2021 British Book Awards Shortlists

Pageturner

• False Value, Ben Aaronovitch (Daw; Gollancz)
• Darkdawn, Jay Kristoff (St. Martin’s; HarperVoyager UK)

• The Midnight Library, Matt Haig (Viking; Canongate)

Children’s Fiction

• The Danger Gang, Tom Fletcher & Shane Devries (Puffin)
• The Ickabog, J.K. Rowling (Scholastic; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers UK)
• Dragon Mountain, Katie & Kevin Tsang (Sterling Children’s; Simon & Schuster Children’s UK)

Audiobook Book of the Year

• Piranesi, Susanna Clarke, narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor (Bloomsbury)
• The Sandman, Neil Gaiman & Dirk Maggs, narrated by Gaiman, Riz Ahmed, et al. (Audible)
• The Midnight Library, Matt Haig, narrated by Carey Mulligan (Penguin Audio; Canongate)

Also called the “Nibbies,” the British Book Awards “honours and celebrates the commercial successes of publishers, authors and bookshops” with nominees in a variety of categories, including AudioBook of the Year, Editor of the Year, and Independent Bookshop of the Year. Winners will be honored on May 13, 2021 during a virtual event. For the complete shortlist, see the official website.

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