2017 shortlist

• Non-Fiction
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  Winner The Genius of Birds

  By Jennifer Ackerman

  • Designer: Jack Smyth

  www.jacksmyth-design.com

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  White Mountain

  By Robert Twigger

  • Designer: Harry Haysom
• 

  Weak Messages Create Bad Situations: A Manifesto

  By David Shrigley

  • Designer: David Shrigley

  www.davidshrigley.com

• 

  The Voices Within: The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves

  By Charles

  • Designer: Harry Haysom
• 

  The Story of Sex: From Apes to Robots

  By Philippe Brenot & Laetitia Coryn

  • Designer: Matthew Young
  • Illustrator: Laetitia Coryn

  www.mymymy.co.uk

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  The Secret Lives of Colour

  By Kassia St Clair

  • Designer: James Edgar

  www.jamesedgardesign.com

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  The Joy of Quiz

  By Alan Connor

  • Designer: Tom Etherington
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  The Good Immigrant

  By Nikesh Shukla

  • Designer: James Jones

  www.jamespauljones.tumblr.com

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  Raptor: A Journey Through Birds

  By James Macdonald Lockhart

  • Designer: Jo Walker

  www.jowalker.com

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  Playing The Bass with Three Left Hands

  By Will Carruthers

  • Designer: Luke Bird

  www.lukebird.co.uk

• 

  My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir

  By Chris Offutt

  • Designer: Jamie Keenan

  www.keenandesign.com

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  Marcus Coates

  By Shepherd Steiner

  • Imprint: Koenig Books

  www.pleasedonotbend.co.uk