghriofa/9781916434271 \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Foyles}}
2021 \|Warren Ellis \|Nina Simone's Gum \|{{Cite web \|title=Nina Simone's Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found \|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/9780571365630 \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Foyles}}{{Cite web \|title=Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/brown-ellis-and-gauld-named-foyles-books-year-1292695 \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=The Bookseller \|language=En}}
2022 \|Thomas Halliday \|Otherlands: A World in the Making \|{{Cite web \|title=Otherlands \|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/otherlands/thomas-halliday/9780141991146 \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Foyles}}
2023 \|Cat Bohannon \|Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution \|{{Cite web \|title=Foyles Non Fiction \|url=https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/Pages/bbfs/awards-and-shortlists/Foyles-Book-Award/Foyles-Non-Fiction \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=www.brownsbfs.co.uk}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Author

!Book

!Ref

2017

|Reni Eddo-Lodge

|Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

2018

|Akala

|Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

2019

|Lisa Taddeo

|Three Women

2020

|Doireann Ní Ghríofa

|A Ghost in the Throat

|{{Cite web |title=A Ghost in the Throat |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/a-ghost-in-the-throat/doireann-ni-ghriofa/9781916434271 |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Foyles}}

2021

|Warren Ellis

|Nina Simone's Gum

|{{Cite web |title=Nina Simone's Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/9780571365630 |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Foyles}}{{Cite web |title=Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/brown-ellis-and-gauld-named-foyles-books-year-1292695 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}

2022

|Thomas Halliday

|Otherlands: A World in the Making

|{{Cite web |title=Otherlands |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/otherlands/thomas-halliday/9780141991146 |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Foyles}}

2023

|Cat Bohannon

|Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

|{{Cite web |title=Foyles Non Fiction |url=https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/Pages/bbfs/awards-and-shortlists/Foyles-Book-Award/Foyles-Non-Fiction |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=www.brownsbfs.co.uk}}

= Children's =

class="wikitable" !Year !Author !Book !Ref
2017 \|Elena Favilli \|Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls \|
2018 \|Tomi Adeyemi \|Children of Blood and Bone \|{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2018-12-03 \|title=Adeyemi Wins Foyles Book of the Year Award \|url=https://locusmag.com/2018/12/adeyemi-wins-foyles-book-of-the-year-award/#:~:text=Children%20of%20Blood%20and%20Bone%20by%20Tomi,%E2%80%9Csignificant%20focus%20instore%20and%20online%20throughout%20the \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Locus Online \|language=en-US}}
2019 \|Katherine Rundell \|The Good Thieves \|{{Cite web \|title=The Good Thieves \|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-good-thieves/katherine-rundell/9781408882658 \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Foyles}}
2020 \|Myriam Dahman \|The Wolf’s Secret \|{{Cite web \|title=The Wolf's Secret \|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-wolfs-secret/nicolas-digard/9781408355305 \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Foyles}}{{Cite web \|title=Children's Book Awards 2020: Shortlists and Winners \|url=https://toppsta.com/blog/view/children's-book-awards-2020-shortlists-and-winners \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Toppsta}}{{Cite web \|title=Children's Book Awards 2022: Shortlists and Winners \|url=https://toppsta.com/blog/view/children's-book-awards-2022-shortlists-and-winners \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Toppsta}}
2021 \|Tom Gauld \|The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess \|{{Cite web \|title=The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess \|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-little-wooden-robot-and-the-log-princess/tom-gauld/9781787419179 \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Foyles}}{{Cite web \|title=Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/brown-ellis-and-gauld-named-foyles-books-year-1292695 \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=The Bookseller \|language=En}}
2022 \|S. F. Said \|Tyger \|
2023 \|Katherine Rundell \|Impossible Creatures \|{{Cite web \|title=Impossible Creatures \|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/impossible-creatures/katherine-rundell/9781408897416 \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=Foyles}}{{Cite web \|title=Foyles Childrens \|url=https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/bbfs/awards-and-shortlists/Foyles-Book-Award/Foyles-Childrens \|access-date=18 September 2024 \|website=www.brownsbfs.co.uk}}{{Cite web \|last=Kan \|first=Toni \|date=2023-11-07 \|title=Foyles Book of the Year unveils diverse shortlist, from historical drama to poetic reverie to kid's adventure \|url=https://thelagosreview.ng/foyles-book-of-the-year-unveils-diverse-shortlist-from-historical-drama-to-poetic-reverie-to-kids-adventure/ \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|website=The Lagos Review \|language=en-US}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Author

