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The Waterstones Book of the Year, established in 2012, [1] is an annual award presented to a book published in the previous 12 months. Waterstones' booksellers nominate and vote to determine the winners and finalists for the prize. Award winners receive "full and committed backing" from Waterstones both in-person and online. [2]
The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, established in 2022, [1] is an annual literary award presented by British bookseller Waterstones to the best debut fiction published in the previous 12 months. The award is intended to "celebrate[] the very best fresh voices in fiction and share[] the joy and magic of discovering new authors."
In 2023, Winn won the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize for In Memoriam. [8] [9] The book was also nominated for the 2023 Waterstones Book of the Year and won the Waterstones Novel of the Year. [10] In October 2024 the German translation (Durch das große Feuer) won the Young Adult Jury Award of the German Youth Literature Awards at the Frankfurt ...
Katherine Rundell (born 10 July 1987) is an English author and academic. She is the author of Impossible Creatures, named Waterstones Book of the Year for 2023. [1] She is also the author of Rooftoppers, which in 2015 won both the overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize [2] and the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story, [3] and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. [4]
The New York Times named Chain-Gang All-Stars one of the top ten books of 2023. [10] Kirkus Reviews [ 4 ] and Shelf Awareness [ 11 ] also included it on their list of the year's best books. Booklist included it on their list of the top ten debut novels of the year.
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover with 10 weeks at the top of the list, followed closely by Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros with 9 weeks.
The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is therefore open only to authors who have published no more than two or three books, depending on which category they are in. [1] The prize is awarded by ...
Waterstones Booksellers Limited, trading as Waterstones (formerly Waterstone's), is a British book retailer that operates 311 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and also other nearby countries. [5] As of February 2014 [update] , it employs around 3,500 staff in the UK and Europe. [ 5 ]