2025 British Book Awards Shortlists

• James, Percival Everett (Mantle)
• Long Island, Colm Tóibín (Picador)
• Think Again, Jacqueline Wilson (Bantam)

Pageturner

• Faebound, Saara El-Arifi (Harper Voyager)
• Daydream, Hannah Grace (Simon & Schuster)
• House of Flame and Shadow, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury)

Début Fiction

• The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley (Sceptre)
• Glorious Exploits, Ferdia Lennon (Fig Tree)
• When the Moon Hatched, Sarah A. Parker (Harper Voyager)

Children’s Fiction

• A Tempest of Tea, Hafsah Faizal (First Ink)
• I Am Rebel, Ross Montgomery (Walker)
• Reckless, Lauren Roberts (Simon & Schusters Children’s)

Audiobook Fiction

• The Life Impossible, Matt Haig, narrated by Joanna Lumley and Jordan Stephens (Canongate)
• George Orwell’s 1984, George Orwell (adapted by Joe White), performed by Cynthia Erivo, Natasia Demetriou, Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Alex Lawther, Katie Leung, Alex Lawther, Francesca Mills, Romesh Ranganathan, & Andrew Scott (Audible Originals)
• Bunny vs Monkey, Jamie Smart, narrated by Ciaran Saward (Bolinda Audio)

The British Book Awards, also called the Nibbies, “celebrates the intimate connection between the books, their makers and their audience” with nominees in a variety of categories. Winners will be honored on May 12, 2025 both through a livestream and at Grosvenor House in London. For the complete shortlist, see the official website.

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