Book of the Year

Book of the Year

Vote on the winner of our Book of the Year title. You decide who wins.

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We created a shortlist of the most popular books by Scottish authors in our libraries during 2023. These titles were selected because of the high number of issues in our libraries and because they were first published in either 2022 or 2023.

2023 Book of the Year Shortlist

North Lanarkshire Libraries Book of the Year 2023 Results:

Peter May – A Winter Grave (4%)
Stuart MacBride – The Dead of Winter (2%)
Ian Rankin – A Heart Full of Headstones  (17%)
Alex Gray – Questions for a Dead Man (2%)
Christopher Brookmyre – The Cliff House (4%)
Elissa Soave – Ginger and Me (68%)
Claire Askew – The Dead Don’t Speak (0%)
Alan Parks – To Die In June (4%)

And the 2023 Winner was, as Voted by You…:

Elissa Soave – Ginger and Me

Voting Results

2022 Award

And the 2022 Winner was, as Voted by You…:

Janey Godley – Nothing Left Unsaid

2021 Award

And the 2021 Winner was, as Voted by You…:

James Oswald – What Will Burn

2020 Award

2020 Book of the Year Shortlist

And the 2020 Winner was, as Voted by You…:

Denzil Meyrick – Jeremiah’s Bell

2019 Award

2019 Book of the Year Shortlist

And the 2019 Winner was, as Voted by You…:

M. J. Cross – What She Saw Last Night

2018 Award

2018 Book of the Year Shortlist

And the 2018 Winner was, as Voted by You…:

Irvine Welsh – Dead Men’s Trousers