2026 shortlist

• Mass Market
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  Venus Fly Trap

  By Emma Medrano

  • Designer: Lauren Wakefield
  • Illustrator: Simone Noronha
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph

  www.instagram.com/laurenrwakefield/?hl=en-gb

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  There Are Rivers in The Sky

  By Elif Shafak

  • Designer: Emma Ewbank
  • Illustrator: Emma Ewbank
  • Art Director: Richard Bravery & Chris Bentham
  • Imprint: Penguin

  www.emmaewbank.com

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  The Fathers

  By John Niven

  • Designer: Jack Smyth
  • Art Director: Rafaela Romaya
  • Imprint: Canongate

  www.jacksmyth.co

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  Slags

  By Emma Jane Unsworth

  • Designer: Sarah Foster
  • Imprint: Borough Press

  www.instagram.com/sarah.foster.designs/?hl=en

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  I Want To Go Home But I’m Already There

  By Róisín Lanigan

  • Designer: Josie Staveley-Taylor
  • Illustrator: Unpis Wa
  • Art Director: Richard Bravery
  • Imprint: Fig Tree

  www.instagram.com/josiestillustration/?hl=en-gb

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  Winner Hot Wax

  By M. L. Rio

  • Designer: Patrick Insole
  • Art Director: Patrick Insole
  • Imprint: Wildfire

  patrickinsoledesign.com