2025 shortlist

• Literary Fiction
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  Sinking Bell

  By Bojan Louis

  • Designer: Tom Etherington
  • Imprint: Dead Ink Books

  www.tometherington.com

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  Napalm in the Heart

  By Pol Guasch

  • Designer: Henry Petrides
  • Art Director: Pete Adlington
  • Imprint: Faber

  henrypetrides.com

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  Intermezzo

  By Sally Rooney

  • Designer: Kishan Rajani
  • Illustrator: Kishan Rajani
  • Art Director: Pete Adlington
  • Imprint: Faber

  www.kishanrajanidesign.com

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  Cecilia

  By K-Ming Chang

  • Designer: Jonathan Pelham
  • Art Director: Suzanne Dean
  • Imprint: Harvill Secker

  jpelham.co.uk

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  Beautiful Days

  By Zach Williams

  • Designer: Chris Bentham
  • Imprint: Hamish Hamilton

  chrisbentham.com

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  Winner Above Us the Sea

  By Ania Card

  • Designer: Emma Ewbank
  • Photographer: Anastasia Mukhina
  • Imprint: Dead Ink Books

  www.emmaewbank.com