2026 shortlist
- Non-Fiction
The Unthinkable
By David Challen
- Designer: Melissa Four
- Illustrator: Mellissa Four
- Imprint: Brazen Books
The Lost Girls of Autism
By Gina Rippon
- Designer: Lucy Scholes
- Illustrator: Sergi Delgado
- Art Director: Rachel Vale
- Imprint: Pan Macmillan
The Lonely Voice
By Frank O'Connor
- Designer: Jack Smyth
- Imprint: Lilliput Press
Sound System
By Dave Randall
- Designer: Jack Smyth
- Art Director: Melanie Patrick
- Imprint: Pluto Press
Peak Human
By Johan Norberg
- Designer: Steve Leard
- Art Director: Richard Evans
- Imprint: Atlantic Books
Opus
By Gareth Gore
- Designer: Jack Smyth
- Art Director: Mick Pilkington
- Imprint: Scribe
Love In Exile
By Shon Faye
- Designer: Olga Kominek
- Art Director: Jim Stoddart
- Imprint: Allen Lane
Kubrick
By Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams
- Designer: Robbie Porter
- Art Director: Pete Adlington
- Imprint: Faber
Ending Isolation
By Christopher Blackwell and Deborah Zalesne
- Designer: David Pearson
- Art Director: Melanie Patrick
- Imprint: Pluto Press
Eat Poop Die
By Joe Roman
- Designer: Louis Gabaldoni
- Imprint: Profile Books
Dianaworld
By Edmund White
- Designer: Jamie Keenan
- Art Director: Jim Stoddart
- Imprint: Allen Lane
Winner Chasing the Dark
By Ben Machell
- Designer: Ben Prior
- Imprint: Abacus