2026 shortlist

• Classics/Reissue
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  The Samurai Detectives

  By Shotaro Ikenami

  • Designer: Dan Jackson
  • Imprint: Penguin Viking

  www.instagram.com/d4njackson/?hl=en

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  The Country Girls

  By Edna O'Brien

  • Designer: Sophie Harris
  • Art Director: Pete Adlington
  • Imprint: Faber

  www.instagram.com/sophieharris_design/?hl=en

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  Winner Like Water for Chocolate

  By Laura Esquivel

  • Illustrator: Nick Misani
  • Art Director: Marianne Issa El-Khoury
  • Imprint: Penguin

  www.instagram.com/marianneissaelkhoury/?hl=en, https://abcoverd.co.uk/wp-admin

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  I Remember

  By Joe Brainard

  • Designer: David Pearson
  • Art Director: Marigold Atkey
  • Imprint: Daunt Books

  a-g-i.org/user/davidpearson/view/projects

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  Freezing Point

  By Anders Bodelsen

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

  henrypetrides.com

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  2666

  By Roberto Bolano

  • Designer: Suzanne Dean
  • Illustrator: Diego Becas
  • Art Director: Suzanne Dean
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  suzannedean.co.uk