Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist voted Specsavers Book of the Year 2014

 

Jessie Burton's debut novel The Miniaturist has come top of a poll to find the best book of 2014.

The thriller was among the 10 winners from November's National Book Awards that went forward to a public vote to be named Specsavers Book of the Year.

Jessie Burton, who beat such authors as David Nicholls and Karen Joy Fowler, said she was "indebted forever to the voting public for this incredible honour".

The Miniaturist has also been named Waterstones Book of the Year.


Organisers said her critically acclaimed novel won by a "significant margin ahead of outstanding competition" including We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, Us by David Nicholls and Nathan Filer's The Shock of the Fall

Previous winners of the top award include -

• The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (2013)
•  Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James (2012)
• Caitlin Moran's How To Be A Woman (2011) and 
• One Day by David Nicholls (2010).