2026 British Book Awards Book of the Year Shortlist

Posted on June 11, 2026 by TBP Staff

The British Book Awards, aka The Nibbies, is a celebration of books: it affirms, connects and energizes the world of reading by showcasing those who create stories and everyone who plays a role in bringing those stories to life.

The Books of the Year spotlight the titles that have stirred imaginations, started conversations, been part of book clubs and bestseller lists. The winners were announced on May 11.

For more information check out the British Book Awards Website

Here are the Book of the Year Shortlisted books for 2026 that are in the TBP collection.

Book of the Year – Overall

NOBODY’S GIRL: A MEMOIR OF SURVIVING ABUSE AND FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE by Virginia Roberts Giuffre (DB 133461, LB 0008608)

Book of the Year – Fiction

BOLEYN TRAITOR by Philippa Gregory (DB 133594, LB 0008610)

DREAM COUNT by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (DB 127672, LB 0001494)

HEART THE LOVER by Lily King (DB 133290)

MY FRIENDS by Fredrik Backman (DB 129483, BR 26313)

ROSE FIELD by Philip Pullman (DB 133524)

Book of the Year – Romantic Fiction

GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE by Emily Henry (DB 129103, BR 26246, LB 0003604)

Book of the Year – Crime and Thriller

DEATH OF THE WHITE HART by Chris Chibnall (DB 129805)

GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore (DB 122747, LB 0000606, en español DB 128180)

IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE by Richard Osman (DB 132689, LB 0005785, en español DB 134582)

SECRET OF SECRETS by Dan Brown (DB 132396, LB 0005701)

TENANT by Frieda McFadden (DB 129492, LB 0005347)

Book of the Year – Début Fiction

ARTIST AND THE FEAST by Lucy Steeds (DB 134519)

BOY FROM THE SEA by Garrett Carr (DBC 31721)

FUNDAMENTALLY by Nussaibah Younis (DB 128337)

NAMES by Florence Knapp (DB 129417, BR 26342 IN PROCESS, en español DB 136164)

NESTING by Roisin O’Donnell (DB 133476)

Book of the Year – Non-Fiction: Narrative

CARELESS PEOPLE: A CAUTIONARY TALE OF POWER, GREED, AND LOST IDEALISM by Sarah Wynn-Williams (DB 128587, en español DB 135419 en proceso)

ENTITLED: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF YORK by Andrew Lownie (DB 134526)

LAST RITES by Ozzy Osbourne (DB 132995)

MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME by Arundhati Roy (DB 132952)

NOBODY’S GIRL: A MEMOIR OF SURVIVING ABUSE AND FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE by Virginia Roberts Giuffre (DB 133461, LB 0008608)

Book of the Year – Science Fiction and Fantasy

ALCHEMISED by SenLinYu (DB 133250)

BRIMSTONE by Callie Hart (DB 135031)

KATABASIS by R. F. Kuang (DB 132323, BR 26579 IN PROCESS, en español DB 134793)

ONYX STORM by Rebecca Yarros (DB 127035, BR 25749 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127448)

DEVILS by Joe Abercrombie (DB 129814, BR 26297, en español DB 131391)

Book of the Year – Children’s Fiction

FEARLESS by Lauren Roberts (DB 129283, en español DB 130012)

LANGUAGE OF DRAGONS by S. F. Williamson (DB 126979, en español DB 130208)

SKANDAR AND THE SPIRIT WAR by A. F. Steadman (DB 135099)

SUNRISE ON THE REAPING by Suzanne Collins (DB 127954, BR 26205, en español DB 128635)

Book of the Year – Audiobook Non-Fiction

CARELESS PEOPLE: A CAUTIONARY TALE OF POWER, GREED, AND LOST IDEALISM written and narrated by Sarah Wynn-Williams (DB 128587, en español DB 135419 en proceso)

ENTITLED: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF YORK written and narrated by Andrew Lownie (DB 134526)

Book of the Year – Audiobook Fiction

BEAUTIFUL UGLY written and narrated by Alice Feeney (DB 126338, LB 0002874)

CURSED DAUGHTERS written by Oyinkan Braithwaite and narrated by narrated by Weruche Opia, Diana Yekinni, and Nnei Opia Clark (DB 133291)

ONE OF US written by Elizabeth Day and narrated by Richard Armitage, Oliver Chris, Emilia Fox, Genevieve Gaunt, Bella Maclean (DB 136468 IN PROCESS)

ROSE FIELD written by Philip Pullman and narrated by Michael Sheen (DB 133524)

June 5 Is World Environment Day

Posted on June 5, 2026 by TBP Staff

Protect the planet, read sustainably. Audiobooks save paper! Explore more than 178,000 titles in the Talking Book Program’s digital collection.

