2026 British Book Awards

Updated March 30, 2026
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Dream count : a novel
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Paper Book
'Reads like a feminist War and Peace. A magnificent novel' SUNDAY TIMES 'A complex, multi-layered beauty of a book. Extraordinary' NEW STATESMAN THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER; LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 A publishing event...
Strange pictures
Uketsu
Paper Book
THE TIMES BESTSELLER 'So captivating I read it in a day. So disturbing I thought about it all night' - Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal 'The twists of a Golden Age whodunit, mixed with a wonderfully innovative use of illustrations. Delightfully...
The book of dust : the rose field
Pullman, Philip
Paper Book
The long-awaited and highly anticipated conclusion to Philip Pullman's bestselling The Book of Dust sequence . . . Shortlisted for Book of the Year & Audiobook of the Year at The British Book Awards 2026 'A masterpiece for all eternity... Powerful, profound and...
Boleyn traitor
Gregory, Philippa
Paper Book
She ​survives four queens. Will she fall to a tyrant? Jane Boleyn watches from the shadows of the Tudor court. Where nothing is more powerful than a secret - or more deadly. As the Boleyns rise, Jane rises with them. But the king's love is a fickle thing. And when the royal...
Boleyn traitor
Gregory, Philippa.
Paper Book
She ​survives four queens. Will she fall to a tyrant? Jane Boleyn watches from the shadows of the Tudor court. Where nothing is more powerful than a secret - or more deadly. As the Boleyns rise, Jane rises with them. But the king's love is a fickle thing. And when the royal...
Heart the lover : a novel
King, Lily
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret' DAVID NICHOLLS'Steeped in yearning, melancholy and the reckoning with mortality that must come to us all . . . King's writing still pierces you' The Times'Exploring how first love shapes a...
Heart the lover
King, Lily.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret' DAVID NICHOLLS'Steeped in yearning, melancholy and the reckoning with mortality that must come to us all . . . King's writing still pierces you' The Times'Exploring how first love shapes a...
My friends : a novel
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
The beautiful new novel that will make you laugh and cry, from the global bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove. Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond...
My friends
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
The beautiful new novel that will make you laugh and cry, from the global bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove. Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond...
Great big beautiful life
Henry, Emily.
Paper Book
The dazzling new love story and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick from the TikTok sensation and Sunday Times bestselling author of Beach Read and Funny Story. AN INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! 'Emily knows how...
Great big beautiful life
Henry, Emily.
Paper Book
The dazzling new love story and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick from the TikTok sensation and Sunday Times bestselling author of Beach Read and Funny Story. AN INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! 'Emily knows how...
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House
Gilmore, Laurie.
Paper Book
Fall in love with Laurie Gilmore's #1 New York Times bestselling cozy seasonal romance set in Dream Harbor! 🍓 'Never want this series to end!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🍓🍓🍓🍓 Every book in the Dream Harbor...
Death at the White Hart
Chibnall, Chris
Paper Book
THE MUST-READ CRIME DEBUT OF 2025 FROM THE MIND BEHIND BROADCHURCH AND DOCTOR WHO Small-town secrets, a detective running out of time, and the killer hiding in plain sight. 'A masterclass whodunnit' Gillian McAllister 'A...
The god of the woods
Moore, Liz
Paper Book
**AS HEARD IN THE TAYLOR SWIFT DOCUMENTARY, THE END OF AN ERA** AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024 WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'I was totally gripped' DOUGLAS STUART 'Immersive and enthralling' PAULA HAWKINS 'At first hard to put down....
The god of the woods
Moore, Liz
Paper Book
**AS HEARD IN THE TAYLOR SWIFT DOCUMENTARY, THE END OF AN ERA** AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024 WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'I was totally gripped' DOUGLAS STUART 'Immersive and enthralling' PAULA HAWKINS 'At first hard to put down....
The impossible fortune
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
**The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling, record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman** ----- Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder...
The impossible fortune
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
**The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling, record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman** ----- Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder...
The secret of secrets
Brown, Dan
Paper Book
Robert Langdon is back in the long-awaited new race-against-time thriller from the global bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she's been invited to give in Prague, Robert...
The secret of secrets
Brown, Dan
Paper Book
Robert Langdon is back in the long-awaited new race-against-time thriller from the global bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she's been invited to give in Prague, Robert...
The secret of secrets
Brown, Dan
Paper Book
Robert Langdon is back in the long-awaited new race-against-time thriller from the global bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she's been invited to give in Prague, Robert...
El último secreto
Brown, Dan
Paper Book
Robert Langdon is back in the long-awaited new race-against-time thriller from the global bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she's been invited to give in Prague, Robert...
Fundamentally
Younis, Nussaibah.
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE COMEDY WOMAN IN PRINT PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD AND PUBLISHED NOVEL AWARD 'A NEW NAME TO WATCH OUT FOR' THE TIMES 'THE DEBUT OF THE YEAR' STYLIST 'ELECTRIC' GUARDIAN ...
Nesting
O'Donnell, Roisín.
Paper Book
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME  THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK  AN OBSERVER BEST...
The artist and the feast
Steeds, Lucy (Novelist)
Paper Book
WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2026 A RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME A TELEGRAPH AND SUNDAY TIME<...
