2026 shortlist
- Young Adult
Winner You’re Never Too Much
By Charlie Castelletti
- Designer: Arabella Jones
- Illustrator: Muokkaa Studio
- Art Director: Rachel Vale
- Imprint: First Ink
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Winner Sunbirth
By Anyu
- Designer: Suzanne Dean
- Art Director: Suzanne Dean
- Imprint: Harvill
- Non-Fiction
Winner Chasing the Dark
By Ben Machell
- Designer: Ben Prior
- Imprint: Abacus
- Series Design
Winner Bolaño series
By Roberto Bolaño
- Designer: Suzanne Dean
- Illustrator: Diego Becas
- Art Director: Suzanne Dean
- Imprint: Vintage Classics
- Classics/Reissue
Winner Like Water for Chocolate
By Laura Esquivel
- Illustrator: Nick Misani
- Art Director: Marianne Issa El-Khoury
- Imprint: Penguin
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- Children’s 0-5
Winner Hogbert
By Briony May Smith
- Designer: Inês Amaral
- Illustrator: Briony May Smith
- Imprint: Walker Books
- Children’s 6-12
Winner Bear
By Natalia Shaloshvili
- Designer: Sasha Moxon
- Illustrator: Natalia Shaloshvili
- Art Director: Karissa Santos
- Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
- Literary Fiction
Winner Thirst Trap
By Gráinne O’Hare
- Designer: Daisy Bates
- Photographer: Vanessa McKeown
- Imprint: Picador
- Crime/Thriller
Winner Fair Play
By Lousie Hegarty
- Designer: Lucy Scholes
- Illustrator: Javier Jaén
- Art Director: James Annal
- Imprint: Picador
- Mass Market
Winner Hot Wax
By M. L. Rio
- Designer: Patrick Insole
- Art Director: Patrick Insole
- Imprint: Wildfire