National bestseller

At the first stage, a significant number of nominators (appointed by the Organizing Committee from representatives of major publishers , "thick" magazines , Russian and Russian literary figures, critics and iconic writers) are named after one work published in the reporting year or to a familiar nominator in the form of a manuscript. So the "long list" is formed. It is published in the media with the nomination of each individual work.

At the second stage, the Grand Jury (about 20 people), also formed by the Organizing Committee and consisting mainly of professional literary critics from different directions, evaluates the nominated works. At the same time, the jury never gets together and does not discuss anything collectively. Each critic selects two works from everything read, one of which puts 3 points, and the second - 1 point. The selection results are also published - indicating who voted. The works (5-6) with the highest number of points form a “short list”.

At the third stage, the Small Jury, formed by the Organizing Committee and consisting not so much of professional writers as of enlightened readers, authoritative figures of art, politics and business, makes a choice from the works of the “short list”. Voting takes place during the award process, usually on the last Friday of May in St. Petersburg. If the participants of the Small Jury have submitted the same number of votes for two works, the right to determine the winner is granted to the Honorary Chairman of the Small Jury.

In 2001–2016, the winner received a cash prize equivalent to $ 10,000, which was divided in a 7: 3 ratio between him and the nominee, and became a member of the Small Jury of the next round of the prize. Finalists received incentive prizes equivalent to $ 1,000. Since 2017, the winner receives a cash prize in the amount of 1,000,000 rubles, which is divided in a 9: 1 ratio between him and the nominee, and still becomes a member of the Small Jury of the next cycle of the prize. Finalists receive incentive prizes in the amount of 60,000 rubles. Both the main and incentive prizes are awarded only if the finalists or their proxies are present at the final ceremony ^[1] .

2001

Finalists:

• Sergey Bolmat , “ On Your Own .”
• Dmitry Bykov , “Justification”.
• Eduard Limonov , The Book of the Dead.
• Alexander Prokhanov , Walking in the Night.
• Vladimir Sorokin , The Feast .
• Leonid Yuzefovich , “Prince of the Wind”.

Jury:

• Irina Khakamada - Honorary Chairman.
• Vladimir Kogan .
• Pavel Krusanov .
• Eduard Limonov .
• Artemy Troitsky .
• Elena Schwartz .

2002

Finalists:

• Dmitry Bortnikov, Fritz's Syndrome.
• Irina Denezhkina, “Song for lovers”.
• Sergey Nosov , "Give me a monkey."
• Oleg Pavlov , “Karaganda Nines.”
• Alexander Prokhanov , "Mr. Hexogen."
• Olga Slavnikova , Immortal.

Jury:

• Vladimir Kogan is the honorary chairman.
• Julia Aug
• Vladimir Bondarenko .
• Mikhail Trofimenkov .
• Irina Khakamada .
• Sergey Shnurov .
• Leonid Yuzefovich .

2003

Finalists:

• Dmitry Bykov , "Spelling."
• Alexander Garros and Alexey Evdokimov, “[Head] breaking”.
• Vladimir Yaremenko-Tolstoy, “My-my”.
• Vyacheslav Degtev , The Cross.
• Sergey Korovin, "Farewell to the body."
• Pavel Krusanov , “ Bom-bom ”.

Jury:

• Valentin Yudashkin - Honorary Chairman.
• Leo Danilkin .
• Irina Denezhkina.
• Alexander Kulikov .
• Leonid Parfyonov .
• Alexander Privalov .
• Alexander Prokhanov .

2004

Finalists:

• Vera Galaktionova , “Winged House”.
• Ilya Masodov , "The Devils".
• Victor Pelevin , "DPP (NN)."
• Valentin Rasputin , " Daughter of Ivan, mother of Ivan ."
• Andrey Turgenev , “Month Arcachon”.
• Alexander Chervinsky, “Shishkin Forest”.

Jury:

• Alexandra Kulikova - Honorary Chairman.
• Ruben Gallego.
• Alexander Garros.
• Alexey Evdokimov.
• Alexander Ivanov .
• Tina Kandelaki .
• Ksenia Rappoport .
• Alexey Tarkhanov.

2005

Finalists:

• Dmitry Bykov , Tow Truck.
• Oleg Zayonchkovsky , "Sergeev and the Town."
• Tatyana Moskvina , "Death is all men."
• Zakhar Prilepin , "Pathology."
• Oksana Robsky , “Casual.”
• Mikhail Shishkin , “Venus of Hair”.

Jury:

• Leonid Yuzefovich - Honorary Chairman.
• Alexander Gavrilov .
• Andrey Dmitriev.
• Svetlana Konegen.
• Deacon Andrei Kuraev .
• Victor Pelevin .
• Kirill Serebrennikov .

2006

" Long list ."

Finalists:

• Dmitry Bykov , Boris Pasternak.
• Sergey Dorenko , 2008.
• Pavel Krusanov , The American Hole.
• Zakhar Prilepin , Sankya .
• Andrei Rubanov , “Plant, and grow.”
• Igor Sakhnovsky , "The Lucky and the Mad."

