Costa/Whitbread First Novel Winners

1.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,744 ratings
2.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,518 ratings
3.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Behind the Scenes at the Museum 3.98 avg rating — 42,717 ratings
4.
The Debt to Pleasure
The Debt to Pleasure 3.74 avg rating — 3,102 ratings
5.
The Last King of Scotland
The Last King of Scotland 3.79 avg rating — 4,309 ratings
5.
The Buddha of Suburbia
The Buddha of Suburbia 3.75 avg rating — 20,579 ratings
7.
On the Black Hill
On the Black Hill really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,153 ratings
8.
The Tenderness of Wolves
The Tenderness of Wolves 3.74 avg rating — 15,706 ratings
9.
Eve Green
Eve Green 3.69 avg rating — 2,503 ratings
10.
The Harmony Silk Factory
The Harmony Silk Factory
by: Tash Aw
3.46 avg rating — 2,718 ratings
11.
Continent
Continent
by: Jim Crace
3.61 avg rating — 517 ratings
12.
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa 3.86 avg rating — 5,552 ratings
13.
The Ventriloquist's Tale
The Ventriloquist's Tale 3.53 avg rating — 539 ratings
14.
Something Like A House
Something Like A House
by: Sid Smith
3.10 avg rating — 59 ratings
15.
Comforts of Madness
Comforts of Madness 3.70 avg rating — 407 ratings
16.
White City Blue
White City Blue
by: Tim Lott
3.41 avg rating — 418 ratings
16.
The Longest Memory
The Longest Memory 3.76 avg rating — 1,891 ratings
18.
Vernon God Little
Vernon God Little 3.61 avg rating — 33,413 ratings
19.
The Song of Names
The Song of Names 3.60 avg rating — 1,364 ratings
20.
Saving Agnes
Saving Agnes 3.43 avg rating — 1,561 ratings
21.
Swing Hammer Swing!
Swing Hammer Swing! 3.89 avg rating — 354 ratings
22.
Alma Cogan
Alma Cogan 3.68 avg rating — 269 ratings
23.
Gerontius
Gerontius 3.81 avg rating — 88 ratings
24.
The Other Garden
The Other Garden 3.10 avg rating — 58 ratings
25.
A Parish of Rich Women
A Parish of Rich Women
by: Buchan
2.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
26.
Flying to Nowhere
Flying to Nowhere 3.37 avg rating — 298 ratings