From the library:

HOW TO CHANGE EVERYTHING: THE YOUNG HUMAN’S GUIDE TO PROTECTING THE PLANET AND EACH OTHER (DB 102634) (BR 23709)

OPTIMISTIC ENVIRONMENTALIST: PROGRESSING TOWARDS A GREENER FUTURE (DB 88626)

THIS BOOK IS NOT GARBAGE: 50 WAYS TO DITCH PLASTIC, REDUCE TRASH, AND SAVE THE WORLD! (DB 103573) (BR 23771)

Dagger Awards Longlist 2026

Posted on June 2, 2026 by TBP Staff

Since 1955, the Dagger Awards, were established by the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA). The longlists were announced on April 16th, the shortlists on May 28th, and the winners will be announced on July 2nd.

For more information check the Awards’ Website.

Here are the longlisted titles for 2026 that are in the TBP collection.

Gold Dagger

DON’T FORGET ME, LITTLE BESSIE by James Lee Burke (DB 130682, LB 05620)

KING OF ASHES by S. A. Cosby (DB 130044)

DEATH OF US by Abigail Dean (DB 128718)

NOT QUITE DEAD YET by Holly Jackson (DB 131109, LB 0005721)

FROZEN RIVER by Ariel Lawhon (DB 117781, LB 0000144)

RUSH by Beth Lewis (DB 0013135)

HOTEL UKRAINE by Martin Cruz Smith (DB 131188)

ART OF A LIE by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (DB 131965)

Whodunnit Dagger

ETIQUETTE FOR LOVERS AND KILLERS by Fitzgerald Healy (DB 130574)

MURDER FOR MISS HORTENSE by Mel Pennant (DB 129922)

Twisted Dagger

DEATH OF US by Abigail Dean (DB 128718)

BEAUTIFUL UGLY by Alice Feeney (DB 126338, LB 0002874)

DON’T LET HIM IN by Lisa Jewell (DB 131308, LB 0005870)

WE LIVE HERE NOW by Sarah Pinborough (DB 130293)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

GHOSTWRITER by Julie Clark (DB 133889)

KING OF ASHES by S. A. Cosby (DB 130044)

BIG EMPTY by Robert Crais (DB 126841, LB 0002605)

DEATH OF US by Abigail Dean (DB 128718)

SUCH QUIET GIRLS by Noelle Ihli (DB 129733)

WE ARE GUILTY HERE by Karin Slaughter (DB 131980, LB 0005717)

ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

ETIQUETTE FOR LOVERS AND KILLERS by Fitzgerald Healy (DB 130574)

RETIREMENT PLAN by Sue Hincenbergs (DB 131326, LB 0005340)

WOLF TREE by Laura McCluskey (DB 127119)

VANISHING PLACE by Zoë Rankin (DB 132594)

HOLY CITY by Henry Wise (DB 132167)

Historical Dagger

FROZEN RIVER by Ariel Lawhon (DB 117781, LB 0000144)

RUSH by Beth Lewis (DB 0013135)

ART OF A LIE by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (DB 131965)

ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

SHADOW OF THE BRIDGE: THE DELPHI MURDERS AND THE DARK SIDE OF THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND by Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee (DB 132637)

SPY IN THE ARCHIVE: HOW ONE MAN TRIED TO KILL THE KGB by Gordon Corera (DB 134875)

CIA BOOK CLUB: THE SECRET MISSION TO WIN THE COLD WAR WITH FORBIDDEN LITERATURE by Charlie English (DB 131492)

MURDERLAND: CRIME AND BLOODLUST IN THE TIME OF THE SERIAL KILLERS by Caroline Fraser (DB 129808)

ILLEGALS: RUSSIA’S MOST AUDACIOUS SPIES AND THEIR CENTURY-LONG MISSION TO INFILTRATE THE WEST by Shaun Walker (DB 129523)

Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation

SEESAW MONSTER written by Kotaro Isaka and translated from the Japanese by Sam Malissa (IN PROCESS)

BIG BAD WOOL written by Leonie Swann and translation from the German by Amy Bojang (DB 130226)

Hugo Award Finalists 2026

Posted on June 1, 2026 by TBP Staff

The Hugo Awards, Science Fiction’s most prestigious awards, were established by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) in 1953. The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”), which is also responsible for administering them. The finalists were announced on April 21 and the awards will be presented on August 30.