Jury:

• Eduard Limonov is the honorary chairman.
• Julia Belomlinskaya .
• Ekaterina Volkova .
• Demyan Kudryavtsev .
• Ilya Khrzhanovsky .
• Mikhail Shishkin .
• Svetlana Yachevskaya.

2007

" Long list ."

Finalists:

• Vadim Babenko , The Black Pelican.
• Ilya Boyashov , “The Way of Muri”.
• Dmitry Bykov , "Railway."
• Vladimir Sorokin , " Day of the Oprichnik ".
• Lyudmila Ulitskaya , "Daniel Stein, translator."
• Lena Eltang , "Escape of the Cumanica."

Jury:

• Sergey Vasiliev - Honorary Chairman.
• Vasily Barkhatov .
• Dmitry Bykov .
• Ilya Lazerson .
• Mikhail Leontiev .
• Yana Miloradovskaya.
• Anfisa Chekhov .

2008

" Long list ."

Finalists ^[2] :

• Yuri Brigadir , Mezentsefalon.
• Lev Danilkin , “The Man with the Egg: The Life and Opinions of Alexander Prokhanov .”
• Anna Kozlova , "People with a clear conscience."
• Zakhar Prilepin , "Sin."
• Alexander Sekatsky , “Two caskets: turquoise and jade.”
• Andrei Turgenev , “Sleeping and Believing: A Blockade Novel.”

Jury:

• Ilya Shtemler - Honorary Chairman.
• Ilya Boyashov .
• Marat Gelman .
• Galina Dursthof.
• Boris Fedorov .
• Emilia Spivak .
• Alexey Yagudin .

2009

" Long list ."

Finalists:

• Ilya Boyashov , “Tanker, or the White Tiger.”
• Andrey Gelasimov , “Steppe Gods”.
• Sergey Nosov , “The Secret Life of St. Petersburg Monuments”.
• Herman Sadulaev , “Pill”.
• Sergey Samsonov , “Kamlaev’s Anomaly”.
• Alexander Snegirev , Oil Venus.

Jury ^[3] :

• Andrey Galiev is the honorary chairman.
• Dmitry Borisov
• Mikhail Kalatozishvili .
• Andrey Kolesnikov .
• Zakhar Prilepin .
• Konstantin Kolshevnikov.
• Olga Shelest .

2010

" Long list ."

Finalists ^{[4] [5] [6]} :

• Vasily Avchenko , “Right-hand drive”.
• Andrey Astvatsaturov , “People in the Naked”.
• Eduard Kochergin , “Baptized with Crosses.”
• Pavel Krusanov , “Dead Language”.
• Oleg Lukoshin , “Capitalism”.
• Roman Senchin , The Yeltyshevs.

Jury ^[5] :

• Konstantin Dublin - Honorary Chairman.
• Valeria Gai Germanicus .
• Andrey Gelasimov .
• Andrey Konstantinov .
• Sevara Nazarhan .
• Maxim Suraev .
• Irina Tintyakova.

2011

" Long list ."

Finalists ^[7] :

• Dmitry Bykov , “Ostromov, or Sorcerer's Apprentice” (11 points).
• Figl-Migl , “You Love These Films So Much” (6 points).
• Mikhail Elizarov , "Cartoons" (6 points).
• Pavel Pepperstein , Prague Night (6 points).
• Andrey Rubanov , “Psychedelic” (6 points).
• Sergey Shargunov , “Book without photos” (5 points).

Jury ^[8] :

• Ksenia Sobchak - Honorary Chairman.
• Ivan Alekseev (Noize MC) .
• Sergey Bogdanov .
• Svetlana Ivannikova.
• Oleg Kashin .
• Eduard Kochergin .
• Alexey Uchitel .

Jubilee Super-Natsbest Award

In 2011, in honor of the decade of existence of the National Bestseller Prize, the jubilee Super-Natsbest Prize was awarded (in the amount of $ 100,000). The competition was held among the winners of the National Bestseller Prize of previous years ^[9] .

Contestants ^{[10] [11]} :

• Leonid Yuzefovich , “Prince of the Wind”.
• Alexander Prokhanov , "Mr. Hexogen."
• Alexander Garros and Alexey Evdokimov, “[Head] breaking”.
• Victor Pelevin , "DPP (NN)."
• Mikhail Shishkin , “Venus of Hair”.
• Dmitry Bykov , Boris Pasternak.
• Ilya Boyashov , “The Way of Muri”.
• Zakhar Prilepin , "Sin."
• Andrey Gelasimov , “Steppe Gods”.
• Eduard Kochergin , “Baptized with Crosses.”

Jury:

• Arkady Dvorkovich - Honorary Chairman.
• Sergey Vasiliev .
• Andrey Galiev.
• Vladimir Kogan .
• Alexander Kulikov .
• Eduard Limonov .
• Konstantin Dublin .
• Irina Khakamada .
• Ilya Shtemler .
• Valentin Yudashkin .
• Leonid Yuzefovich .

