PAN Books inaugurated their ‘Golden PAN Award’ in June 1964 for any author selling more than a million copies of anyone one title published and sold by PAN

As PAN doesn’t have a definitive list of winners I thought we should have a go at making one. Some authors are very easy to find and are well documented but others …….!

This is a work in progress with many titles/authors/dates of award not book publication missing or possibly wrong so if you can help please add a comment or email me at tim@tikit.net

ADAMS Douglas

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979) Awarded Roof Garden Kensington 12th January 1984
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980) Awarded Roof Garden Kensington 10th May 1988
Life, The Universe & Everything (1982) Awarded Grouch Club 25th November 1991

ALLINSON Kate & Featherstone Kay

Pinch of Nom (2019) Awarded 9th November 2020

ARCHER Jeffrey

Only Time Will Tell (2011)  Awarded Foyles 5th September 2017

BACH Richard

Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Story (1973) No details available

BENCHLEY Peter

Jaws ((1975) Awarded Dorchester Hotel 24th November 1975

BRADDON Russell

The Naked Island (1955) Awarded 1974

BRICKHILL Paul

The Dam Buster (1954) Awarded 1964

BURTON Jessie

The Miniaturist (2014) Awarded PAN Offices Smithson 28th February 2022

CAMPBELL Rod

Dear Zoo (1987) Awarded 11th September 2006

CELADOR

Who Wants to be a Millionaire (2001) Awarded 14th November 2001

COLLINS Jackie

Hollywood Lives (1984) Awarded1985
Lovers and Gamblers (1978) Awarded 1989
Chances (1982) Awarded 1989
Hollywood Husbands (1987) Awarded 1994
Lucky (1986) Awarded 1998

DONALDSON Julia

The Gruffalo Author (1999) Awarded Foyles 5th September 2017

DONOGHUE Emma

The Room (2010) Awarded Foyles 5th September 2017

FIELDING Helen

Bridget Jones’s Diary(1996) Awarded 1st 1999 2nd2001 3rd 2003
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (1999) Awarded 1st 2001 2nd 2001

FLEMING Ian

Casino Royale (1955) Awarded 1965
Moonraker (1956) Awarded 1965
Live and Let Die (1957) Awarded 1965
Diamonds Are Forever (1958) Awarded 1965
From Russia With Love (1959) Awarded 1965
Dr No (1963) Awarded 1965
Thunderball (1963) Awarded 1965

FOLLETT Ken

Pillars of the Earth (1989) Awarded The Globe September 2017

FRANK Anne

The Diary of a Young Girl (1954) Awarded 1971

HAILEY Arthur

Hotel (1966) Awarded Sidney July 20th 1976
The Money Changers(1976) Awarded 2nd June1981

HERRIOT James

If Only They Could Talk (1976) Awarded Savoy Hotel July 29th 1976
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet (1976) Awarded Savoy Hotel July 29th 1976
Let Sleeping Vets Lie (1976) Awarded Savoy Hotel July 29th 1976
Vet in Harness (1976) Awarded Savoy Hotel July 29th 1976

Vets Might Fly (1978) Awarded 1978
Vet in a Spin (1978) Awarded London 26th February 1979

HIGGINS Jack

The Eagle Has Landed (1976) Awarded Birmingham 18th May 1977

HOWATCH Susan

Penmarric (1972) Awarded 1985

JAMES Clive

Unreliable Memoirs (1981) Awarded 2004 Presented in 2006

KAY Adam

This is Going to Hurt (2018) Awarded PAN Offices, New Wharf Road,  22nd January 2019

KESEY Ken

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1973) Possibly awarded in 1985

LE CARRE John

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1964) Awarded PAN Offices, Cavaye Place, ????
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1975) Awarded 1985

MAYLE Peter

A Year In Provence (1990) Awarded ????

METALIOUS Grace

Peyton Place (1959) Awarded 1965
Return to Peyton Place (1961) Awarded 1965

MONKS Lydia

What The Ladybird Heard (2009) Awarded 27th February 2019

MORTON Kate

The House At Riverton (2007) Awarded Pan Offices, The Smithson, October 2019

PUZO Mario

The Godfather (1970) Awarded ????

RILEY Lucinda

The Seven Sisters (2014) Awarded posthumously, The Ned, 29th February 2024

SCHEFFLER Axel

The Gruffalo Illustrator (1999) Awarded Foyles 5th September 2017

SEBOLD Alice

The Lovely Bones (2002) Awarded 2004

SILLITOE Alan

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) Awarded 1964

SMITH Wilbur

When the Sparrow Falls (1978) Awarded 5th August 1982
When the Lion Feeds (1966) Awarded The Saville Club 26th April 1984
Shout at the Devil (1970) Awarded The Saville Club 26th April 1984
The Eye of the Tiger (1976) Awarded The Saville Club 26th April 1984
Cry Wolf (1977) Awarded The Saville Club 26th April 1984
Hungry as the Sea (1979) Awarded The Saville Club 26th April 1984
Wild Justice (1980) Awarded The Saville Club 26th April 1984
A Falcon Flies (1981) Awarded The Saville Club 26th April 1984
Eagle in the Sky (1975) Awarded 1985
Men of Men (1982) Awarded 1985
The Sound of Thunder (1968) Awarded 1986
The Dark of the Sun (1968) Awarded 1989
The Sunbird (1974) Awarded 1989
The Angels Weep (1983) Awarded 1989
The Leopard Hunts in Darkness (1985) Awarded 1990
Rage (1988) Awarded 1995
Golden Fox (1991) Awarded 1995
Elephant Song (1992) Awarded 1995
The Seventh Scroll (1996) Awarded  ‘Warlock’ launch party 2001
The Power of the Sword (1987) Awarded 20??

STUART Douglas

Shuggie Bain (2020) Awarded 21st April 2022

THOMAS Leslie

The Virgin Soldiers (1967) Awarded 19??

TOSHIKAZU Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold (2019) Awarded when the author is next in UK

WICKES Joe

Lean in 15 (2015) Awarded Foyles 5th September 2017

Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life (2015) Awarded Pan Offices, Smithsons, 26th February 2022

A couple of pages with more about the Golden PAN Award from the main site

The original on which the award is based

James Heriot and his awards.