# Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards

The Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards are annual literary awards presented by the Booksellers Association in the UK and Ireland since 2016. They are sponsored by National Book Tokens.

## History and administration

The awards were launched at the 2016 Booksellers Association conference with the aim of being the first literary awards voted for by the public. A shortlist of books are voted for by bookshops who are members of the Booksellers Association, and the winner of each category is chosen by an online public vote, with over 40,000 people voting in the 2017 awards. The ceremony takes place in November in Foyles bookshop in London.
In 2016, the awards are presented in seven categories of Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, Children's, Beautiful Book, Breakthrough Author and Readers' Choice.
In 2017, there are three more categories presented which are Novel, Young Adult and Middle Grade.

## Shortlist and winners

| Year | Category | Shortlists | Winner |
| 2016 | Fiction | Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter | Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter |
| 2016 | Fiction | The Green Road by Anne Enright | Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter |
| 2016 | Fiction | The Muse by Jessie Burton | Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter |
| 2016 | Fiction | This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell | Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter |
| 2016 | Fiction | The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon | Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | It's All in Your Head by Suzanne O'Sullivan | Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane | Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig | Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard | Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan | Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi | Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig |
| 2016 | Biography & Autobiography | Alive Alive Oh! by Diana Athill | The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson |
| 2016 | Biography & Autobiography | At the Existentialist Café by Sarah Bakewell | The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson |
| 2016 | Biography & Autobiography | Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham | The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson |
| 2016 | Biography & Autobiography | The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf | The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson |
| 2016 | Biography & Autobiography | The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink | The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson |
| 2016 | Biography & Autobiography | The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson | The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson |
| 2016 | Children's | Beetle Boy by M. G. Leonard | The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie |
| 2016 | Children's | One by Sarah Crossan | The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie |
| 2016 | Children's | The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield | The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie |
| 2016 | Children's | The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers | The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie |
| 2016 | Children's | The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie | The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie |
| 2016 | Children's | The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness | The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie |
| 2016 | Beautiful Book | Cartes Postales from Greece by Victoria Hislop | The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry |
| 2016 | Beautiful Book | Golden Hill by Francis Spufford | The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry |
| 2016 | Beautiful Book | Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood | The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry |
| 2016 | Beautiful Book | Herbarium by Caz Hildebrand | The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry |
| 2016 | Beautiful Book | The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry | The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry |
| 2016 | Breakthrough Author | Abi Elphinstone | Joanna Cannon |
| 2016 | Breakthrough Author | Amy Liptrot | Joanna Cannon |
| 2016 | Breakthrough Author | Andrew Michael Hurley | Joanna Cannon |
| 2016 | Breakthrough Author | Han Kang | Joanna Cannon |
| 2016 | Breakthrough Author | Joanna Cannon | Joanna Cannon |
| 2016 | Breakthrough Author | Kit de Waal | Joanna Cannon |
| 2016 | Breakthrough Author | Lisa McInerney | Joanna Cannon |
| 2016 | Breakthrough Author | Rowan Hisayo Buchanan | Joanna Cannon |
| 2016 | Readers' Choice | | The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla |
| 2017 | Popular Fiction | Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman | How to Stop Time by Matt Haig |
| 2017 | Popular Fiction | How to Stop Time by Matt Haig | How to Stop Time by Matt Haig |
| 2017 | Popular Fiction | Munich by Robert Harris | How to Stop Time by Matt Haig |
| 2017 | Popular Fiction | The Dry by Jane Harper | How to Stop Time by Matt Haig |
| 2017 | Popular Fiction | The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan | How to Stop Time by Matt Haig |
| 2017 | Popular Fiction | The Power by Naomi Alderman | How to Stop Time by Matt Haig |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | East West Street by Philippe Sands | This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | Scribbles in the Margins by Daniel Gray | This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère | This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay | This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | Travels with my Sketchbook by Chris Riddell | This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge | This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay |
| 2017 | Novel | Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore | The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead |
