2022 shortlist
- Young Adult
Winner Lonely Castle in the Mirror
By Mizuki Tsujimura
- Designer: Anna Morrison
- Art Director: Richard Ogle
- Imprint: Doubleday
All the Girls I’ve Been
By Tess Sharpe
- Designer: Michelle Brackenborough
- Illustrator: Djohan Hanapi, Russell Ong and Kult Studio and Gallery
- Imprint: Hodder Children’s Books
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Bad Habits
By Flynn Meaney
- Designer: Benjamin Hughes
- Illustrator: Ellen Porteus
- Art Director: Jacqui McDonough and Anna Billson
- Imprint: Penguin
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Lies Like Wildfire
By Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
- Designer: Arabella Jones
- Illustrator: Mishko
- Art Director: Jacqui McDonough and Anna Billson
- Imprint: Penguin Books
The Crossing
By Manjeet Mann
- Designer: Emily Smith
- Illustrator: David Foldvari
- Art Director: Jacqui McDonough & Anna Billson
- Imprint: Penguin Random House Children's
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You’d Be Home By Now
By Kathleen Glasgow
- Designer: Hayley Warnham
- Imprint: Rock The Boat
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Winner A River Called Time
By Courttia Newland
- Designer: Valeri Rangelov
- Illustrator: Joe Van Wetering
- Art Director: Rafaela Romaya
- Imprint: Canongate Books
Ariadne
By Jennifer Saint
- Designer: Micaela Alcaino
- Illustrator: Micaela Alcaino
- Imprint: Wildfire
Hummingbird Salamander
By Jeff Vandermeer
- Designer: Jo Thomson
- Imprint: 4th Estate
The Best of World SF
By Lavie Tidhar (editor)
- Designer: Ben Prior
- Art Director: Jessie Price
- Imprint: Ad Astra
Thread Needle
By Cari Thomas
- Designer: Andrew Davis
- Illustrator: Andrew Davis
- Art Director: Andrew Davis
- Imprint: Harper Voyager
Widow Land
By C. J. Carey
- Designer: Nathan Burton
- Art Director: Andrew Smith
- Imprint: Quercus
- Non-Fiction
A Vertical Art
By Simon Armitage
- Designer: Luke Bird
- Art Director: Donna Payne
- Imprint: Faber
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Winner Autobibliography
By Rob Doyle
- Designer: Jack Smyth
- Imprint: Swift Press
Below the Edge of Darkness
By Dr. Edith Widder
- Designer: Sophie Harris
- Illustrator: WonderTheory
- Imprint: Virago
Black Lion
By Sicelo Mbatha
- Designer: Luke Bird
- Illustrator: Natasha Lisa
- Art Director: Andrew Furlow
- Imprint: Icon
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Britain Alone
By Philip Stephens
- Designer: Jonathan Pelham
- Imprint: Faber
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Fear of Black Consciousness
By Lewis R. Gordon
- Designer: Simi Abe
- Art Director: Jim Stoddart
- Imprint: Allen Lane
Misfits
By Michaela Coel
- Designer: Jack Smyth
- Art Director: Loulou Clarke
- Imprint: Ebury Press
My Mess is a Bit of A Life
By Georgia Pritchett
- Designer: Holly Ovenden
- Imprint: Faber
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Orwell’s Roses
By Rebecca Solnit
- Designer: Jon Gray
- Art Director: Sarah Wasley
- Imprint: Granta
What If We Stopped Pretending
By Jonathan Franzen
- Designer: Ellie Game
- Imprint: 4th Estate
What It Feels Like For A Girl
By Paris Lees
- Designer: Tom Etherington
- Art Director: Jim Stoddart
- Imprint: Particular Books
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William Blake vs. The World
By
- Designer: Estuary English
- Illustrator: Lettering by Jon Gray
- Art Director: Steve Marking
- Imprint: W&N
- Series Design
Green Ideas
By various
- Designer: Tom Etherington
- Art Director: Jim Stoddart
- Imprint: Penguin Press
Collins Modern Classics
By various
- Designer: Jo Thomson
- Imprint: 4th Estate and William Collins
Head of Zeus Anniversary Anthologies
By various
- Designers: Jessie Price & Nina Elstad
- Illustrator: Leah Jacobs-Gordon, Anna Morrison, Nina Elstad, Edward Bettison, Diana Ejaita, Leo Nickolls, Owen Gent, Tom Gauld, Coralie Bickford-Smith and Helen Crawford-White
- Art Director: Jessie Price
- Imprint: Apollo Fiction
Kazuo Ishiguro Backlist
By Kazuo Ishiguro
- Designer: Pete Adlington
- Imprint: Faber
The Famished Road Trilogy
By Ben Okri
- Designer: Kishan Rajani
- Illustrator: Kishan Rajani
- Imprint: Vintage
Winner Vintage Heroines
By various
- Designer: The Vintage Design Team
- Photographer: Li Hui, Kourtney Roy, Cig Harvey, Carla van de Puttelaar , Anja Niemi, Kira Gyngazova, Sarah Fleming, Rachel Seidu and Nina Ahn
- Art Director: Suzanne Dean
- Imprint: Vintage
- Classics/Reissue
Anarchism and the Black Revolution
By Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin
- Designer: David Pearson
- Art Director: Melanie Patrick
- Imprint: Pluto Press
Animal Farm
By George Orwell
- Designer: Heath Kane
- Art Director: suzanne dean
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Winner I, Atigone
By Carlo Gébler
- Designer: Anna Morrison
- Imprint: New Island Press
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
