Big Book (award)

• First place — 3 million rubles.
• Second place — 1.5 million rubles.
• Third place — 1 million rubles.

Founders

• Alfa-Bank JSC
• Renova Group
• Roman Abramovich, Russian-Israeli businessman, investor and politician
• Alexander Mamut, Russian lawyer, banker and investor
• LitRes e-book and audiobook service
• Chitai-Gorod bookstore chain
• GUM department store
• Medved magazine
• Video International

• Ministry of Culture of Russia
• Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation
• Federal Agency on Culture and Cinematography
• Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Russian Book Union
• Russian Library Association
• All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company
• Russian News Agency TASS
• Gazprom-Media holding
• Komsomolskaya Pravda Publishing House JSC

Board of trustees

• Oleg Sysuyev – first deputy chairman of the board of directors of Alfa-Bank and vice-president of the All-Russian Congress of Municipal Formations
• Aleksandr Avdeyev – Ambassador of Russia to the Holy See and representative of the Russian Federation to the Sovereign Order of Malta
• Vsevolod Bagno – professor of the Faculty of Philology of Saint Petersburg State University and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Oleg Dobrodeev – general director of the VGTRK
• Mikhail Seslavinsky – head of the FAPMC
• Sergei Stepashin – president of the Russian Book Union
• Viktor Fedorov – president of the Russian State Library
• Sergey Filatov – president of the Foundation for Socio-Economic and Intellectual Programs
• Mikhail Shvydkoy – special representative of the President of Russia for International Cultural Cooperation

Award procedure

Formation of the list of nominees ("long list")

Formation of the list of finalists ("short list")

The work of the Literary Academy (the jury)

Selection of the Readers' Sympathy Prize

Council and jury chairmen

Council of Experts

Literary Academy

• 2005—2006 — writers Daniil Granin and Edvard Radzinsky
• 2006—2007 — writer Vladimir Makanin
• 2007—2008 — writer Andrei Bitov
• 2008—2011 — writer, journalist and editor-in-chief of Literaturnaya Gazeta Yury Polyakov and historian, writer and broadcaster Aleksandr Arkhangelsky
• 2012—present — literary critic and vice-rector of the RSUH Dmitry Bak.

Winners

2005—2006

• The results of the first season were announced on November 22, 2006:
• * First prize — Dmitry Bykov for the biography Boris Pasternak.
• * Second prize — Aleksandr Kabakov for the novel Vsyo popravimo.
• * Third prize — Mikhail Shishkin for the novel Maidenhair.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to Nahum Korzhavin for the memoirs In Temptations of the Bloody Epoch.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize, according to the results of online voting, was received by the finalists of the award: Alexei Ivanov's Zoloto bunta, Dmitry Bykov's Boris Pasternak and Lyudmila Ulitskaya's The People of Our Tsar.

2006—2007

• The winners of the second season were announced on November 22, 2007, in the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Lyudmila Ulitskaya for the novel Daniel Stein, Interpreter.
• * Second prize — Aleksey Varlamov for the biography Aleksey Tolstoy.
• * Third prize — Dina Rubina for the novel On the Sunny Side of the Street.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to Andrei Bitov and Valentin Rasputin.
• The prize For Honor and Dignity was awarded posthumously to the poet and translator Ilya Kormiltsev.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Dina Rubina and, Victor Pelevin for the novel Empire V.

2007—2008

• The winners of the third season were announced on November 25, 2008, at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Vladimir Makanin for the novel Asan.
• * Second prize — Lyudmila Saraskina for the biography Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
• * Third prize — Rustam Rakhmatullin for the essay book Two Moscows, or the Metaphysics of Capitals.
• The prize For Honor and Dignity was awarded posthumously to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Rustam Rakhmatullin, Vladimir Kostin for the collection of short stories and tales Godovye koltsa and, Lyudmila Saraskina.

2008—2009

• The winners of the fourth season were announced on November 26, 2009, at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Leonid Yuzefovich for the novel Cranes and Pygmies.
• * Second prize — Aleksandr Terekhov for the novel Stone Bridge.
• * Third prize — Leonid Zorin for the collection Skverny globus.
• The prize For Honor and Dignity was awarded to Boris Vasilyev.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Andrey Baldin for the essay book Protyazheniye tochki, Leonid Yuzefovich and, Mariam Petrosyan for the novel The House in Which....