| 2017 | Novel | Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney | The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead |
| 2017 | Novel | Hot Milk by Deborah Levy | The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead |
| 2017 | Novel | Swing Time by Zadie Smith | The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead |
| 2017 | Novel | The End We Start From by Megan Hunter | The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead |
| 2017 | Novel | The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead | The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead |
| 2017 | Young Adult | Piglettes by Clémentine Beauvais | The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas |
| 2017 | Young Adult | Release by Patrick Ness | The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas |
| 2017 | Young Adult | Ink by Alice Broadway | The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas |
| 2017 | Young Adult | The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas | The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas |
| 2017 | Young Adult | Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls | The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas |
| 2017 | Young Adult | Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird | The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas |
| 2017 | Middle Grade | Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll | Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll |
| 2017 | Middle Grade | Moonlocket by Peter Bunzl | Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll |
| 2017 | Middle Grade | Radio Boy by Christian O'Connell | Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll |
| 2017 | Middle Grade | The Explorer by Katherine Rundell | Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll |
| 2017 | Middle Grade | The Guggenheim Mystery by Robin Stephens and Siobhan Dowd | Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll |
| 2017 | Middle Grade | Who Let the Gods Out by Maz Evans | Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll |
| 2017 | Beautiful Book | As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Alex Preston and Neil Gower | The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris |
| 2017 | Beautiful Book | Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi | The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris |
| 2017 | Beautiful Book | Ravilious & Co by Andy Friend | The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris |
| 2017 | Beautiful Book | Tangleweed and Brine by Deirdre Sullivan | The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris |
| 2017 | Beautiful Book | The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley | The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris |
| 2017 | Beautiful Book | The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris | The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris |
| 2017 | Breakthrough Author | Abir Mukherjee | Kae Tempest |
| 2017 | Breakthrough Author | Édouard Louis | Kae Tempest |
| 2017 | Breakthrough Author | Fiona Mozley | Kae Tempest |
| 2017 | Breakthrough Author | Harriet Cummings | Kae Tempest |
| 2017 | Breakthrough Author | Kae Tempest | Kae Tempest |
| 2017 | Breakthrough Author | Mary Paulson-Ellis | Kae Tempest |
| 2017 | Readers' Choice | | This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay |
| 2018 | Novel | Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie | The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton |
| 2018 | Novel | Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty | The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton |
| 2018 | Novel | The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar | The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton |
| 2018 | Novel | The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce | The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton |
| 2018 | Novel | The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton | The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton |
| 2018 | Novel | Tin Man by Sarah Winman | The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | Educated by Tara Westover | The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken by The Secret Barrister |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | How Not to Be a Boy by Robert Webb | The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken by The Secret Barrister |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell | The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken by The Secret Barrister |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig | The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken by The Secret Barrister |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell | The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken by The Secret Barrister |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken by The Secret Barrister | The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken by The Secret Barrister |
| 2018 | Poetry | 100 Poems by Seamus Heaney | The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres |
| 2018 | Poetry | England: Poems from a School edited by Kate Clanchy | The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres |
| 2018 | Poetry | Off the Shelf edited by Carol Ann Duffy | The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres |
| 2018 | Poetry | She Must Be Mad by Charly Cox | The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres |
| 2018 | Poetry | The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres | The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres |
| 2018 | Poetry | The Poetry Pharmacy by William Sieghart | The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres |
| 2018 | Young Adult | A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge | La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman |
| 2018 | Young Adult | A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood | La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman |
| 2018 | Young Adult | Bookshop Girl by Chloe Coles | La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman |
