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 4.23 avg rating — 2,537 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 by Roseanne Watt 4.57 avg rating — 76 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: The Biography by Oliver Soden 4.22 avg rating — 27 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 3.88 avg rating — 97 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 — 812 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 3.28 avg rating — 50 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 3.87 avg rating — 623 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 4.33 avg rating — 831 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 3.92 avg rating — 12 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 3.79 avg rating — 13,563 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 3.98 avg rating — 488 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 3.21 avg rating — 499 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) 3.44 avg rating — 253 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: A Biography by Edmund Gordon 4.27 avg rating — 403 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 4.04 avg rating — 171 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 3.85 avg rating — 626 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 3.95 avg rating — 664 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 3.46 avg rating — 184 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 3.93 avg rating — 381 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 2.69 avg rating — 563 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 3.42 avg rating — 3,262 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 4.24 avg rating — 234 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 3.68 avg rating — 367 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) 3.46 avg rating — 1,039 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 3.36 avg rating — 56 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 — 1,590 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 3.53 avg rating — 1,038 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 3.73 avg rating — 118 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 — 4,757 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