2009—2010

• The winners of the fifth season were announced on November 23, 2010, at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Pavel Basinsky for the novel Leo Tolstoy: Escape from Paradise.
• * Second prize — Aleksandr Ilichevsky for the novel Pers.
• * Third prize — Viktor Pelevin for the novel t.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded posthumously to Anton Chekhov and given to the Chekhov Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Victor Pelevin, Yevgeny Klyuyev for the novel Andermanir shtuk and, Mikhail Gigolashvili for the novel The Devil's Wheel.

2010—2011

• Winners were announced on November 29, 2011, at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Mikhail Shishkin for the novel Pismovnik.
• * Second prize — Vladimir Sorokin for the novel Metel.
• * Third prize — Dmitry Bykov for the novel Ostromov, or The Magician's Apprentice.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Mikhail Shishkin, Dmitry Bykov and, Yury Buida for the novel Blue Blood.
• The prize For Honor and Dignity was awarded to Fazil Iskander.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to Peter Mayer.

2011—2012

• Winners were announced on November 27, 2012, at a ceremony at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Daniil Granin for the novel My Lieutenant.
• * Second prize — Aleksandr Kabakov and Yevgeni Popov for the novel Aksyonov.
• * Third prize — Marina Stepnova for the novel Women of Lazarus.
• The prize For Honor and Dignity was awarded to Daniil Granin.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to Antoine Gallimard, head of the French publishing house Éditions Gallimard.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) for the book Everyday Saints and Other Stories, Maria Galina for the novel Medvedki and, Marina Stepnova.

2012—2013

• Winners were announced on November 26, 2013, at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Yevgeny Vodolazkin for the novel Lavr.
• * Second prize — Sergey Belyakov for the book Gumilyov syn Gumilyova.
• * Third prize — Yury Buida for the novel Vor, shpion i ubiytsa.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to:  Maya Kucherskaya for Aunt Motya,  Sergey Belyakov and Yevgeny Vodolazkin.

2013—2014

• Winners were announced on November 25, 2014, at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Zakhar Prilepin for the novel The Monastery.
• * Second prize — Vladimir Sorokin for the novel Telluriya.
• * Third prize — Vladimir Sharov for the novel Return to Egypt.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to Leonid Zorin.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Svetlana Alexievich for Vremya sekond khend, Zakhar Prilepin and, Aleksey Makushinsky for Parokhod v Argentinu.

2014—2015

• Winners were announced on December 10, 2015, at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Guzel Yakhina for the novel Zuleikha.
• * Second prize — Valery Zalotukha for the novel Candle.
• * Third prize — Roman Senchin for the novel Zona zatopleniya.
• The special prize For a Series of Screen Adaptations of the Classics was awarded to the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Guzel Yakhina, Anna Matveyeva for Nine Nineties and, Valery Zalotukha.

2015—2016

• Winners were announced on December 6, 2016, at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Leonid Yuzefovich for the novel The Winter Road.
• * Second prize — Yevgeny Vodolazkin for the novel The Aviator.
• * Third prize — Lyudmila Ulitskaya for the novel Jacob's Ladder.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to the Non/fiction book fair.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to:  Lyudmila Ulitskaya,  Maria Galina for the novel Autochthons and,  Yevgeny Vodolazkin.

2016—2017

• Winners were announced on December 12, 2017, at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Lev Danilkin for the work Lenin. Pantokrator solnechnykh pylinok.
• * Second prize — Sergey Shargunov for the work Katayev. Pogonya za vechnoy vesnoy.
• * Third prize — Shamil Idiatullin for the novel Gorod Brezhnev.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to Viktoriya Tokareva.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Sergey Shargunov,  Lev Danilkin and,  Shamil Idiatullin.

2017—2018

• Winners were announced on December 5, 2018, at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Mariya Stepanova for the book Pamyati pamyati.
• * Second prize — Aleksandr Arkhangelsky for the novel Byuro proverki.
• * Third prize — Dmitry Bykov for the novel June.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to Lyudmila Petrushevskaya.
• The Litblog prize was awarded to Yevgeniya Lisitsina for the literary Telegram channel greenlampbooks.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Dmitry Bykov, Oleg Yermakov for the book Raduga i Veresk and, Andrey Filimonov for Retsepty sotvoreniya mira.

2018—2019

• Winners were announced on December 10, 2019 at the Pashkov House:
• * First prize — Oleg Lekmanov, Mikhail Sverdlov and Ilya Simanovsky for the book Venedikt Yerofeyev: The Outsider.
• * Second prize — Grigory Sluzhitel for his novel Saveliy's Days.
• * Third prize — Guzel Yakhina for her novel My Children.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to Valery Popov.
• The Litblog prize was awarded to Maria Lebedeva
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Grigory Sluzhitel for his novel Saveliy's Days, Guzel Yakhina for her novel My Children and, Yevgeny Vodolazkin for his novel Brisbane.

