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2021
Winner
The Lyrics by Paul McCartney

Children's Gift of the Year
Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Shortlist
Around the World in 80 Plants by Jonathan Drori
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Greek Myths by Charlotte Higgins
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain by Amy Jeffs
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
You Are A Champion by Marcus Rashford & Carl Anka
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
The Amur River by Colin Thubron
British Museum: A History of the World in 25 Cities by Tracey Turner
2020
Winner
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Shortlist
Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Island Dreams: Mapping an Obsession by Gavin Francis
Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread by Michiko Kakutani
Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
Black and British: A short, essential history by David Olusoga
The Book of Hopes by Katherine Rundell
The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive by Philippe Sands
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! - An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year by Fiona Waters illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
2019
Book of the Year Winner
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy

Author of the Year Winner
No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference by Greta Thunberg

Shortlist
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
The Binding by Bridget Collins
Underland by Robert Macfarlane
Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Maps by Tim Marshall illustrated by Grace Easton Jessica Smith
The House Without Windows by Barbara Newhall Follett illustrated by Jackie Morris
Lanny by Max Porter
On The Origin of Species by Sabina Radeva
Dishoom by Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar & Naved Nasir
2018
Winner
Normal People by Sally Rooney
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Shortlist
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How it's Broken by The Secret Barrister
The Penguin Classics Book by Henry Eliot
Why We Get the Wrong Politicians by Isabel Hardman
The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 by Dan Jones & Marina Amaral
Circe by Madeline Miller
I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree - A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year by Frann Preston-Gannon & Fiona Waters
2017
Winner
La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman Illustrated by Chris Wormell
 
Shortlist
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo
A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge
The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane Illustrated by Jackie Morris
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Mr Lear by Jenny Uglow
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy by Yanis Varoufakis
2016
Winner
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
 
Shortlist
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
The Optician of Lampedusa by Emma-Jane Kirby
The Tale of Kitty in Boots by Beatrix Potter Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling , John Tiffany & Jack Thorne
2015
Winner
The Fox and The Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith
 
Shortlist
SPQR by Mary Beard
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
The Shepherd's Life by James Rebanks
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
2014
Winner
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
 
Shortlist
Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Once Upon An Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty
2013
Winner
Stoner by John Williams
 
Shortlist
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Levels of Life by Julian Barnes
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins
Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska & Daniel Mizielinski
Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe
2012
Winner
POLPO by Russell Norman
 
Shortlist
HHhH by Laurent Binet
Patrick Leigh-Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper
On The Map by Simon Garfield
The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane
Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel