2018 shortlist
- Non-Fiction
Winner Riot Days
By Marina Alyokhina
- Designer: Tom Etherington
- Art Director: Jim Stoddart
- Imprint: Allen Lane
Bleaker House
By Nell Stevens
- Designer: Justine Anweiler
- Imprint: Picador
I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down
By Allan Jones
- Designer: Gregg Heinimann
- Imprint: Bloomsbury
Revolution!
By Pete Ayrton
- Designer: Jamie Keenan
- Imprint: Harbour Books
Rock Bottom
By Michael Odell
- Designer: James Jones
- Art Director: Kiera Jamison
- Imprint: Icon Books
The Diary of a Bookseller
By Shaun Bythell
- Designer: Steve Panton
- Illustrator: John McNaught
- Imprint: Profile Books
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The Dun Cow Rib
By John Lister-Kaye
- Designer: Pete Adlington
- Illustrator: Neil Gower
- Imprint: Canongate Books
The Illustrated Dust Jacket
By Martin Salisbury
- Designer: Bill Bragg
- Imprint: Thames & Hudson
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The Zoo of the New
By Nick Laird & Don Paterson
- Designer: Richard Green
- Art Director: Jom Stoddart
- Imprint: Penguin
Timekeepers
By Simon Garfield
- Designer: Pete Adlington
- Imprint: Canongate Books
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To Be a Machine
By Mark O'Connell
- Designer: Jon Gray
- Imprint: Granta Books
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Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
By Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Designer: Gregg Heinimann
- Imprint: Bloomsbury
