Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

Updated October 2, 2025
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The Heart in Winter
Barry, Kevin.
Paper Book
A BEST BOOK OF 2024 FROM THE ECONOMIST AND THE MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE Award-winning writer Kevin Barry's first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romantic tale of young lovers on the lam in 1890s Montana. "A wedding of Cormac McCarthy with Flann O'Brien;...
Glorious exploits
Lennon, Ferdia
Paper Book
Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction Winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Winner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Shortlisted for...
Clear
Davies, Carys.
Paper Book
"Tender, riveting, and inventive is Clear, the newest offering and masterpiece from the brilliant Carys Davies. It will take your breath away...What a thrill." --Sarah Jessica Parker Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, 2024 Bookmark Festival Book...
A sign of her own
Marsh, Sarah C. (Novelist)
Paper Book
A mesmerizing tale of historical fiction that follows a deaf former student of Alexander Graham Bell as she learns to reclaim her own authentic voice. Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and...
Munichs: 'Absolutely gripping.' The Times, 'Best books of 2024'
Peace, David (Author).
Paper Book
One of The Week's Best novels of 2024 From the acclaimed author of The Damned Utd, a novel of tragedy and renewal, inspired by one of the greatest disasters in the history of sports. In 1958, Manchester United was flying high: the best-known soccer team in...

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