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.

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Winners

	The Long Take by Robin Robertson 3.89 avg rating — 1,680 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) 4.21 avg rating — 1,404 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 by Sebastian Barry really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15,150 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 3.78 avg rating — 1,962 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 3.74 avg rating — 155 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) 4.17 avg rating — 20,200 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 4.11 avg rating — 17,483 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 by Sebastian Barry 3.84 avg rating — 4,668 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 3.71 avg rating — 7,771 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 (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 145,814 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

nominees

	After the Party by Cressida Connolly 3.50 avg rating — 1,929 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey 3.57 avg rating — 2,539 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	Dark Water by Elizabeth Lowry 3.79 avg rating — 97 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller 3.91 avg rating — 1,807 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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 Wanderers (The West Country Trilogy, #2) by Tim Pears 4.11 avg rating — 300 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	Warlight by Michael Ondaatje 3.63 avg rating — 31,440 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	Little by Edward Carey 3.99 avg rating — 4,808 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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 Western Wind by Samantha Harvey 3.45 avg rating — 2,017 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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 Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy 3.65 avg rating — 1,159 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7) by C.J. Sansom 4.38 avg rating — 6,677 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 3.99 avg rating — 37,776 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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 Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley 4.02 avg rating — 5,813 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	The Horseman (The West Country Trilogy, #1) by Tim Pears 3.93 avg rating — 664 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	The Draughtsman by Robert Lautner (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 193 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	Prussian Blue (Bernie Gunther, #12) by Philip Kerr 4.27 avg rating — 4,184 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	The Last Man in Europe by Dennis Glover 3.88 avg rating — 466 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 3.69 avg rating — 4,019 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	The Clocks in This House All Tell Different Times by Xan Brooks 3.66 avg rating — 407 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (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
	Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik 3.69 avg rating — 264 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee (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
	The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath 3.20 avg rating — 368 ratings Walter Scott Prize Nominee (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