The popular book awards of the UK aim to award the best books by British and Irish authors. Since 1971 they have awarded books on 5 categories- Novel, First novel, Children's book, Poetry and Biography.
The winners will be announced on 4th January 2021 and the Book of the Year will be announced on 26th January 2021.
Here are the books shortlisted for each category and the judges who will pick the winner.
First novelBig Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen
The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud
All the Water in the World by Karen Raney
NovelPiranesi by Susanna Clarke
Peace Talks by Tim Finch
The Less Dead by Denise Mina
The Mermaid of Black Conch: A Love Story by Monique Roffey
BiographyThe Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes
Dear Life by Rachel Clarke
The Louder I Will Sing by Lee Lawrence
Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadow Play by Jeff Young
PoetryThe Air Year by Caroline Bird
The Historians by Eavan Boland
My Darling from the Lions by Rachel Long
Citadel by Martha Sprackland
Children’s booksWranglestone by Darren Charlton
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant
The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson
The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff
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