2012

Finalists ^[12] :

• Alexander Terekhov , “Germans” (12 points).
• Vladimir Lidsky, Russian Sadism (7 points).
• Vladimir Lorchenkov , “Mine of King Solomon” (7 points).
• Marina Stepnova, “Women of Lazarus” (7 points) ^[13] .
• Sergey Nosov , “Francoise, or The Way to the Glacier” (6 points).
• Anna Starobinets , “Living” (6 points).

Jury ^[14] :

• Sergey Shnurov - Honorary Chairman.
• Dmitry Olshansky .
• Zhenya Otto.
• Zakhar Prilepin .
• Mikhail Rodionov.
• Valery Solomin .
• Karen Shakhnazarov .

2013

Finalists ^[15] :

• Maxim Kantor , “Red Light” (10 points).
• Evgeny Vodolazkin, Laurel (7 points).
• Ildar Abuzyarov , Mutabor (6 points).
• Sofia Kupryashina, “Viewfinder” (6 points).
• Olga Pogodina-Kuzmina , “Power of the Dead” (5 points).
• Figl-Migl , “Wolves and Bears” (5 points) ^[16] .

The jury :

• Lev Makarov - Honorary Chairman.
• Alexander Borovsky .
• Sergey Zhadan .
• Konstantin Krylov .
• Zlata Polishchuk .
• Nika Strizhak .
• Alexander Terekhov .

2014

Finalists ^[17] :

• Sergey Shargunov , "1993".
• Pavel Krusanov , “The King of the Head”.
• Ksenia Buksha , “Factory“ Freedom “” ^[18] .
• Vladimir Sharov , "Return to Egypt."
• Marat Basyrov , "Printing Machine".
• Vladimir Sorokin , Telluria .

The jury :

• Leonid Yuzefovich - Honorary Chairman.
• Julia Aug
• Tatyana Gevorgyan .
• Nikolay Kopeikin .
• Boris Kupriyanov .
• Alexey Lebedev .
• Figl Migl .

2015

Finalists ^[19] :

• Sergey Nosov , “Braces” (19 points) ^[20] .
• Oleg Kashin , “Gorbi Dream” (6 points).
• Anna Matveeva , “Nine Nineties” (6 points).
• Alexander Snegiryov , “Faith” (6 points).
• Vasily Avchenko , “Crystal in a transparent frame” (5 points).
• Tatyana Moskvina , “Life of a Soviet Girl” (5 points).

The jury :

• Artemy Troitsky - Honorary Chairman.
• Ksenia Buksha .
• Alla Mikheeva .
• Vadim Stepantsov .
• Vladimir Shinkarev .
• Yefim Shifrin .
• Sergey Yashin.

2016

Finalists:

• Leonid Yuzefovich , “Winter Road” (12 points).
• Eldar Sattarov , “Transit Saigon - Almaty” (9 points).
• Aglaya Toporova, “Ukraine of Three Revolutions” (8 points).
• Maria Galina , "Autochtones" (7 points).
• Michael Odnobibl, "Queue" (5 points).

The jury :

• Natalya Treushnikova - Honorary Chairman.
• Marina Alekseeva.
• Konstantin Bronzit .
• Sergey Volkov.
• Oleg Cargo.
• Andrey Moguchy .
• Sergey Nosov .

2017

Finalists:

• Andrey Rubanov , Patriot (6 points).

• Elena Dolgopyat, "Homeland" (9 points).

• Sergey Belyakov , “Shadow of Mazepa. The Ukrainian nation in the era of Gogol ”(6 points).

• Anna Kozlova , “F20” (10 points).

• Alexander Brener , “The Lives of the Murdered Artists” (6 points).

• Figl-Migl , "This Country" (6 points).

• Andrey Filimonov, “Tadpole and Saints” (7 points).

The jury :

• Konstantin Ernst - Honorary Chairman.
• Vasily Vakulenko ( Basta ).
• Anna Kovalchuk .
• Boris Khlebnikov .
• Nastasya Khrushchev .
• Sergey Choban .
• Leonid Yuzefovich .

2018

Finalists:

• Vasily Aksenov , “If there was a daughter Anastasia” (6 points).
• Maria Labych, “Bitch” (6 points).
• Dmitry Petrovsky, “Honey, I'm home” (5 points).
• Alexey Salnikov , “Petrov in and around the flu” (12 points).
• Anna Starobinets , “Look at him” (6 points).

The jury :

• Artem Obolensky - Honorary Chairman.
• Tatyana Akhmetgalieva
• Alexey Venediktov .
• Anna Kozlova .
• Helen Mela.
• Peter Semak .
• Dmitry Kuznetsov ( Husky ).

2019

Finalists

• Alexander Etoev , "I will always be with you."
• Andrei Rubanov , “Finist is a clear falcon” ^[21] .
• Evgenia Nekrasova, "Kalechina-Malechina."
• Ghoul Likhoy , "Slavic otaku."
• Alexander Pelevin , Four.
• Mikhail Trofimenkov , “The 20th century represents. Personnel and cadavres. "

Jury

• Yuri Voronin - Honorary Chairman.
• Andrey Shamray.
• Christina Potupchik .
• Dmitry Puchkov (Goblin) .
• Alexey Salnikov .
• Vladimir Bortko .
• Semen Pegov .

• Trunin K. Laureates of Russian literary prizes

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