Galaxy ® British Book Awards
The Oscars of the book trade
WINNERS & SHORTLISTS 2008
| Book |
Author |
Imprint |
| WINNER - On Chesil Beach |
Ian McEwan |
Jonathan Cape |
| Awarded to - J.K. Rowling |
| Book |
Author |
Imprint |
| WINNER - A Thousand Splendid Suns |
Khaled Hosseini |
Bloomsbury |
| Author |
Title |
Publisher/Imprint |
| WINNER - Ian McEwan |
for On Chesil Beach |
Jonathan Cape |
| Khaled Hosseini
|
for A Thousand Splendid Suns |
Bloomsbury |
| Doris Lessing |
for The Cleft |
Fourth Estate |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
|
for Half a Yellow Sun |
HarperPerennial |
| David Peace
|
for The Damned Utd |
Faber & Faber |
| Book |
Author |
Imprint |
| WINNER - My Booky Wook |
Russell Brand |
Hodder & Stoughton |
| The Blair Years |
Alastair Campbell
|
Hutchinson |
| Spilling the Beans |
Clarissa Dickson-Wright
|
Hodder & Stoughton |
| On the Edge |
Richard Hammond
|
Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Agent Zigzag |
Ben MacIntyre
|
Bloomsbury |
|
| Book |
Author |
Imprint |
| WINNER - Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman
|
Francesca Simon |
Orion Children's Books |
| That's Not My Penguin |
Fiona Watt |
Usborne |
| My Pony Care Book |
Katie Price |
Red Fox |
| Born to Run |
Michael Morpurgo |
HarperCollins Children's |
| Kiss |
Jacqueline Wilson |
Doubleday Children's |
| Book |
Author |
Imprint |
| WINNER - Book of the Dead |
Patricia Cornwell |
Little,Brown |
| Bad Luck and Trouble |
Lee Child |
Bantam Press |
| The Tin Roof Blowdown
|
James Lee Burke |
Orion |
| The Grave Tattoo |
Val McDermid |
Harper |
| Exit Music |
Ian Rankin |
Orion |
| Author |
Book |
Imprint |
| WINNER - Catherine O'Flynn |
What Was Lost
|
Tindal Street |
| Rajiv Chandrasekaran
|
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
|
Bloomsbury |
| Stef Penney |
The Tenderness of Wolves |
Quercus |
| Paul Torday |
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Markus Zusak |
The Book Thief |
Doubleday |
| Book |
Author |
Imprint |
| WINNER - The Memory Keeper's Daughter
|
Kim Edwards |
Penguin |
| The Ghost |
Robert Harris |
Hutchinson |
| A Thousand Splendid Suns
|
Khaled Hosseini |
Bloomsbury |
| The House at Riverton |
Kate Morton |
Pan |
| An Absolute Scandal |
Penny Vincenzi |
Headline Review |
| Book |
Author |
Imprint |
| WINNER - Long Way Down |
Ewan McGregor & Charlie Boorman |
Sphere |
| Don't Stop Me Now |
Jeremy Clarkson |
Michael Joseph |
| Nigella Express |
Nigella Lawson |
Chatto & Windus |
| A History of Modern Britain |
Andrew Marr |
Macmillan |
| The Wild Places |
Robert Macfarlane |
Granta |
