The Leper's Companions is a novel by British author Julia Blackburn, published in 1999 by Pantheon Books.

The narrative follows a grieving woman who escapes from the present by telling the story of a medieval English village.

[1] Publishers Weekly said the novel's plot was "sometimes digressive and difficult to follow" but praised Blackburn's "keen sympathy for her characters and her sensual evocation of medieval life".

[3] A review from Kirkus praised the book's vividness, describing it as "difficult, ambitious, demanding—and exquisitely, unendingly, depthlessly beautiful both in matter and manner, to be read not just once".

[5] This was the second time a Blackburn novel appeared on the shortlist, following the inclusion of The Book of Colour in 1996.