Lists of Bests: Costa (Whitbread) Book Awards: Best Novel http://www.listsofbests.com/list/77 The Whitbread is one of the longest-running and most prestigious book awards in the UK. Since its launch in 1971, its structure has evolved; but it has never diverted from its original ethos of identifying and celebrating some of the most enjoyable books published in the UK each year across a number of different genres. _Note: the award is now called the Costa Book Award._ Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:23:15 GMT en-us 0 50 37 0 0 The destiny waltz http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66329 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerda Charles</div> The Bird of Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66330 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Hill</div> The Chip-chip Gatherers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66331 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66331"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140039562.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shiva Naipaul</div> The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (Penguin Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66332 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66332"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140041117.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iris Murdoch</div> Docherty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1123992 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1123992"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0340407573.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056435052_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William McIlvanney</div> The Children of Dynmouth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66334 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Trevor</div> Injury Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66335 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beryl Bainbridge</div> Picture Palace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2536 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2536"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140050728.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Theroux</div> The old jest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66337 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer Johnston</div> How Far Can You Go? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2541 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2541"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140057463.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lodge</div> Silver's City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66338 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66338"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4171JAM70NL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maurice Leitch</div> Young shoulders http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66339 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Wain</div> Fools of Fortune http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66340 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66340"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140111816.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Trevor</div> Kruger's Alp http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2588973 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2588973"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0749396814.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056477321_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Hope</div> Hawksmoor http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66342 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Ackroyd</div> An Artist of the Floating World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18650 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18650"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722661.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114077029_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> The Child in Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10382 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10382"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385497520.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> The Satanic Verses: A Novel (Bestselling Backlist) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6015 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6015"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312270828.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> The Chymical Wedding http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66343 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66343"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0449001180.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056444326_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lindsay Clarke</div> Hopeful Monsters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30333 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30333"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1564782425.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas Mosley</div> The Queen of the Tambourine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66344 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66344"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312143982.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Gardam</div> Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D. Scottish Public Health Officer (British Literature Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30344 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30344"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1564783073.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056518723_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alasdair Gray</div> Theory of War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13506 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13506"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449909131.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056444415_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Brady</div> Felicia's Journey: (movie tie-in edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3038 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3038"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140290214.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Trevor</div> The Moor's Last Sigh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18885 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18885"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679744665.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464943_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> Every Man for Himself http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23115 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23115"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786704675.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1059624452_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beryl Bainbridge</div> Quarantine: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5891 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5891"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312199511.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Crace</div> Leading the Cheers: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66345 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66345"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786706589.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Justin Cartwright</div> Music & Silence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66346 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66346"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743418263.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43371340_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rose Tremain</div> English Passengers: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10380 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10380"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/038549744X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matthew Kneale</div> Twelve Bar Blues http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24015 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24015"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0802117279.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick Neate</div> Spies: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6390 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6390"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312421176.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056430920_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Frayn</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032717.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Small Island: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6446 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6446"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312424671.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrea Levy</div> The Accidental: A novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59834 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59834"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375422250.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128364581_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ali Smith</div> Restless: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2784427 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2784427"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11JNWA6PBJL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Boyd</div> Day: A novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2868403 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.L. Kennedy</div>