| 2018 | Young Adult | Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi | La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman |
| 2018 | Young Adult | La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman | La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman |
| 2018 | Young Adult | Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean | La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman |
| 2018 | Middle Grade | A Spoonful of Murder by Robin Stevens | The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle |
| 2018 | Middle Grade | Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy | The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle |
| 2018 | Middle Grade | Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend | The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle |
| 2018 | Middle Grade | Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks and Quinton Winter | The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle |
| 2018 | Middle Grade | The 1,000-year-old Boy by Ross Welford | The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle |
| 2018 | Middle Grade | The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle | The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle |
| 2018 | Beautiful Book | A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood | Virago Modern Classics 40th anniversary series designed by Hannah Wood, illustrated by Yehrin Tong |
| 2018 | Beautiful Book | Bookworm by Lucy Mangan | Virago Modern Classics 40th anniversary series designed by Hannah Wood, illustrated by Yehrin Tong |
| 2018 | Beautiful Book | Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively | Virago Modern Classics 40th anniversary series designed by Hannah Wood, illustrated by Yehrin Tong |
| 2018 | Beautiful Book | The Librarian by Salley Vickers | Virago Modern Classics 40th anniversary series designed by Hannah Wood, illustrated by Yehrin Tong |
| 2018 | Beautiful Book | The Wood: The Life & Times of Cockshutt Wood by John Lewis-Stempel | Virago Modern Classics 40th anniversary series designed by Hannah Wood, illustrated by Yehrin Tong |
| 2018 | Beautiful Book | Virago Modern Classics 40th anniversary series designed by Hannah Wood, illustrated by Yehrin Tong | Virago Modern Classics 40th anniversary series designed by Hannah Wood, illustrated by Yehrin Tong |
| 2018 | Breakthrough Author | A J Pearce | Sarah J. Harris |
| 2018 | Breakthrough Author | Joe Heap | Sarah J. Harris |
| 2018 | Breakthrough Author | Laura Carlin | Sarah J. Harris |
| 2018 | Breakthrough Author | Polly Clark | Sarah J. Harris |
| 2018 | Breakthrough Author | Preti Taneja | Sarah J. Harris |
| 2018 | Breakthrough Author | Sarah J. Harris | Sarah J. Harris |
| 2018 | Breakthrough Author | Sophie Mackintosh | Sarah J. Harris |
| 2018 | Breakthrough Author | Tommy Orange | Sarah J. Harris |
| 2018 | Readers' Choice | | Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman |
| 2018 | Outstanding Contribution to Bookselling | | Vivian Archer, Newham Bookshop |
| 2019 | Fiction | Lanny by Max Porter | Circe by Madeline Miller |
| 2019 | Fiction | Circe by Madeline Miller | Circe by Madeline Miller |
| 2019 | Fiction | An American Marriage by Tayari Jones | Circe by Madeline Miller |
| 2019 | Fiction | The Binding by Bridget Collins | Circe by Madeline Miller |
| 2019 | Fiction | Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession | Circe by Madeline Miller |
| 2019 | Fiction | Washington Black by Esi Edugyan | Circe by Madeline Miller |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | The Salt Path by Raynor Winn | Becoming by Michelle Obama |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm by Isabella Tree | Becoming by Michelle Obama |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg | Becoming by Michelle Obama |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | Becoming by Michelle Obama | Becoming by Michelle Obama |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez | Becoming by Michelle Obama |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings by Helen Jukes | Becoming by Michelle Obama |
| 2019 | Poetry | The Flame by Leonard Cohen | The Flame by Leonard Cohen |
| 2019 | Poetry | Poems to Fall in Love With by Chris Riddell | The Flame by Leonard Cohen |
| 2019 | Poetry | The Poetry Pharmacy Returns by William Sieghart | The Flame by Leonard Cohen |
| 2019 | Poetry | The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta | The Flame by Leonard Cohen |
| 2019 | Poetry | The Girl Aquarium by Jen Campbell | The Flame by Leonard Cohen |
| 2019 | Poetry | A Year of Nature Poems by Joseph Coelho and Kelly Louise Judd | The Flame by Leonard Cohen |
| 2019 | Young Adult | On the Come Up by Angie Thomas | Toffee by Sarah Crossan |
| 2019 | Young Adult | "I Will Not Be Erased": Our stories about growing up as people of colour by gal-dem | Toffee by Sarah Crossan |
| 2019 | Young Adult | Proud by various authors with foreword by Juno Dawson | Toffee by Sarah Crossan |
| 2019 | Young Adult | Toffee by Sarah Crossan | Toffee by Sarah Crossan |
| 2019 | Young Adult | Becoming Dinah by Kit de Waal | Toffee by Sarah Crossan |
| 2019 | Young Adult | Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman | Toffee by Sarah Crossan |
| 2019 | Children's Fiction | Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love | No Ballet Shoes In Syria by Catherine Bruton |
| 2019 | Children's Fiction | Malamander by Thomas Taylor | No Ballet Shoes In Syria by Catherine Bruton |
| 2019 | Children's Fiction | Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James | No Ballet Shoes In Syria by Catherine Bruton |
| 2019 | Children's Fiction | No Ballet Shoes In Syria by Catherine Bruton | No Ballet Shoes In Syria by Catherine Bruton |
| 2019 | Children's Fiction | Rumblestar by Abi Elphinstone | No Ballet Shoes In Syria by Catherine Bruton |
| 2019 | Children's Fiction | The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell | No Ballet Shoes In Syria by Catherine Bruton |
| 2019 | Beautiful Book | Circe by Madeline Miller | The Binding by Bridget Collins |
| 2019 | Beautiful Book | The Binding by Bridget Collins | The Binding by Bridget Collins |
