2015 Costa Book Awards


The shortlist was announced 17 November 2015. The category winners were announced 4 January 2016, and the overall winner was announced on 26 January 2016.

Book of the Year

Winner: Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

Children's Book

Winner: Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree
Shortlist:
Winner: Andrew Michael Hurley, The Loney
Shortlist:
Winner: Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins
Shortlist:
Winner: Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt, The Lost Hero of Science
Shortlist:
Winner: Don Paterson, 40 Sonnets
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