Magnesia Litera
Magnesia Litera is an annual book award held in the Czech Republic since 2002. The prize covers all literary genres in eight genre categories: prose, poetry, children's book, non-fiction, essay/journalism, translation, publishing achievement, book debut, and the main prize – one of the genre nominee is named the "Czech Book of the Year".
The prize is awarded by an independent association Litera which associates members of all Czech literary or book-market organizations: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Association of Booksellers and Publishers, Czech Centre of International PEN, Czech section of IBBY, Society of Czech Writers, Czech Translators' Guild.Books of the Year
- 2019 – Radka Denemarková: Hodiny z olova
- 2018 – Erik Tabery: Opuštěná společnost. Česká cesta od Masaryka po Babiše
- 2017 – Bianca Bellová: Jezero
- 2016 – Daniela Hodrová: Točité věty
- 2015 – Martin Reiner: Básník. Román o Ivanu Blatném
- 2014 – Jiří Padevět: Průvodce protektorátní Prahou
- 2013 – Jiří Hájíček: Rybí krev
- 2012 – Michal Ajvaz: Lucemburská zahrada
- 2011 – Jan Balabán: Zeptej se táty
- 2010 – Petra Soukupová: Zmizet
- 2009 – Bohumila Grögerová: Rukopis
- 2008 – Petr Nikl: Záhádky
- 2007 – Petru Cimpoeşu: Simion Liftnicul
- 2006 – Jan Reich: Bohemia
- 2005 – Jan Novák: Zatím dobrý
- 2004 – Jiří Suk: Labyrintem revoluce
- 2003 – Pavel Zatloukal: Příběhy z dlouhého století – Architektura let 1750–1918 na Moravě a ve Slezsku
- 2002 – Jürgen Serke: Böhmische Dörfer