For more information check the Awards’ Website.

Here are the finalists for 2026 that are in the TBP collection.

Best Novel

DROP OF CORRUPTION: AN ANA AND DIN MYSTERY by Robert Jackson Bennett (DB 130146)

DEATH OF THE AUTHOR by Nnedi Okorafor (DB 127592, BR 26389 IN PROCESS)

SHROUD by Adrian Tchaikovsky (DB 133509)

EVERLASTING by Alix E. Harrow (DB 133195, BR 26638 IN PROCESS, LB 0008872)

INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh (DB 130051)

RAVEN SCHOLAR by Antonia Hodgson (DB 129533)

Best Novella

AUTOMATIC NOODLE by Annalee Newitz (DB 131818)

CINDER HOUSE by Freya Marske (DB 133193)

MURDER BY MEMORY by Olivia Waite (DB 128766, LB 0005762)

RIVER HAS ROOTS by Amal El-Mohtar (DB 128099)

SUMMER WAR by Naomi Novik (DB 132598)

WHAT STALKS THE DEEP by T. Kingfisher (DB 133159)

Lodestar Award for Best YA Book

AMONG GHOSTS by Rachel Harman (DB 130616)

COFFEESHOP IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE by C.B. Lee (DB 131014)

HOLY TERRORS by Margaret Owen (DB 129512)

OATHBOUND by Tracy Deonn (DB 128108, BR 26216 IN PROCESS)

SUNRISE ON THE REAPING by Suzanne Collins (DB 127954, BR 26205, en español DB 128635)

THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT by Trang Thanh Tran (DB 128117)

2026 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Longlist

Posted on May 1, 2026 by TBP Staff

Founded in 2009, The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction celebrates quality, innovation, and ambition of writing for books published in the last year in the previous year in the UK, Ireland or the Commonwealth. In order to qualify, the majority of the storyline must have taken place at least 60 years ago. The winner will be announced at the Borders Book Festival on Friday June 12.

For more information check out the Prize’s website.

Longlisted titles in the NLS Collection are:

VENETIAN VESPERS by John Banville (DB 133275)

HELM by Sarah Hall (DB 134025)

PRETENDER by Jo Harkin (DB 129104)

ARTIST AND THE FEAST by Lucy Steeds (DB 134519)

SEASCRAPER by Benjamin Wood (DB 134024)

2026 Indies Choice Book Award

Posted on April 24, 2026 by TBP Staff

Originally established in 1991 as the American Bookseller Book of the Year, the Indies Choice Book Award celebrates the best Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Children’s Picture Books, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Debut Adult and Debut Children’s voted by indie booksellers. After a brief hiatus the awards are back for 2026! The shortlist was announced on March 11 and the winners were announced April 8.

For more information check out the Award’s website.

Adult Fiction

CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans (DB 129105, en español DB 132482)

Adult Nonfiction

ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS by Omar El Akkad (DB 127850, LB 0001346)

Children’s Picture Books

DON’T TRUST FISH by Neil Sharpson (DB 130282)

Middle Grade

TROUBLE WITH HEROES by Kate Messner (DB 130798, LB 0005921)

Young Adult

THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT by Trang Thanh Tran (DB 128117)

Debut Adult

BLACK-OWNED: THE REVOLUTIONARY LIFE OF THE BLACK BOOKSTORE by Char Adams (DB 133707)

Debut Children’s

WHALE EYES: A MEMOIR ABOUT SEEING AND BEING SEEN by James Robinson (DB 134716)

Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2026

Posted on April 22, 2026 by TBP Staff

The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in Fiction written by women. The Prize celebrates ambitious, inspiring, and thought-provoking novels written by women in English and is awarded for books published in the previous year. The shortlist will be announced on April 22 and the winner will be announced on June 11, 2026.

For more information check out the Women’s Prize for Fiction website.

FLASHLIGHT by Susan Choi (DB 129795, LB 0008519)

CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans (DB 129105, en español DB 132482)

HEART THE LOVER by Lily King (DB 133290)

MODERATION by Elaine Castillo (DB 131689)

WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy (DB 127669, BR 26326 IN PROCESS)

AUDITION by Katie Kitamura (DB 128873)

GARDIAN AND A THIEF by Megha Majumdar (DB 132989, LB 0005878)

DOMINION by Addie E. Citchens (DB 131990)

2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlist

Posted on April 16, 2026 by TBP Staff

Since 1963, the PEN America Literary Awards have honored outstanding voices in translation, fiction, poetry, science writing, essay, sports writing, biography, children’s literature, and drama. The longlist of finalists was announced on January 29, and the winners were announced on March 31.

