Author record · 2012 to 2025

Benjamin Wood: Awards and Best-of Lists

Benjamin Wood has won 1 award, the Nero Book Awards (2025) for Seascraper, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 4 longlist or nominee places, and 3 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025SeascraperNero Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Fiction
2025SeascraperBooker Prize source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2025SeascraperThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2025SeascraperChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction
2022The Young AccompliceThe Irish Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books of the Year
2020A Station on the Path to Somewhere BetterDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2019A Station on the Path to Somewhere BetterCWA Daggers source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Gold Dagger
2014The Bellwether RevivalsDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2012The Bellwether RevivalsCosta Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · First Novel
2012The Bellwether RevivalsDesmond Elliott Prize source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction

Books

  1. Seascraper4 sources · 2025
  2. The Bellwether Revivals3 sources · 2012 to 2014
  3. A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better2 sources · 2019 to 2020
  4. The Young Accomplice1 source · 2022