In the UK, the Costa Book Awards announced their shortlists in five categories. Winners will be named January 4, with the overall Costa winner announced February 1.
The nominees for the First Novel prize:
The Manningtree Witches, by A. K. Blakemore
Fault Lines, by Emily Itami
Open Water, by Caleb Azumah Nelson
The Stranding, by Kate Sawyer
The nominees for the Costa Novel Award:
Unsettled Ground, by Claire Fuller
The High House, by Jessie Greengrass
The Fortune Men, by Nadifa Mohamed
The Island of Missing Trees, by Elif Shafak
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