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Helen Dunmore: Awards and Best-of Lists

Helen Dunmore has won 2 awards, including the Costa Book Awards (2017) for Inside the Wave, with 3 shortlist or finalist places, 4 longlist or nominee places, and 5 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2018Birdcage WalkBritish Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Fiction Book of the Year
2018Birdcage WalkWalter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Historical Fiction
2017Inside the WaveCosta Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Book of the Year
2017Inside the WaveCosta Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2017Birdcage WalkThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2017Inside the WaveThe Observer Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2016ExposureKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2016ExposureThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2015The LieWalter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Historical Fiction
2012The BetrayalDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2011The BetrayalThe Orwell Prize (book prizes) source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Book
2010The BetrayalBooker Prize source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2010The BetrayalFinancial Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2006House of OrphansWomen's Prize for Fiction source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction

Books

  1. The Betrayal4 sources · 2010 to 2012
  2. Birdcage Walk3 sources · 2017 to 2018
  3. Exposure2 sources · 2016
  4. Inside the Wave2 sources · 2017
  5. House of Orphans1 source · 2006
  6. The Lie1 source · 2015