Year: 1974

Judges

• Ion Trewin (chair)
• A. S. Byatt
• Elizabeth Jane Howard

Books

The Bottle Factory Outing

Beryl Bainbridge

Shortlisted

The Conservationist

Nadine Gordimer

Winner

Ending Up

Kingsley Amis

Shortlisted

Holiday

Stanley Middleton

Winner

In Their Wisdom

C. P. Snow

Shortlisted