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HUGHES & HUGHES IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR
MILES FRANKLIN AWARD
MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARD
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
The Hughes & Hughes Award is part of the annual Irish Book Awards.
| 2003 | That They May Face The Rising Sun John McGahern |
| 2004 | Dancer Colum McCann |
| 2005 | Havoc In Its Third Year Ronan Bennett |
| 2006 | The Sea John Banville |
| 2007 | Winterwood Pat McCabe |
| 2008 | The Gathering Anne Enright |
| 2009 | The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry |
| 2010 | Room Emma Donoghue |
Awarded for a novel or play of the highest literary merit, written by an Australian, presenting aspects of Australian life, and published during the preceding year.
| 1957 | Voss Patrick White |
| 1958 | To the Islands Randolph Stow |
| 1959 | The Big Fellow Vance Palmer |
| 1960 | The Irishman Elizabeth O’Connor |
| 1961 | Riders in the Chariot Patrick White |
| 1962 | The Well-Dressed Explorer Thea Astley The Cupboard Under the Stairs George Turner |
| 1963 | Careful He Might Hear You Sumner Locke Elliott |
| 1964 | My Brother Jack George Johnston |
| 1965 | The Slow Natives Thea Astley |
| 1966 | Trap Peter Mathers |
| 1967 | Bring Larks and Heroes Thomas Keneally |
| 1968 | Three Cheers for the Paraclete Thomas Keneally |
| 1969 | Clean Straw for Nothing George Johnston |
| 1970 | A Horse of Air Dal Stivens |
| 1971 | The Unknown Industrial Prisoner David Ireland |
| 1972 | The Acolyte Thea Astley |
| 1973 | No award |
| 1974 | The Mango Tree Ronald McKie |
| 1975 | Poor Fellow My Country Xavier Herbert |
| 1976 | The Glass Canoe David Ireland |
| 1977 | Swords and Crowns and Rings Ruth Park |
| 1978 | Tirra Lirra by the River Jessica Anderson |
| 1979 | A Woman of the Future David Ireland |
| 1980 | The Impersonators Jessica Anderson |
| 1981 | Bliss Peter Carey |
| 1982 | Just Relations Rodney Hall |
| 1983 | No award |
| 1984 | Shallows Tim Winton |
| 1985 | The Doubleman Christopher Koch |
| 1986 | The Well Elizabeth Jolley |
| 1987 | Dancing on Coral Glenda Adams |
| 1988 | No award |
| 1989 | Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey |
| 1990 | Oceana Fine Tom Flood |
| 1991 | The Great World David Malouf |
| 1992 | Cloudstreet Tim Winton |
| 1993 | The Ancestor Game Alex Miller |
| 1994 | The Grisly Wife Rodney Hall |
| 1995 | The Hand That Signed the Paper Helen Demidenko |
| 1996 | Highways to a War Christopher Koch |
| 1997 | The Glade Within the Grove David Foster |
| 1998 | Jack Maggs Peter Carey |
| 1999 | Eucalyptus Murray Bail |
| 2001 | Dark Palace Frank Moorhouse |
| 2002 | Dirt Music Tim Winton |
| 2003 | Journey to the Stone Country Alex Miller |
| 2004 | The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard |
| 2005 | The White Earth Andrew McGahan |
| 2006 | The Ballad of Desmond Kale Roger McDonald |
| 2007 | Carpentaria Alexis Wright |
| 2008 | The Time We Have Taken Steven Carroll |
| 2009 | Breath Tim Winton |
| 2010 | Truth Peter Temple |
This was the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award until 1994. Author must be a New Zealand citizen. From 2010 the prize was renamed the New Zealand Post Book Award.
