This award has been awarded since 2016. In the first two years, the most successful book in terms of sales between the two festivals received it, but since then it has been awarded to the most significant book in the course of the previous year.
It consists of a plaque and a statuette designed by Igor Delov.
Winners so far:
2023 – Najat El Hachmi (Spain), “On Monday They Will Love Us”
2022 – Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus), “War’s Unwomanly Face”
2021 – Miodrag Majić (Serbia), “Pelican Island”
2020 – Niccolò Ammaniti (Italy), “Anna”
2019 – Eugene Vodolazkin (Russia), “The Aviator”
2018 – Slavenka Drakulić (Croatia), “Invisible Woman and Other Stories”
2017 – Jussi Adler-Olsen (Denmark), “The Woman in the Cage”
2016 – Esmahan Aykol (Turkey/Germany), “Murder in Hotel Bosphorus”
• BookStar, special recognition
• Finalist in the category The best Festival for 2022 within the BEAM - Best Event Awards Macedonia
• Special recognition for a promoter of reading culture 2022 of the Macedonian Association of Publishers.
• Reader's Choice Book Awards 2021 Award for Special Contribution in Publishing Sector.