Year: 2015

Judges

Michael Wood (chair)
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
John Burnside
Sam Leith
Frances Osborne

Books

A Brief History of Seven Killings

Winner

'A Brief History of Seven Killings' by Marlon James

The Fishermen

Chigozie Obioma

Shortlisted

'The Fishermen' by Chigozie Obioma

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

Shortlisted

'A Little Life' by Hanya Yanagihara

Satin Island

Shortlisted

'Satin Island' by Tom McCarthy

A Spool of Blue Thread

Shortlisted

'A Spool of Blue Thread' by Anne Tyler

The Year of the Runaways

Shortlisted

'The Year of the Runaways' by Sunjeev Sahota