| 1968 | The New Zealand Sea Shore John Morton/M. Miller |
| 1969 | Augustus Earle in New Zealand A. Murray-Oliver |
| 1970 | Fateful Voyage of the St Jean Baptiste John Dunmore |
| 1971 | William and Mary Rolleston Rosemary Rolleston |
| 1972 | 200 Years of New Zealand Painting Gil Docking |
| 1973 | Strangers and Journeys Maurice Shadbolt |
| 1974 | Tangi Witi Ihimaera |
| 1975 | Nothing Venture, Nothing Win Sir Edmund Hillary |
| 1976 | The Wind Commands Harry Morton |
| 1977 | Charles Brasch James Bertram |
| 1978 | Sovereign Chief: A Biography of Baron de Thierry J. D. Raeside |
| 1979 | Plumb Maurice Gee |
| 1980 | Leaves of the Banyan Tree Albert Wendt |
| 1981 | Eruera Eruera Stirling/Anne Salmond Te Rauparaha Patricia Burns |
| 1982 | Craft New Zealand Doreen Blumhardt, Brian Brake Other Halves Sue McCauley |
| 1983 | To the Is-Land Janet Frame |
| 1984 | Maori: A Photographic and Social History Michael King |
| 1985 | The Envoy from Mirror City Janet Frame |
| 1986 | The Matriarch Witi Ihimaera |
| 1987 | Season of the Jew Maurice Shadbolt |
| 1988 | The Treaty of Waitangi Claudia Orange |
| 1989 | Sylvia Lynley Hood |
| 1990 | Moriori Michael King |
| 1991 | The Burning Boy Maurice Gee |
| 1992 | Portrait of the Artist’s Wife Barbara Anderson |
| 1993 | Going West Maurice Gee |
| (Name change to Montana Book Award) | |
| 1994 | Let the River Stand Vincent O’Sullivan |
| 1995 | Bulibasha Witi Ihimaera |
| (Name change to Montana New Zealand Book Award) | |
| 1996 | Redemption Songs – A Life of To Kooti Arikangii Te Turuki Judith Binney |
| 1997 | The Story of Suzanne Aubert Jessie Munroe |
| 1998 | Live Bodies Maurice Gee |
| 1999 | The Vintner’s Luck Elizabeth Knox |
| 2000 | Harlequin Rex Owen Marshall |
| 2001 | The Book of Fame Lloyd Jones |
| 2002 | Stonedogs Craig Marriner |
| 2003 | The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson |
| 2004 | Slow Water Annamarie Jagoose |
| 2005 | Tue Patricia Gace |
| 2006 | Blindsight Maurice Gee |
| 2007 | Mister Pip Lloyd Jones |
| 2008 | Opportunity Charlotte Grimshaw |
| 2009 | About My Wife Emily Perkins |
| 2010 | As the Earth Turns Silver Alison Wong |
Author must be an American citizen. Books cannot be submitted for this but are selected by a panel.
| 1950 | The Man With the Golden Arm Nelson Algren |
| 1951 | Collected Stories William Faulkner |
| 1952 | From Here to Eternity James Jones |
| 1953 | Invisible Man Ralph Ellison |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow |
| 1955 | Ten North Frederick John O’Hara |
| 1956 | No award |
| 1957 | Field of Vision Wright Morris |
| 1958 | The Wapshot Chronicle John Cheever |
| 1959 | The Magic Barrel Bernard Malamud |
| 1960 | Goodbye, Columbus Philip Roth |
| 1961 | The Waters of Kronos Conrad Richter |
| 1962 | The Moviegoer Walker Percy |
| 1963 | Morte d’Urban J. F. Powers |
| 1964 | The Centaur John Updike |
| 1965 | Herzog Saul Bellow |
| 1966 | The Collected Stories Katherine Anne Porter |
| 1967 | The Fixer Bernard Malamud |
| 1968 | The Eighth Day Thornton Wilder |
| 1969 | Steps Jerzy Kosinski |
| 1970 | Them Joyce Carol Oates |
| 1971 | Mr Sammler’s Planet Saul Bellow |
| 1972 | The Complete Stories Flannery O’Connor |
| 1973 | Chimera John Barth |
| 1974 | Gravity’s Rainbow Thomas Pynchon A Crown of Feathers Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| 1975 | Dog Soldiers Robert Stone The Hair of Harold Roux Thomas Williams |
| 1976 | J.R. William Gaddis |
| 1977 | The Spectator Bird Wallace Stegner |
| 1978 | Blood Ties Mary Lee Settle |
| 1979 | Going After Cacciato Tim O’Brien |
| 1980 | Sophie’s Choice William Styron |
| 1981 | Plains Song Wright Morris |
| 1982 | Rabbit is Rich John Updike |
| 1983 | The Color Purple Alice Walker |
| 1984 | Victory over Japan Ellen Gilchrist |
| 1985 | White Noise Don DeLillo |
| 1986 | World’s Fair E. L. Doctorow |
| 1987 | Paco’s Story Larry Heinemann |
| 1988 | Paris Trout Pete Dexter |
| 1989 | Spartina John Casey |
| 1990 | Middle Passage Charles Johnson |
| 1991 | Mating Norman Rush |
| 1992 | All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy |
| 1993 | The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx |
| 1994 | A Frolic of His Own William Gaddis |
| 1995 | Sabbath’s Theater Philip Roth |
| 1996 | Ship Fever and Other Stories Andrea Barrett |
| 1997 | Cold Mountain Charles Frazier |
| 1998 | Charming Billy Alice McDermott |
| 1999 | Waiting Ha Jin |
| 2000 | In America Susan Sontag |
| 2001 | The Corrections Jonathan Franzen |
| 2002 | Three Junes Julia Glass |
| 2003 | The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard |
| 2004 | The News From Paraguay Lily Tuck |
| 2005 | Europe Central William Vollmann |
| 2006 | The Echo Maker Richard Powers |
| 2007 | Tree of Smoke Denis Johnson |
| 2008 | Shadow Country Peter Matthiessen |
| 2009 | Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann |
| 2010 | Lord of Misrule Jaimy Gordon |
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