The Award Tally
AwardsAuthors

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

University of Edinburgh

One of the UK's oldest literary awards, established in 1919, awarded annually in two categories—fiction and biography—for the best work published in the previous year, administered by the University of Edinburgh's English Literature department.

2025

  1. On the Greenwich Line

    Shady Lewis

    Won

2024

  1. My Heavenly Favourite

    Lucas Rijneveld

    Won

2023

  1. Praiseworthy

    Alexis Wright

    Won

2022

  1. Demon Copperhead

    Barbara Kingsolver

    Won

2021

  1. A Shock

    Keith Ridgway

    Won

2020

  1. Lote

    Shola von Reinhold

    Won

2019

  1. Ducks, Newburyport

    Lucy Ellmann

    Won

2018

  1. Crudo

    Olivia Laing

    Won

2017

  1. Attrib. and other stories

    Eley Williams

    Won

2016

  1. The Lesser Bohemians

    Eimear McBride

    Won

2015

  1. You Don't Have to Live Like This

    Benjamin Markovits

    Won

2014

  1. In the Light of What We Know

    Zia Haider Rahman

    Won

2013

  1. Harvest

    Jim Crace

    Won

2012

  1. The Deadman's Pedal

    Alan Warner

    Won

2011

  1. You and I

    Padgett Powell

    Won

2010

  1. The Lotus Eaters

    Tatjana Soli

    Won

2009

  1. The Children's Book

    A. S. Byatt

    Won

2008

  1. The Secret Scripture

    Sebastian Barry

    Won

2007

  1. Our Horses in Egypt

    Rosalind Belben

    Won

2006

  1. The Road

    Cormac McCarthy

    Won

2005

  1. Saturday

    Ian McEwan

    Won

2004

  1. GB84

    David Peace

    Won

2003

  1. Personality

    Andrew O'Hagan

    Won

2002

  1. The Corrections

    Jonathan Franzen

    Won

2001

  1. Something Like a House

    Sid Smith

    Won

2000

  1. White Teeth

    Zadie Smith

    Won