Walter Scott Prize Winners

The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction founded in 2010 rewards "writing of exceptional quality with a setting of Sixty Years since" (i.e. major

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Winners

	News of the Dead by James Robertson (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 310 ratings Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (2022)	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 Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3) by Hilary Mantel 4.39 avg rating — 34,646 ratings Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (2021)	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 Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey 3.81 avg rating — 1,007 ratings Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (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 Long Take by Robin Robertson 3.84 avg rating — 2,330 ratings Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (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 Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 3,026 ratings Walter Scott Prize (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
	Days Without End (Days Without End #1) by Sebastian Barry 3.97 avg rating — 22,261 ratings Walter Scott Prize (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
	Tightrope (Marian Sutro, #2) by Simon Mawer 3.77 avg rating — 2,395 ratings Walter Scott Prize (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
	The Ten Thousand Things by John Spurling 3.76 avg rating — 177 ratings Walter Scott Prize (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
	An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 26,149 ratings Walter Scott Prize (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 Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng 4.13 avg rating — 23,218 ratings Walter Scott Prize (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
	On Canaan's Side (Dunne Family #4) by Sebastian Barry 3.86 avg rating — 5,234 ratings Walter Scott Prize (2012)	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 Long Song by Andrea Levy 3.77 avg rating — 9,800 ratings Walter Scott Prize (2011)	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
	Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) by Hilary Mantel 3.90 avg rating — 199,254 ratings Walter Scott Prize (2010)	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

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	Still Life by Sarah Winman 4.18 avg rating — 43,890 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2022)	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 Magician by Colm Tóibín 4.03 avg rating — 11,847 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Shortlist (2022)	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
	Learwife by J.R. Thorp 3.50 avg rating — 727 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2022)	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
	Fortune by Amanda Smyth 4.10 avg rating — 156 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Shortlist (2022)	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
	China Room by Sunjeev Sahota 3.79 avg rating — 7,636 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2022)	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 Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed 3.82 avg rating — 4,098 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2022)	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 Sunken Road by Ciaran McMenamin 4.03 avg rating — 118 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2022)	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 Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small by Neil Jordan 3.56 avg rating — 61 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2022)	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
	Mrs England by Stacey Halls 3.94 avg rating — 17,105 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2022)	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
	Rose Nicolson by Andrew Greig 4.20 avg rating — 276 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Shortlist (2022)	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
	Snow Country by Sebastian Faulks 3.73 avg rating — 3,046 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2022)	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
	Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton 4.08 avg rating — 89 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2022)	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
	Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 2,426 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2021)	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
	A Treacherous Country by K.M. Kruimink 3.67 avg rating — 159 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2021)	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
	Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah 3.83 avg rating — 6,464 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2021)	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 Beethoven by Paul Griffiths 3.55 avg rating — 144 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2021)	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 Year Without Summer by Guinevere Glasfurd (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 303 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2021)	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

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