Above: The Empik Awards in Poland

Awards

Listed as a Waterstones’ Paperback of the Year 2022 (Three Sisters)
Longlisted for DUBLIN Literary Awards 2021 (Cilka’s Journey)
Shortlisted for Polish Book of the Year Awards 2020 (Cilka’s Journey)
Shortlisted for the British Book Awards 2020 (Cilka’s Journey)
Longlisted for the Nielsen Adult Fiction Book of the Year 2020 (Cilka’s Journey)
Finalist for Best Fiction at the Audie Awards 2020 (Cilka’s Journey)
Winner Audie Award for Fiction 2019 (for audio book, read by Richard Armitage) (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Shortlisted for The Bookseller Book of the Year 2019 (Cilka’s Journey)
Shortlisted for the ABIA’s General Fiction Book of the Year 2019 Australia (Cilka’s Journey)
Nominee for Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction 2019 (Cilka’s Journey)
Winner Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year Australia (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Winner Neilsen Gold Bestseller Award 2019 (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Winner Apple Book of the Year 2018 (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Winner Specsavers Book of the Year 2018 (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Winner Wordery Book of the Year 2018 (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Winner Eason’s Book of the Year 2018 (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Winner Empik Book of the Year 2018 in Poland (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Winner Lubimy Czytać Best Historical Novel of 2018 Awards in Poland (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Winner Bertrand’s Foreign Fiction Book of the Year 2018 Portugal (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Winner HarperCollins Canada Fan Choice Book of the Year 2018 (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Shortlisted for The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2019 Australia (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Shortlisted for the ABIA’s General Fiction Book of the Year 2019 Australia (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Shortlisted for the British Book Awards’ Debut Book of the Year 2019 in UK (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Shortlisted for the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award 2019 in UK (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Shortlisted for Indie Book Awards 2019 Australia (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Nominated Best Historical Fiction for Goodreads Choice Awards 2018 (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)
Nominated Best Debut Author for Goodreads Choice Awards 2018 (The Tattooist of Auschwitz)

Above: Heather signs copies of The Tattooist of Auschwitz at Booktopia

Stats & Facts – The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Over five million books sold worldwide
Over 1 ½ million Bonnier Zaffre copies sold
Number 1 bestseller in the UK and Ireland
24 weeks in the Sunday Times top 10 Hardback Fiction chart
27 weeks in the Sunday Times top 10 Paperback Fiction chart
Number 1 UK bestseller on official fiction paperback list for 17 weeks – went straight to #1 on publication
TV rights sold to Synchronicity Films for a multi-part, high-end international drama series
6 Bestselling Book of 2018 in UK & Australia/New Zealand
Number 1 in Canada in its debut week and remaining in top 10 for 36 weeks
20 weeks at #1 on the New York Times Trade Paperback Fiction list
37 weeks in top 4 New York Times Trade Pb Fiction list – since publication
Number 1 bestseller in South Africa
220,000 copies sold in Australia and New Zealand
Foreign rights sold in 53 territories
Ireland’s bestselling Novel of the Year 2018
Debuted at number 1 in Chile
Number 1 bestseller in Portugal
Number 1 bestseller in Hungary
Poland: 200,000 copies in print
Highest selling novel in 2018 with key Polish bookshop chain Empik
In the Dutch bestseller list for 17 weeks
In the Belgian bestseller chart for 55 weeks