Shortlist 2025

Shortlist

Categories

Best British Book
Excellence in Print Production
Fine Binding
Best Book Finishing
Brand / Series Identity
Self - Published Books
Exhibition Catalogues
Photographic Books
Art/Architecture Monographs
Trade Illustrated
Lifestyle Illustrated
Literature
Educational Books
Scholarly, Academic and Reference Books
Children’s Trade 0 to 8 Years
Children’s Trade 9 to 16 Years
Best Jacket / Cover Design
Best Student Book
Book of the Year

Best British Book

Shortlist

Frozen Hell (Roman Edition)
Areté Editions Ltd

Before They are Hanged (Deluxe Edition)
Curious King Books

Historical Maps of The Gulf
DLM Creative

The Alchemist (Lettered Edition)
Lyra's Books

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Lyra's Books

A is for Ant
Printsmith Production

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Excellence in Print Production

Shortlist

Beowulf (The Morris Edition)
Books Illustrated Ltd

Hyperion (Lettered Edition)
Curious King Books

Eau So British Empress London

Liberty Anthology: Arts & Crafts, Bohemian Blooms & Aesthetic Renaissance Hampton Printing (Bristol) Ltd

Y. CO Book Hampton Printing (Bristol) Ltd

The Iliad and The Odyssey The Folio Society

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Fine Binding

Shortlist

Frozen Hell (Roman Edition)
Areté Editions Ltd

Interview with the Vampire (Deluxe Edition)
Books Illustrated Ltd

Before They are Hanged (Lettered Edition)
Curious King Books

The Alchemist (Lettered Edition)
Lyra's Books

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Lyra's Books

Tales of Mystery and Imagination
The Folio Society

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Best Book Finishing

Shortlist

Pride and Prejudice
British Library Publishing

Bon Jovi: Forever
Genesis Publications

The Great Gatsby
The Folio Society

The Watercolors of Skurman Architects
Triglyph Books

I Am. We Are. Liberty.
Trolley Books

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Brand / Series Identity

Shortlist

Winnie-the-Pooh (100th Anniversary)
Farshore, HarperCollins

BIO POPS - Animated First Biographies 
Nextquisite Ltd

My Favourite Seasons 
Nosy Crow

This Little Series
Nosy Crow

Tummy Time Series
Nosy Crow

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Self-Published Books

Shortlist

Call of the Warrior
Empress London

Looking for Trouble
Empress London

Trem da Música
Printsmith Productions

Painters' Tools Sarah Larby Artisans of Dartmoor Suzy Bennett

L.A. Baby!
"Utter" & Press

Taylor Brothers: The Story So Far
VIKA Books

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Exhibition Catalogues

Shortlist

Fragments: Ian Hamilton Finlay
ACC Art Books

Linder: Danger Came Smiling
Hayward Gallery Publishing

Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
Hayward Gallery Publishing

Yoshitomo Nara
Hayward Gallery Publishing

Madge Gill
Northend

Poster Archive 200
Northend

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Photographic Books

Shortlist

In the American West
Abrams & Chronicle Books

Dear Marilyn - The Unseen Letters and Photographs
ACC Art Books

Marilyn Monroe
ACC Art Books

How to Disappear
John Murray Group

City Centre Survival
Printsmith Productions

The Fight
The Folio Society

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Art / Architecture Monographs

Shortlist

The London Club: Architecture, Interiors, Art
ACC Art Books

Cooling Towers
Batsford

Phyllida Barlow: Sculpture 1963-2023
Fruitmarket

Tyler Hobbs: Order/Disorder
Hurtwood

Joe Lycett's Art Hole
Orion Publishing Group

The Watercolors of Skurman Architects
Triglyph Books

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Trade Illustrated

Shortlist

Feline
Abrams & Chronicle Books

The Radiant Sea
Abrams & Chronicle Books

The Boroughs of London
Batsford

The Periodic Table: From Alchemy to the Nuclear Age
DK

Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Ebury, PRH UK

Forgotten Churches
Quarto

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Lifestyle Illustrated

Shortlist

The Snack Hacker
Bonnier Books

Flavour Heroes
Quadrille

Kapusta
Quadrille

Arabica: Small Plates Big Connections
Quarto

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Literature

Shortlist

Hyperion (Deluxe Edition)
Curious King Books

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Lyra's Books

Shout! The True Story of the Beatles
The Folio Society

William Shakespeare: The Complete Plays
The Folio Society

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Educational Books

Shortlist

An Anthology of Remarkable Bugs
DK

The Hidden Heroes of Science
DK

A Story of the Seasons
Nosy Crow

Whimwondery: An Alphabetarium of Useful Nonsense Inventions
Triglyph Books

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Scholarly, Academic and Reference Book

Shortlist

The Art of the Scribe
British Library Publishing

The Hidden Heroes of Science
DK

Eau So British
Empress London

A Night to Remember
The Folio Society

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Children’s Trade 0 to 8 Years

Shortlist

Dinosaur Dynasty
Bonnier Books

The Little Prince: Pop-Up Book
Farshore, HarperCollins

Magic Searchlight - Ocean Animals
Gemini Books Group

Hansel and Gretel
Hachette Children's Group

Letters from the North Pole
Magic Cat Publishing

Fold-Out + Play: Doll's House
Nosy Crow

One Cat, Two Cats
Nosy Crow

Pippi Longstocking
The Folio Society

Marvellous Animal Homes: A Magic Lens Book
What on Earth!

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Children’s Trade 9 to 16 Years

Shortlist

Alan, King of the Universe
Hachette Children's Group

An Illustrated History of Urban Legends
Flying Eye Books

The Notted Island
Flying Eye Books

The Faerie Isle
Walker Books

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Best Jacket / Cover Design

Shortlist

The Italian Way: Celebrate the Food, Culture, Art and Beauty of Italy
DK

Kimono
Grade Design

Screenprints: A History
Grade Design

Lugma
Quadrille

David Lynch
Quarto

Fireweather
Scribe UK / Scribble

A Night to Remember
The Folio Society

Fire and Blood
The Folio Society

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Best Student Book

Shortlist

I Read Banned Books
Franziska Bourget, National College of Art and Design

Submerged
Blaise Carroll, National College of Art and Design

Behind the Beans
Ruby Cryer, UWE Bristol

Silencing
Sarah Cunningham, National College of Art and Design

Bog Book
Laoise Gannon, National College of Art and Design

A Month's Celery Gets You Four Leeks Pay
Rhys Lewis, UWE Bristol

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Book of the Year

Announced on the night!

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