| Alistair Maclean |
Leading thriller writer |
| Allan Mallinson |
Historical military fiction |
| John Masefield |
Recommended English literature |
| Patrick McCabe |
Breakfast on Pluto |
| Anne McCaffrey |
Top science fiction author |
| Colum McCann |
This Side of Darkness |
| Cormac McCarthy |
The Border Trilogy |
| Jane Mendelsohn |
I Was Amelia Earhart |
| Judith Merril |
Shadow on the Hearth |
| Claire Messud |
The Last Life |
| Kyle Mills |
Sphere of Influence |
| Michael Molloy |
The Witch Trade |
| Brian Moore |
Black Robe |
| Margaret Moore |
Forests of the Night |
| Blake Morrison |
The Justification of Johann Gutenberg |
| Maise Mosco |
The Waiting Game |
| Kate Muir |
Suffragette City |
| Julie Myerson |
Laura Blundy |