2019—2020

• Winners were announced on December 10, 2020 at the Electrotheatre Stanislavsky:
• * First prize — Alexander Ilichevsky for his novel Newton's Blueprint.
• * Second prize — Timur Kibirov for his novel The General and His Family.
• * Third prize — Shamil Idiatullin for his novel Lenin's Ex.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to Mikhail Seslavinsky and Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Mikhail Elizarov for his novel Earth, Dina Rubina for her novel Napoleon's Oboz and, Alexei Makushinsky for his novel Suburbs of Thought. Philosophical Walk.

2020-2021

• Winners were announced on December 9, 2021 at the Pashkov House
• * First prize — Leonid Yuzefovich for his novel Philhellene.
• * Second prize — Maya Kucherskaya for her book Лесков: Прозёванный гений.
• * Third prize — Viktor Remizov for his book Вечная мерзлота.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to the team of the V. I. Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Narine Abgaryan for her novel Simon, Aleksey Polyarino for his novel Reef and, Marina Stepnova for her novel ''Garden.''

2021-2022

• Winners were announced on December 8, 2022 at the Pashkov House
• * First prize — Pavel Basinsky for his book Подлинная история Анны Карениной.
• * Second prize — Alexei Varlamov for his biography Imya Rozanova.
• * Third prize — Sergey Belyakov for his book Parizhskiye mal'chiki v stalinskoy Moskve.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to the Institute of Applied Astronomy.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Guzel Yakhina for her novel Train to Samarkand, Pavel Basinsky for his Подлинная история Анны Карениной and, Anna Matveyeva for her book Kazhdyye sto let.
• Sergey Belyakov won the Generation's Choice ''Prize''. This prize was newly established in 2022 with the goal of popularising modern prose among young people and promoting interest in Russian literature.

2022-2023

• Winners were announced on December 5, 2023 at the Pashkov House
• * First prize — Evgenii Vodolazkin for his novel Chagin.
• * Second prize — Yury Buida for his novel The Gift of Speech.
• * Third prize — Alexei Salnikov for his novel Okulttreger.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to the Sergey Filatov Foundation for Socio-Economic and Intellectual Programmes.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Zakhar Prilepin for his book Sholokhov. Illegal, Dmitriy Zakharov for his novel The Committee for the Protection of Bridges and, Eduard Verkin for his two-volume book snark. snark: Chaginsk. The snow of Enceladus.
• The Generation's Choice ''Prize, chosen by a student jury, was awarded to Oksana Vasyakina for her book Rose.
• The '_Litblog' award was awarded to Anastasia Shevchenko for her blog Punk Editor's Notes.''

2023-2024

• Winners were announced on December 5, 2024 at the Pashkov House
• * First prize — Alexei Varlamov for his novel Odsun.
• * Second prize — Mihail Chemiakin for his autobiography My Life: Until Exile.
• * Third prize — Zakhar Prilepin for his collection of stories Dogs and Other People.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to the film company Mosfilm.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to: Natalya Ilishkina for her novel Ulan Dalai, Yana Vagner for her novel Tunnel and, Darya Bobyleva for her novel The Shop is Open until Dark.
• The Generation's Choice ''Prize, chosen by a student jury, was awarded to Nadya Alekseeva for her book Polunoshchnitsa .
• The '_Litblog' award was awarded to Yelena Neshcheret for her blog Marselizatsiya.''

2024-2025

• Winners were announced on December 3, 2025 at the Pashkov House
• Prize for fiction — Edward Verkin for his novel Magpie on the Gallows.
• Prize for non-fiction — Zoya Boguslavskaya for her book Khalatnaya zhizn.
• The special prize For the Contribution to Literature was awarded to Radmila Mechanin.
• The Readers' Sympathy Prize was awarded to:
• * For fiction — Vera Bogdanova for her novel Seven Ways to Pickle Souls.
• * For non-fiction — Elena Levkievskaya for her book Belarusian Myths
• The Generation's Choice ''Prize, chosen by a student jury, was awarded to Anna Basner for her novel The Theseus Paradox and Ilya Kachergin for her collection of short prose Emergency Exit
• The '_Litblog' award was awarded to Anastasia Usova for her blog Dom Asteriya.
• The prize for Best Audiobook was awarded to the audio version of the novel Tunnel'' by Yana Vagner.