| 2019 | Beautiful Book | The Lost Words: Spell Songs by various including Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris | The Binding by Bridget Collins |
| 2019 | Beautiful Book | How To Eat a Peach by Diana Henry | The Binding by Bridget Collins |
| 2019 | Beautiful Book | Migrations: Open Hearts, Open Borders with foreword by Shaun Tan | The Binding by Bridget Collins |
| 2019 | Beautiful Book | All the Ways to be Smart by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys | The Binding by Bridget Collins |
| 2019 | Breakthrough Author | Candice Carty-Williams | Greta Thunberg |
| 2019 | Breakthrough Author | Raynor Winn | Greta Thunberg |
| 2019 | Breakthrough Author | Ocean Vuong | Greta Thunberg |
| 2019 | Breakthrough Author | Onjali Q. Raúf | Greta Thunberg |
| 2019 | Breakthrough Author | Greta Thunberg | Greta Thunberg |
| 2019 | Breakthrough Author | Kerry Hudson | Greta Thunberg |
| 2019 | Readers' Choice | | Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez |
| 2019 | Outstanding Contribution to Bookselling | | Trevor Goul-Wheeker, former chairman at Blackwell's |
| 2020 | Fiction | Boy Parts by Eliza Clark | The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton |
| 2020 | Fiction | The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton | The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton |
| 2020 | Fiction | Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo | The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton |
| 2020 | Fiction | The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton |
| 2020 | Fiction | Weather by Jenny Offill | The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | The Dance Cure by Dr Peter Lovatt | Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty | Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman | Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent by Priyamvada Gopal | Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty |
| 2020 | Poetry | Homie by Danez Smith | Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright: An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year by Britta Teckentrup and Fiona Waters |
| 2020 | Poetry | Seagull Seagull by James K. Baxter | Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright: An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year by Britta Teckentrup and Fiona Waters |
| 2020 | Poetry | Sylvanian Family by Summer Young | Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright: An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year by Britta Teckentrup and Fiona Waters |
| 2020 | Poetry | Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright: An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year by Britta Teckentrup and Fiona Waters | Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright: An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year by Britta Teckentrup and Fiona Waters |
| 2020 | Young Adult Fiction | Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi | Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron |
| 2020 | Young Adult Fiction | Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron | Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron |
| 2020 | Young Adult Fiction | The Crossover: Graphic Novel by Kwame Alexander | Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron |
| 2020 | Young Adult Fiction | Heartstopper Vol 3 by Alice Oseman | Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron |
| 2020 | Children's Fiction | A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll | The Highland Falcon Thief by M. G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman |
| 2020 | Children's Fiction | Blended by Sharon Draper | The Highland Falcon Thief by M. G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman |
| 2020 | Children's Fiction | Gargantis by Thomas Taylor | The Highland Falcon Thief by M. G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman |
| 2020 | Children's Fiction | The Highland Falcon Thief by M. G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman | The Highland Falcon Thief by M. G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman |
| 2020 | Breakthrough Author | Brit Bennett | Jean Menzies |
| 2020 | Breakthrough Author | Jean Menzies | Jean Menzies |
| 2020 | Breakthrough Author | Kiley Reid | Jean Menzies |
| 2020 | Breakthrough Author | Douglas Stuart | Jean Menzies |
| 2020 | Readers' Choice | | Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell |
| 2021 | Fiction | Still Life by Sarah Winman | Still Life by Sarah Winman |
| 2021 | Fiction | Assembly by Natasha Brown | Still Life by Sarah Winman |
| 2021 | Fiction | Panenka by Rónán Hession | Still Life by Sarah Winman |
| 2021 | Fiction | The Appeal by Janice Hallett | Still Life by Sarah Winman |
| 2021 | Non-Fiction | The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall | I Belong Here by Anita Sethi |
| 2021 | Non-Fiction | Ancestors by Alice Roberts | I Belong Here by Anita Sethi |
| 2021 | Non-Fiction | The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes | I Belong Here by Anita Sethi |
| 2021 | Non-Fiction | I Belong Here by Anita Sethi | I Belong Here by Anita Sethi |
| 2021 | Poetry | The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman | The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman |
| 2021 | Poetry | Slug by Hollie McNish | The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman |
| 2021 | Poetry | Empty Nest by Carol Ann Duffy | The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman |
| 2021 | Poetry | The Heeding by Rob Cowen & Nick Hayes | The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman |
| 2021 | Young Adult Fiction | The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff | Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé |
| 2021 | Young Adult Fiction | The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud | Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé |
| 2021 | Young Adult Fiction | Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé | Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé |
| 2021 | Young Adult Fiction | All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O'Donoghue | Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé |
| 2021 | Children's Fiction | Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston | When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle |
