2025 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs)

The Australian Book Industry Awards celebrate the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Australian books to readers. The first award winners were announced in 2001, making the 2025 awards the 25th year of celebration!

Updated July 13, 2025
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Voice Inside, The
Farnham, John
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 ABIA BIOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEAR At last, the unflinching and unforgettable memoir of music and life from the much-loved Australian legend. Growing up in London and Melbourne, music was always part of John Farnham's world. But the...
My family and other suspects
Emery, Kate
Paper Book
Holly Jackson meets Agatha Christie in this cosy modern-day YA murder mystery where your closest family are your prime suspects.
Wurrtoo : the wombat who fell in love with the sky
Elisara, Tylissa; Finney, Dylan
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2024 READINGS CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 ABIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN (AGES 7-12) Described as an Indigenous Blinky Bill meets Winnie the Pooh, this heartwarming and beautifully...
The Truck Cat
Frenkel, Deborah.
Paper Book
A #1 bestselling picture book. The Truck Cat is a story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found.  With illustrations by multi-award-winning artist Danny Snell and words by acclaimed new writer Deborah...
What happened to Nina?
McTiernan, Dervla
Paper Book
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an emotional novel of suspense about two families pitted against each other. 'Addictive. Propulsive. Dervla McTiernan is a thriller master.' Trent Dalton Winner of the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year 2025<...
Chairman's lounge, the
Aston, Joe
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the the 2025 Walkley Book Award Winner of the 2025 ABIA Awards, General Nonfiction Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2025 Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year  Shortlisted for 2025 Australian Political Book of...
Tonight
Maehashi, Nagi
Paper Book
Original Australian edition, includes metric measurements Australia's favourite home cook, Nagi Maehashi, is back to solve the perennial problem of what's for dinner tonight ... and every night. Following on from her record-breaking first cookbook, Dinner, Nagi brings us Tonight with more than 150...
The Ministry of Time
Bradley, Kaliane
Paper Book
⭐ The sensational Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller ⭐ ⭐ Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and a finalist for a Hugo Award ⭐ 'The hit of the year' ...
Dusk
Arnott, Robbie
Paper Book
'Magnificent' Tim WintonIn the distant highlands, a puma named Dusk is killing shepherds. Down in the lowlands, twins Iris and Floyd are out of work, money and friends. When they hear that a bounty has been placed on Dusk, they reluctantly decide to join the hunt. As they journey up into this wild,...
Leo and Ralph
Carnavas, Peter
Paper Book
Leo and Ralph have been best friends ever since Ralph flew down from one of Jupiter's moons. But now Leo's older, and Mum and Dad think it's time to say goodbye to Ralph. When the family moves to a small country town, they hope Leo might finally make a real friend. But someone like Ralph is hard to...
Out of the blue
Field, Anthony
Paper Book
Revealing his fight against a diagnosis of 'incurable' brain cancer, this is the remarkable story of 2024 co-Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer.
We are the stars: ; a misfit's story of love, connection and the glorious power of letting go
Chick, Gina.
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the 2025 ABIA Awards, Biography of the Year, The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, and Audiobook of the Year  Shortlisted for the 2025 Indie Book Awards, Non-Fiction Gina Chick, the...

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