1976 , Saville (wyd. pol. , 1982) André Brink, An Instant in the Wind (wyd. pol. , 1992) , Rising Brian Moore, The Doctor's Wife , King Fisher Lives William Trevor, The Children of Dynmouth Jury: Walter Allen, Mary Wilson, Francis King.
1977 Paul Scott, Staying On (wyd. pol. , 1992) Paul Bailey, Peter Smart's Confessions , Great Granny Webster , Shadows on our Skin (wyd. pol. , 1977) Penelope Lively, The Road to Lichfield (wyd. pol. , 1990) Barbara Pym, Quartet in Autumn Jury: Philip Larkin, Beryl Bainbridge, Brendan Gill, David Hughes, Robin Ray.
1978 Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea (wyd. pol. , 1986) Kingsley Amis, Jake's Thing André Brink, Rumours of Rain Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop , God on the Rocks Bernice Rubens, A Five-Year Sentence Jury: A.J. Ayer, Clare Boylan, Derwent May, P. H. Newby, Angela Huth.
1979 Penelope Fitzgerald, Offshore Thomas Keneally, Confederates V.S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River (wyd. pol. , Czytelnik 1985;