The British Book Award for Illustrated Book of the Year, otherwise known as the award for the best coffee table book of the year was awarded between the years 1995 and 2004. Although a 'graphic novel' (as I think it might be termed) Ethel and Ernest once won the award, it was generally awarded to whatever best selling book of the year had the most pictures.

Past Winners

• 1995 - The Art Book
• 1996 - The River Cafe Cookbook Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers
• 1997 - Flora Britannica Richard Mabey
• 1998 - The Lost Gardens of Heligan Tim Smit
• 1999 - Ethel and Ernest Raymond Briggs
• 2000 - Century Bruce Bernard
• 2001 - The Beatles Anthology
• 2002 - The Blue Planet Andrew Byatt, Alastair Fothergill, Martha Holmes
• 2003 - Sahara Michael Palin
• 2004 - England's Thousand Best Houses Simon Jenkins

References

http://www.brit