!Book

!Ref

2017

|Elena Favilli

|Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls

2018

|Tomi Adeyemi

|Children of Blood and Bone

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-12-03 |title=Adeyemi Wins Foyles Book of the Year Award |url=https://locusmag.com/2018/12/adeyemi-wins-foyles-book-of-the-year-award/#:~:text=Children%20of%20Blood%20and%20Bone%20by%20Tomi,%E2%80%9Csignificant%20focus%20instore%20and%20online%20throughout%20the |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}

2019

|Katherine Rundell

|The Good Thieves

|{{Cite web |title=The Good Thieves |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-good-thieves/katherine-rundell/9781408882658 |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Foyles}}

2020

|Myriam Dahman

|The Wolf’s Secret

|{{Cite web |title=The Wolf's Secret |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-wolfs-secret/nicolas-digard/9781408355305 |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Foyles}}{{Cite web |title=Children's Book Awards 2020: Shortlists and Winners |url=https://toppsta.com/blog/view/children's-book-awards-2020-shortlists-and-winners |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Toppsta}}{{Cite web |title=Children's Book Awards 2022: Shortlists and Winners |url=https://toppsta.com/blog/view/children's-book-awards-2022-shortlists-and-winners |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Toppsta}}

2021

|Tom Gauld

|The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess

|{{Cite web |title=The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-little-wooden-robot-and-the-log-princess/tom-gauld/9781787419179 |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Foyles}}{{Cite web |title=Brown, Ellis and Gauld named in Foyles Books of the Year |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/brown-ellis-and-gauld-named-foyles-books-year-1292695 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}

2022

|S. F. Said

|Tyger

2023

|Katherine Rundell

|Impossible Creatures

|{{Cite web |title=Impossible Creatures |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/impossible-creatures/katherine-rundell/9781408897416 |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Foyles}}{{Cite web |title=Foyles Childrens |url=https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/bbfs/awards-and-shortlists/Foyles-Book-Award/Foyles-Childrens |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=www.brownsbfs.co.uk}}{{Cite web |last=Kan |first=Toni |date=2023-11-07 |title=Foyles Book of the Year unveils diverse shortlist, from historical drama to poetic reverie to kid's adventure |url=https://thelagosreview.ng/foyles-book-of-the-year-unveils-diverse-shortlist-from-historical-drama-to-poetic-reverie-to-kids-adventure/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Lagos Review |language=en-US}}

Winners and shortlist (2024 – )

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Author

!Book

!Result

!Ref

style="background-color:lightyellow;"

! rowspan="8" |2024

|{{Sortname|Sally|Rooney}}

|Intermezzo

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=intermezzo |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/intermezzo/sally-rooney/9780571365463 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Foyles |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=Nov 21, 2024 |title=Sally Rooney's Intermezzo named Foyles Book of the Year |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sally-rooneys-intermezzo-named-foyles-book-of-the-year |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}{{Cite web |date=Nov 21, 2024 |title=Intermezzo wins Foyles Book of the Year 2024 |url=https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-detail/intermezzo-wins-foyles-book-of-the-year-2024/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Bookbrunch |language=en}}

{{Sortname|Gillian|Anderson}} (editor)

|Want

| rowspan="7" |Shortlist

| rowspan="7" |

|{{sort|History of the world|A History of the World in 47 Borders}}

|James

{{Sortname|Johnny|Flynn}} and Robert Macfarlane (co-authors), Emily Sutton (illustrator)

|{{sort|World to come|The World to Come}}

|Starminster

{{Sortname|Olga|Tokarczuk}} (author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator)

|{{sort|Empusium|The Empusium}}

{{Sortname|Asako|Yuzuki}} (author), Polly Barton (translator)

|Butter

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.foyles.co.uk/highlights/foyles-books-of-the-year}}
[https://www.librarything.com/award/14812/Foyles-Book-of-the-Year Award] at LibraryThing

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