For more information check out the Pen Literary Awards website.

PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Finalists

DEVIL IS A SOUTHPAW by Brandon Hobson (DB 134023)

THINGS IN NATURE MERELY GROW by Yiyun Li (DB 130140)

INTO THE HUSH by Arthur Sze (DB 134100 – IN PROCESS, BR 26662 – IN PROCESS)

PEN Open Book Award

NATURAL HISTORY: POEMS by Brandon Kilbourne (DBC 31719)

MEDICINE RIVER: A STORY OF SURVIVAL AND THE LEGACY OF INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS by Mary Annette Pember (DB 129679)

PEN Translation Prize

ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME. III by Solvej Balle and translated from the Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell (DB 133345 – IN PROCESS)

REMEMBERED SOLDIER by Anjet Daanje and translated from the Dutch by David McKay (DB 130894 – IN PROCESS)

SONS AND DAUGHTERS by Chaim Grade and translated from the Yiddish by Rose Waldman (DB 131557)

PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay

THE HAVES AND HAVE-YACHTS: DISPATCHES ON THE ULTRARICH by Evan Osnos (DB 130978)

PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

THEY POISONED THE WORLD: LIFE AND DEATH IN THE AGE OF FOREVER CHEMICALS by Mariah Blake (DB 129168)

DINNER WITH KING TUT: HOW ROGUE ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE RE-CREATING THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS, SMELLS, AND TASTES OF LOST CIVILIZATION by Sam Kean (DB 131815)

STRATA: STORIES FROM DEEP TIME by Laura Poppick (DB 131355)

PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs (DB 131983)

TROUBLEMAKER: THE FIERCE, UNRULY LIFE OF JESSICA MITFORD by Carla Kaplan (DB 134155 – IN PROCESS)

WHEN CAESAR WAS KING: HOW SID CAESAR REINVENTED AMERICAN COMEDY by David Margolick (DB 133737 – IN PROCESS)

STAN AND GUS: ART, ARDOR, AND THE FRIENDSHIP THAT BUILT THE GILDED AGE by Henry Wiencek (DB 131939)

ELECTRIC SPARK: THE ENIGMA OF DAME MURIEL by Frances Wilson (DB 134034 – IN PROCESS)

PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction

BEING JEWISH AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF GAZA by Peter Beinart (DB 127493)

A GREEK TRAGEDY: ONE DAY, A DEADLY SHIPWRECK, AND THE HUMAN COST OF THE REFUGEE CRISIS by Jeanne Carstensen (DB 129257)

THE ZORG: A TALE OF GREED AND MURDER THAT INSPIRED THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY by Siddharth Kara (DB 133314)

NOTHING MORE OF THIS LAND: COMMUNITY, POWER, AND THE SEARCH FOR INDIGENOUS IDENTITY by Joseph Lee (DB 133424)

WE SURVIVED THE NIGHT by Julian Brave NoiseCat (IN PROCESS)

Women’s Prize for Nonfiction Longlist 2026

Posted on March 31, 2026 by TBP Staff

The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction is an annual prize created by the Women’s Prize Trust, a registered charity. It celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in Non-Fiction written by women. The Prize highlights ambitious, inspiring, and thought-provoking novels written by women in English and is awarded for books published in the previous year. The longlist was announced on February 11, and the shortlist will be announced on March 25. The winner will be announced on June 11, 2026.

For more information on the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction check out The Women’s Prize Trust’s website.

Nonfiction

FINEST HOTEL IN KABUL: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN by Lyse Doucet (DB 133709 IN PROCESS)

INDIGNITY: A LIFE REIMAGINED by Lea Ypi (DB 133767 IN PROCESS)

MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME by Arundhati Roy (DB 132952)

GENIUS OF TREES: HOW THEY MASTERED THE ELEMENTS AND SHAPED THE WORLD by Harriet Rix (DB 132619)

DAUGHTERS OF THE BAMBOO GROVE: FROM CHINA TO AMERICA, A TRUE STORY OF ABDUCTION, ADOPTION, AND SEPARATED TWINS by Barbara Demick (DB 131346)

2025 LA Times Book Prize Finalists

Posted on March 30, 2026 by TBP Staff

The 2025 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalists, announced in February 2026 for books published in 2025, highlight outstanding works across 13 categories. Winners will be announced Friday, April 17 at USC’s Bovard Auditorium.

