Authors' Club Best First Novel Award Winners

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award is awarded by the Authors' Club to the most promising first novel of the year, written by a British author and pu ...more

Winners

	In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 3,095 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel 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
	Mountains of the Moon by I.J. Kay 3.46 avg rating — 390 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel 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 Marlowe Papers by Ros Barber (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 521 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel 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
	City of Bohane by Kevin Barry 3.84 avg rating — 4,256 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (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
	London Triptych by Jonathan Kemp (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 1,099 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (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
	The Rescue Man by Anthony Quinn 3.98 avg rating — 239 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (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
	La poda by Laura Beatty 3.79 avg rating — 194 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (2009)	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
	Goodbye Lucille by Segun Afolabi liked it 3.00 avg rating — 29 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (2007)	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 Killing Jar by Nicola Monaghan (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 553 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (2006)	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
	Sandstorm by Henry Shukman 2.53 avg rating — 15 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (2005)	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
	Betrayal in Naples by Neil Griffiths 3.68 avg rating — 38 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (2004)	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
	Eve Green by Susan Fletcher 3.68 avg rating — 2,257 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (2004)	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
	Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental Journey by Dan Rhodes 3.57 avg rating — 1,184 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (2003)	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 Water Breather by Ben Faccini 3.48 avg rating — 56 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (2002)	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
	Burning Worm by Carl Tighe 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (2001)	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 Stream by Brian Clarke 3.46 avg rating — 35 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (2000)	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
	Manly Pursuits by Ann Harries 3.44 avg rating — 50 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1999)	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
	Trumpet by Jackie Kay (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 6,061 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1998)	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 Underground Man by Mick Jackson 3.72 avg rating — 1,408 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1997)	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 Testimony of Taliesin Jones by Rhidian Brook 3.55 avg rating — 157 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1996)	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
	Some Kind of Black by Diran Adebayo 3.31 avg rating — 89 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1996)	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
	Walter & The Resurrection Of G by Timothy J. Armstrong 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1995)	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
	Pig by Andrew Cowan 2.96 avg rating — 324 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1994)	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
	Season of the Rainbirds by Nadeem Aslam 3.26 avg rating — 539 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1993)	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 Healing by David Park 3.50 avg rating — 38 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1992)	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 Book of Wishes and Complaints by Zina Rohan (Goodreads Author) 3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1991)	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 Way You Tell Them: A Yarn of the Nineties by Alan Brownjohn 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1990)	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 Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1) by Lindsey Davis 3.91 avg rating — 14,132 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1989)	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 Dreamers by Gilbert Adair 3.64 avg rating — 2,623 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1988)	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 Levels by Peter Benson 3.78 avg rating — 81 ratings Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1987)	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