W H Smith Book Awards

The W H Smith Book Awards are open to all books first published in the U.K. in English during the calendar year 1 January - 31 December. Judges turn the longlist produced by W H Smith into a shortlist and the awards are opened to public voting. The winning author in each category receives a prize of £5,000.

Results are no longer available for these awards.

• Fiction
• General knowledge
• Autobiography / Biography
• Children's
• Business
• New Talent
• Home and Leisure
• Travel writing
• Literary Award
• Thumping good read