| 2021 | Children's Fiction | Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll | When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle |
| 2021 | Children's Fiction | By Ash, Oak and Thorn by Melissa Harrison | When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle |
| 2021 | Children's Fiction | When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle | When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle |
| 2021 | Breakthrough Author | Dara McAnulty | Marcus Rashford |
| 2021 | Breakthrough Author | Elle McNicoll | Marcus Rashford |
| 2021 | Breakthrough Author | Monique Roffey | Marcus Rashford |
| 2021 | Breakthrough Author | Marcus Rashford | Marcus Rashford |
| 2021 | Readers' Choice | | The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman |
| 2022 | Fiction | Heaven by Mieko Kawakami | Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson |
| 2022 | Fiction | Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson | Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson |
| 2022 | Fiction | Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield | Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson |
| 2022 | Fiction | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson |
| 2022 | Non-Fiction | Ghost Signs by Stu Hennigan | The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye |
| 2022 | Non-Fiction | Otherlands: A World in the Making by Thomas Halliday | The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye |
| 2022 | Non-Fiction | The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye | The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye |
| 2022 | Non-Fiction | Without Warnings and Only Sometimes by Kit de Waal | The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye |
| 2022 | Poetry | Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head by Warsan Shire | The Fire People: A Collection of British Black and Asian Poetry by Lemn Sissay |
| 2022 | Poetry | The Fire People: A Collection of British Black and Asian Poetry by Lemn Sissay | The Fire People: A Collection of British Black and Asian Poetry by Lemn Sissay |
| 2022 | Poetry | Limbic by Peter Scalpello | The Fire People: A Collection of British Black and Asian Poetry by Lemn Sissay |
| 2022 | Poetry | 100 Queer Poems edited by Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan | The Fire People: A Collection of British Black and Asian Poetry by Lemn Sissay |
| 2022 | Young Adult Fiction | All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown | All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown |
| 2022 | Young Adult Fiction | I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston | All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown |
| 2022 | Young Adult Fiction | The King Is Dead by Benjamin Dean | All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown |
| 2022 | Young Adult Fiction | When Our Worlds Collided by Danielle Jawando | All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown |
| 2022 | Children's Fiction | Grimwood: Let the Fur Fly! by Nadia Shireen | Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell |
| 2022 | Children's Fiction | Like a Charm by Elle McNicoll | Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell |
| 2022 | Children's Fiction | Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell | Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell |
| 2022 | Children's Fiction | Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A. F. Steadman | Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell |
| 2022 | Breakthrough Author | Mieko Kawakami | Alice Oseman |
| 2022 | Breakthrough Author | Alice Oseman | Alice Oseman |
| 2022 | Breakthrough Author | Jamie Smart | Alice Oseman |
| 2022 | Breakthrough Author | Gabrielle Zevin | Alice Oseman |
| 2022 | Readers' Choice | | Heartstopper by Alice Oseman |
| 2023 | Fiction | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin |
| 2023 | Fiction | Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin |
| 2023 | Fiction | Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin |
| 2023 | Fiction | Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin |
| 2023 | Non-Fiction | Ultra Processed People by Chris van Tulleken | Strong Female Character by Fern Brady |
| 2023 | Non-Fiction | Why Women Grow by Alice Vincent | Strong Female Character by Fern Brady |
| 2023 | Non-Fiction | Pageboy by Elliot Page | Strong Female Character by Fern Brady |
| 2023 | Non-Fiction | Strong Female Character by Fern Brady | Strong Female Character by Fern Brady |
| 2023 | Poetry | Divisible By Itself and One by Kae Tempest | The Cat Prince & Other Poems by Michael Pedersen |
| 2023 | Poetry | More Fiya by Kayo Chingonyi | The Cat Prince & Other Poems by Michael Pedersen |
| 2023 | Poetry | Bad Diaspora Poems by Momtaza Mehri | The Cat Prince & Other Poems by Michael Pedersen |
| 2023 | Poetry | The Cat Prince & Other Poems by Michael Pedersen | The Cat Prince & Other Poems by Michael Pedersen |
| 2023 | Young Adult Fiction | Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher | Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher |
| 2023 | Young Adult Fiction | Promise Boys by Nick Brooks | Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher |
| 2023 | Young Adult Fiction | The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes | Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher |
| 2023 | Young Adult Fiction | Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald | Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher |
| 2023 | Children's Fiction | Jamie by L. D. Lapinski | Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell |
| 2023 | Children's Fiction | Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell | Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell |
| 2023 | Children's Fiction | The Skull by Jon Klassen | Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell |
| 2023 | Children's Fiction | Greenwild by Pari Thomson, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli | Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell |
| 2023 | Breakthrough Author | Rebecca F. Kuang | Bonnie Garmus |
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