By George Orwell
- Designer: Nathan Burton
- Art Director: Emma Eldridge and Eleanor Crow
- Imprint: Faber
The Edible Woman
By Margaret Atwood
- Designer: David Pearson
- Art Director: Nico Taylor
- Imprint: Virago
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Winner Three Novels
By Yuri Herrera
- Designer: Tom Etherington
- Imprint: & Other Stories
- Children’s 0-5
Benjamin Zephaniah’s Nature Trail
By Benjamin Zephaniah
- Designer: Izzy Jones
- Illustrator: Nila Aye
- Art Director: Paula Burgess
- Imprint: Orchard
Winner Ergo
By Alexis Deacon
- Designer: Ben Norland
- Illustrator: Viviane Schwarz
- Imprint: Walker Books
Little Echo
By Al Rodin
- Designer: Clare Doughty
- Illustrator: Al Rodin
- Imprint: Puffin Picture Books
Mooncat and Me
By Lydia Corry
- Designer: Sharon King-Chai
- Illustrator: Lydia Corry
- Art Director: Chris inns
- Imprint: Two Hoots
Rainbow Baby
By Claudio Ripol and Yeonju Yang
- Designers: Claudio Ripol & Yeonju Yang
- Imprint: Owl & Dog Playbooks
The Perfect Fit
By Naomi Jones and James Jones
- Designer: James Jones
- Art Director: Lizzie Robertson
- Imprint: Oxford Children's Books
- Children’s 6-12
A Natural History of Magick
By Poppy david and Jessica Roux
- Designer: Karissa Santos
- Illustrator: Jessica Roux
- Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children's
Bandoola
By William Grill
- Designer: Michelle Mac
- Illustrator: William Grill
- Art Director: Lilly Gottwald
- Imprint: Flying Eye Books
Beetles for Breakfast
By Medeleine Finlay and Jisu Choi
- Designer: Michelle Mac
- Illustrator: Jisu Choi
- Art Director: Lilly Gottwald
- Imprint: Flying Eye Books
Winner Curious About Crocodiles
By Owen Davey
- Designer: Michelle Mac
- Illustrator: Owen Davey
- Art Director: Lilly Gottwald
- Imprint: Flying Eye Books
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Little Light
By Coral Rumble
- Designer: Anna Morrison
- Imprint: Troika
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The Birthday Almanac
By Claire saunders
- Designer: Karissa Santos
- Illustrator: Alison Czinkota
- Imprint: Wide Eyed Editions
- Literary Fiction
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Dead Souls
By Sam Riviere
- Designer: Jamie Keenan
- Illustrator: Gian Rudd
- Art Director: Steve Marking
- Imprint: Orion
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Klara and the Sun
By Kazuo Ishiguro
- Designer: Pete Adlington
- Art Director: Donna Payne
- Imprint: Faber
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Mrs. Death Misses Death
By Salena Godden
- Designer: Gill Heeley
- Art Director: Rafaela Romaya
- Imprint: Canongate Books
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Winner O
By Steven Carroll
- Designer: Jon Gray
- Art Director: Mark Campbell
- Imprint: 4th Estate Australia
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Somebody Loves You
By Mona Arshi
- Designer: Holly Ovenden
- Art Director: Tom Etherington
- Imprint: & Other Stories
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The Child
By Kiersti A. Skomsvol
- Designer: Luke Bird
- Art Director: Anthony Blake
- Imprint: Open Letter
- Crime/Thriller
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Come Closer
By Sara Gran
- Designer: Pete Adlington
- Art Director: Donna Payne
- Imprint: Faber
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How to Kidnap the Rich
By Rahul Raina
- Designer: Sophie Harris
- Imprint: Little, Brown
Winner Lemon
By Kwon Yeo-Sun
- Designer: Holly Ovenden
- Imprint: Head of Zeus
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Plain Bad Heroines
By Emily M. Danforth
- Designer: Andrew Davis
- Illustrator: Andrew Davis
- Imprint: The Borough Press
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Reprieve
By James Han Mattson
- Designer: Gregg Heinimann
- Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing
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This Eden
By Ed O’Loughlin
- Designer: Jack Smyth
- Art Director: Andrew Smith
- Imprint: Riverrrun
- Mass Market
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Beautiful World Where Are You
By Sally Rooney
- Designer: Jon Gray
- Illustrator: Manchen Lo
- Art Director: Donna Payne
- Imprint: Faber
Winner How to Kill Your Family
By Bella Mackie
- Designer: Caroline Young
- Illustrator: Anna Schmidt
- Imprint: Borough Press
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Luster
By Raven Leilani
- Designer: Melissa Four
- Photographer: Alex Sarginson / Trunk Archive
- Imprint: Picador
The Mercies
By Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Designer: Katie Tooke
- Illustrator: David de las Heras
- Art Director: Katie Tooke
- Imprint: Picador
The Vanishing Half
By Brit Bennett
- Designer: McQuade,Mike
- Art Director: Nico Taylor
- Imprint: Dialogue Books
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This One Sky
By Leone Ross
- Designer: Pete Adlington
- Imprint: Faber
