Somerset Maugham Award Winners

W. Somerset Maugham set up a fund in 1947 to enable young writers to enrich their work by gaining experience of foreign countries. Prize money totalli ...more

Winners

	Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen by Amrou Al-Kadhi 4.21 avg rating — 3,293 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moder Dy = Mother Wave by Roseanne Watt 4.55 avg rating — 96 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Michael Tippett by Oliver Soden 4.25 avg rating — 40 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of the Body by Alex Allison 3.80 avg rating — 132 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Victorian and the Romantic: A Memoir, a Love Story, and a Friendship Across Time by Nell Stevens 3.62 avg rating — 942 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shrines of Upper Austria by Phoebe Power 3.33 avg rating — 57 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain by Damian Le Bas 3.88 avg rating — 837 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus 4.30 avg rating — 1,058 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Prayers in the House by Miriam Nash really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elmet by Fiona Mozley 3.78 avg rating — 15,129 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kumukanda by Kayo Chingonyi 3.96 avg rating — 559 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infinite Ground by Martin MacInnes (Goodreads Author) 3.14 avg rating — 899 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunshine by Melissa Lee-Houghton (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 281 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invention of Angela Carter by Edmund Gordon 4.28 avg rating — 459 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happiness by Jack Underwood 4.08 avg rating — 200 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Don't Know What We're Doing by Thomas Morris 3.70 avg rating — 1,240 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Physical by Andrew McMillan 3.91 avg rating — 855 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr and Mrs Disraeli: A Strange Romance by Daisy Hay 3.47 avg rating — 192 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It by Jessie Greengrass 3.91 avg rating — 455 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eat My Heart Out by Zoe Pilger 2.67 avg rating — 613 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lolito by Ben Brooks 3.41 avg rating — 3,695 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Country by Liz Berry (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 294 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Affair by Jonathan Beckman 3.69 avg rating — 430 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orkney by Amy Sackville (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 1,195 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunters in the Snow by Daisy Hildyard 3.48 avg rating — 71 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orchard of Lost Souls by Nadifa Mohamed 3.85 avg rating — 1,835 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diving Belles by Lucy Wood 3.50 avg rating — 1,083 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adult by Joe Stretch 3.71 avg rating — 128 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glass Delusion by Abi Curtis (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman 3.44 avg rating — 5,040 ratings Somerset Maugham Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars