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Costa Book Awards 2006

The 2006 Costa Book Awards went to Keeping Mum by Brian Thompson (Biography), The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney (Book of the Year) and Set in Stone by Linda Newbery (Children's), with winners in 3 more categories. 21 books made the shortlist across 6 categories.

Winners

Biography

  1. Keeping Mum by Brian Thompsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Book of the Year

  1. The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penneysource (opens in a new tab)

Children's

  1. Set in Stone by Linda Newberysource (opens in a new tab)

First Novel

  1. The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penneysource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. Restless by William Boydsource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry

  1. Letter to Patience by John Haynessource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Biography

  1. Donne: The Reformed Soul by John Stubbssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. George Mackay Brown: The Life by Maggie Fergussonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Nabeel's Song by Jo Tatchellsource (opens in a new tab)

Children's

  1. Clay by David Almondsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Just in Case by Meg Rosoffsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Goldingsource (opens in a new tab)

First Novel

  1. Cloth Girl by Marilyn Heward Millssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Amnesia Clinic by James Scudamoresource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Meaning of Night by Michael Coxsource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Black Swan Green by David Mitchellsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Saving Caravaggio by Neil Griffithssource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry

  1. Dear Room by Hugo Williamssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. District and Circle by Seamus Heaneysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Book of Blood by Vicki Feaversource (opens in a new tab)

About the Costa Book Awards

Whitbread Book Awards until 2005; Costa from 2006. The awards ended after 2021. Sources: web.archive.org snapshots of official costa.co.uk pages only - past-shortlists PDFs (2018 and 2022 editions), past-winners-2019-end PDF, and the behind-the-beans/costa-book-awards/book-awards page (2020 winners, 2021 shortlists, winners and Book of the Year). Wikipedia used only as a cross-check. The 2010 Biography shortlist had 3 books, not 4. No category was missing or merged in 2006-2021.

Organization: Costa Coffee. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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