The Sunday Express Book of the Year also known as The Sunday Express Fiction Award was awarded between 1987 and 1993. Worth £20,000 for the winner and £1,000 for each of the five shortlisted authors, it was the most lucrative fiction prize in Britain at the time.^[1]

• 1987 – Brian Moore, The Colour of Blood
• 1988 – David Lodge, Nice Work
• 1989 – Rose Tremain, Restoration
• 1990 – J. M. Coetzee, Age of Iron
• 1991 – Michael Frayn, A Landing on the Sun
• 1992 – Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
• 1993 – William Boyd, The Blue Afternoon