Waterstones Book of the Year Winners

Winners

	Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 202,841 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year (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
	La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1) by Philip Pullman 4.15 avg rating — 96,240 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year (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 Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry 3.55 avg rating — 58,395 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year (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 Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith 4.15 avg rating — 4,333 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year (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
	The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1) by Jessie Burton 3.61 avg rating — 135,314 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year (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
	Stoner by John Williams 4.32 avg rating — 142,454 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year (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
	Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook by Russell Norman 4.46 avg rating — 474 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year (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

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	The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 5,305 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails by Yanis Varoufakis (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 15,070 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	Mr. Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense by Jenny Uglow 4.22 avg rating — 156 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 3.75 avg rating — 146,130 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge 3.98 avg rating — 8,077 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 38,853 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	When Breath Becomes Air by Abraham Verghese (Foreword) 4.39 avg rating — 585,638 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel 4.42 avg rating — 1,276 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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 Tale of Kitty In Boots by Beatrix Potter 3.55 avg rating — 549 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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 Optician of Lampedusa by Emma Jane Kirby 4.09 avg rating — 1,407 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8) by John Tiffany (Adaptation) 3.51 avg rating — 937,124 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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 Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 2,710,966 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard 4.04 avg rating — 54,899 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee 3.31 avg rating — 261,673 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 442,597 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 86,510 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District by James Rebanks 4.13 avg rating — 12,535 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels, #1) by Elena Ferrante 4.02 avg rating — 290,255 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty 4.05 avg rating — 30,346 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald 3.74 avg rating — 70,147 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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 Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan 3.85 avg rating — 48,973 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for all the Letters by Oliver Jeffers (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 3,480 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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
	Persiana: Recipes from the Middle East & Beyond by Sabrina Ghayour 4.32 avg rating — 1,404 ratings Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (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