WH Smith Literary Award Winners

The WH Smith Literary Award was an award founded in 1959 by British high street retailer W H Smith. Its founding aim was stated to be to "encourage an ...more

Winners

	The Plot Against America by Philip Roth 3.80 avg rating — 59,734 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers 4.26 avg rating — 3,631 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	The Little Friend by Donna Tartt 3.47 avg rating — 66,171 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 506,631 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3) by Philip Roth 3.91 avg rating — 40,100 ratings WH Smith Literary 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 Soldier's Return by Melvyn Bragg 3.70 avg rating — 741 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge 3.52 avg rating — 2,254 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	Tales from Ovid: 24 Passages from the Metamorphoses by Ted Hughes (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 2,690 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 by Orlando Figes 4.36 avg rating — 4,960 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	Landscape and Memory by Simon Schama 4.19 avg rating — 1,137 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	Open Secrets: Stories by Alice Munro 4.04 avg rating — 5,945 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) by Vikram Seth 4.12 avg rating — 47,409 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	Daughters of the House by Michèle Roberts 3.38 avg rating — 500 ratings WH Smith Literary 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 Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 by Thomas Pakenham 4.14 avg rating — 2,410 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	Omeros by Derek Walcott really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,865 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	A Careless Widow and Other Stories by V.S. Pritchett 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	A Tinker and a Poor Man: John Bunyan and His Church, 1628-88 by Christopher Hill 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings WH Smith Literary 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 Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding by Robert Hughes 4.08 avg rating — 9,503 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	Collected Poems, 1953-1985 by Elizabeth Jennings 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings WH Smith Literary 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
	The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing 3.67 avg rating — 4,015 ratings WH Smith Literary Award (1986)	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 Pork Butcher by David Hughes 3.73 avg rating — 51 ratings WH Smith Literary Award (1985)	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
	Required Writing: Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982 by Philip Larkin 4.12 avg rating — 130 ratings WH Smith Literary Award (1984)	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
	Wise Virgin by A.N. Wilson 3.70 avg rating — 40 ratings WH Smith Literary Award (1983)	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
	Last Waltz in Vienna by George Clare 4.19 avg rating — 215 ratings WH Smith Literary Award (1982)	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 Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate 3.67 avg rating — 1,123 ratings WH Smith Literary Award (1981)	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
	Selected Poems 1950-1975 by Thomas Gunn 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings WH Smith Literary Award (1980)	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
	Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History by Mark Girouard 4.21 avg rating — 278 ratings WH Smith Literary Award (1979)	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 Time of Gifts (Trilogy, #1) by Patrick Leigh Fermor 4.06 avg rating — 8,043 ratings WH Smith Literary Award (1978)	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
	Slim: The Standardbearer by Ronald Lewin 4.08 avg rating — 78 ratings WH Smith Literary Award (1977)	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
	North by Seamus Heaney 4.08 avg rating — 2,202 ratings WH Smith Literary Award (1976)	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