The Sunday Express Book of the Year also known as The Sunday Express Fiction Award was awarded between 1987 and 1993. Worth £20,000 for the winner and £1,000 for each of the five shortlisted authors, it was the most lucrative fiction prize in Britain at the time.

Winners

1987 – Brian Moore, The Colour of Blood

1988 – David Lodge, Nice Work

1989 – Rose Tremain, Restoration

1990 – J. M. Coetzee, Age of Iron

1991 – Michael Frayn, A Landing on the Sun

1992 – Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety

1993 – William Boyd, The Blue Afternoon

References

British fiction awards

Awards established in 1987

1987 establishments in the United Kingdom

Awards disestablished in 1993

1993 disestablishments in the United Kingdom

Literary awards by magazines and newspapers

Daily Express

Annual events in the United Kingdom

The Sunday Express Book of the Year