The names
Knapp, Florence.
Paper Book
A once-in-a-generation debut from a major new talent, The Names is the story of three names, three versions of a life, and the infinite possibilities that a single decision can spark. 'I've just been blown away by the best debut novel in years . . . A genius idea for...
Big Jim believes
Pilkey, Dav
Paper Book
  Howl with laughter with the FIRST book in the hilarious full-colour illustrated series, Dog Man, from the creator of Captain Underpants! George and Harold (the co-stars of the enormously popular Captain Underpantsseries) are in big trouble
Careless people : a cautionary tale of power, greed, and lost idealism
Wynn-Williams, Sarah.
Paper Book
The instant Sunday Times bestseller No. 1 New York Times bestseller 'How else to put this? Bloody hell' - The Guardian 'Devastating . . . Funny . . . Highly enjoyable' - The Times 'Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome' - Financial...
Last rites
Osbourne, Ozzy
Paper Book
'People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what youknow now, would you change anything? I'm like, f*ck no. If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd done normal, sensible things, I wouldn't be Ozzy.' Husband. Father. Grandfather. F*cking Icon....
Mother Mary comes to me
Roy, Arundhati
Paper Book
The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 AUDIBLE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025...
Alchemised
SenLinYu
Paper Book
***THE RECORD-BREAKING DEBUT AND INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** A stunning collector's edition and the perfect book for any dark fantasy lover. 'A work of quite staggering ambition. Detailed world-building, intricate plot, Gothic...
Katabasis
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
Prepare for one hell of a journey... 'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN 'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE '[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE 'I devoured it' RED One of the BBC's 25 best books of 2025 2025's...
Katabasis
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
Prepare for one hell of a journey... 'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN 'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE '[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE 'I devoured it' RED One of the BBC's 25 best books of 2025 2025's...
Katabasis
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
Prepare for one hell of a journey... 'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN 'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE '[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE 'I devoured it' RED One of the BBC's 25 best books of 2025 2025's...
Onyx storm
Yarros, Rebecca
Paper Book
DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE BREATHTAKING FOLLOW-UP TO FOURTH WING AND IRON FLAME: The third book in the record-breaking Empyrean series from the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca...
Onyx storm
Yarros, Rebecca.
Paper Book
DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE BREATHTAKING FOLLOW-UP TO FOURTH WING AND IRON FLAME: The third book in the record-breaking Empyrean series from the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca...
Onyx storm
Yarros, Rebecca.
Paper Book
DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE BREATHTAKING FOLLOW-UP TO FOURTH WING AND IRON FLAME: The third book in the record-breaking Empyrean series from the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca...
Alas de n?ix
Yarros, Rebecca.
Paper Book
DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE BREATHTAKING FOLLOW-UP TO FOURTH WING AND IRON FLAME: The third book in the record-breaking Empyrean series from the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca...
The devils
Abercrombie, Joe.
Paper Book
'Abercrombie is in a class of his own' JOE HILL 'An unholy delight' PIERCE BROWN'Hilarious, profound, tragic, and so thrillingly paced' NICHOLAS EAMES 'An incredibly fun, incredibly action-packed and, by the end, incredibly affecting book' TAMSYN...
Oh dear, look what I got!
Rosen, Michael
Paper Book
A language of dragons
Williamson, S. F.
Paper Book
The most exciting debut of 2025 - an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK. Welcome to Bletchley Park... with dragons. London, 1923. Dragons soar through the...
Sunrise on the reaping
Collins, Suzanne.
Paper Book
The unforgettable fifth book in the Hunger Games series: Haymitch's story. Feature film scheduled for November 2026. #1 USA Today Bestseller * #1 New York Times Bestseller * #1 Indie Bestseller * #1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller * A New York Times Editors'...
Amanecer en la cosecha
Collins, Suzanne.
Paper Book
The unforgettable fifth book in the Hunger Games series: Haymitch's story. Feature film scheduled for November 2026. #1 USA Today Bestseller * #1 New York Times Bestseller * #1 Indie Bestseller * #1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller * A New York Times Editors'...
Beautiful ugly
Feeney, Alice
Paper Book
'I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius' - Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True 'Her best book yet' - Harlan Coben, author of Fool Me Once The million-copy bestselling author of His and Hers, Alice Feeney, returns...
Beautiful ugly
Feeney, Alice
Paper Book
'I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius' - Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True 'Her best book yet' - Harlan Coben, author of Fool Me Once The million-copy bestselling author of His and Hers, Alice Feeney, returns...
Beautiful ugly
Feeney, Alice.
Paper Book
'I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius' - Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True 'Her best book yet' - Harlan Coben, author of Fool Me Once The million-copy bestselling author of His and Hers, Alice Feeney, returns...
Beautiful ugly
Feeney, Alice.
Paper Book
'I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius' - Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True 'Her best book yet' - Harlan Coben, author of Fool Me Once The million-copy bestselling author of His and Hers, Alice Feeney, returns...
Cursed daughters : a novel
Braithwaite, Oyinkan.
Paper Book
THE SECOND NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE GLOBAL MEGA-SELLER, MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER
Cursed daughters
Braithwaite, Oyinkan.
Paper Book
THE SECOND NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE GLOBAL MEGA-SELLER, MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER
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