For more information check out the LA Times Book Prize website.

Here are the books longlisted for 2025 that are in the TBP collection.

The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction

HUNCHBACK by Saou Ichikawa and translated by Polly Barton (DB 129296)

DOMINION by Addie E. Citchens (DB 131990)

Achievement in Audiobook Production, Presented by Audible

HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER: A DAUGHTER’S MEMOIR written and narrated by Molly Jong-Fast (DB 130271)

BLACK INTO BLUES: HOW A COLOR TELLS THE STORY OF MY PEOPLE written and narrated by Imani Perry (DB 130763, LB 0001271)

PEOPLE LIKE US written by Jason Mott and narrated by JD Jackson, Ronald Peet, and the author (DB 131558)

CORRESPONDENT written by Virginia Evans and narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Meyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Jim Seibert, and Steve West (DB 129105, BR IN PROCESS, en español DB 132482 en proceso)

EMPEROR OF GLADNESS written by Ocean Vuong and narrated by James Aaron Oh (DB 129518, BR 26312 IN PROCESS)

Biography

CHILDREN OF RADIUM: A BURIED INHERITANCE by Joe Dunthorne (DB 129412)

PAPER GIRL: A MEMOIR OF HOME AND FAMILY IN A FRACTURED AMERICA by Beth Macy (DB 133313)

STRANGERS: FIVE EXTRAORDINARY BLACK MEN AND THE WORLDS THAT MADE THEM by Ekow Eshun (DB 133242)

PRIDE AND PLEASURE: THE SCHUYLER SISTERS IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION by Amanda Vaill (DB 133023)

Current Interest

GREEK TRAGEDY: ONE DAY, A DEADLY SHIPWRECK, AND THE HUMAN COST OF THE REFUGEE CRISIS by Jeanne Carstensen (DB 129257)

NO MORE TEARS: THE DARK STORY OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON by Gardiner Harris (DB 128599)

UNABRIDGED: THE THRILL OF (AND THE THREAT TO) THE MODERN DICTIONARY by Stefan Fatsis (IN PROCESS)

WHEN IT ALL BURNS: FIGHTING FIRE IN A TRANSFORMED WORLD by Jordan Thomas (DB 130110)

THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US: WORKING AND HOMELESS IN AMERICA by Brian Goldstone (DB 128877)

Fiction

BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 128581, BR 26200 IN PROCESS)

PALAVER by Bryan Washington (DB 133197)

THESE HEATHENS by Mia McKenzie (IN PROCESS)

History

BLACK-OWNED: THE REVOLUTIONARY LIFE OF THE BLACK BOOKSTORE by Char Adams (DB 133707 IN PROCESS)

BEFORE GENDER: LOST STORIES FROM TRANS HISTORY, 1850-1950 by Eli Erlick (DB 130787)

Mystery/Thriller

EL DORADO DRIVE by Megan Abbott (DB 130344)

PROVING GROUND: A LINCOLN LAWYER NOVEL by Michael Connelly (DB 133660, BR 26608 IN PROCESS, LB 0008300)

KING OF ASHES by S. A. Cosby (DB 130044)

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction

BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 128581, BR 26200 IN PROCESS)

ESPERANCE by Adam Oyebanji (DB 130707)

LUMINOUS by Silvia Park (DB 128486)

DEATH OF THE AUTHOR by Nnedi Okorafor (DB 127592, BR 26389 IN PROCESS)

Science & Technology

THEY POISONED THE WORLD: LIFE AND DEATH IN THE AGE OF FOREVER CHEMICALS by Mariah Blake (DB 129168)

STRATA: STORIES FROM DEEP TIME by Laura Poppick (DB 131355)

STORY OF CO2 IS THE STORY OF EVERYTHING: HOW CARBON DIOXIDE MADE OUR WORLD by Peter Brannen (DB 132559)

WHEN IT ALL BURNS: FIGHTING FIRE IN A TRANSFORMED WORLD by Jordan Thomas (DB 130110)

EMPIRE OF AI: DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES IN SAM ALTMAN’S OPENAI by Karen Hao (DB 129721)

Young Adult Literature

CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN by K. Ancrum (DB 129735)

KING OF THE NEURO VERSE by Idris Goodwin (DB 134166)

TRUTH IS: A NOVEL IN VERSE by Hannah V. Sawyerr (IN PROCESS)

MY MOTHER, THE MERMAID CHASER by Jamie Jo Hoang (DB 132978)