Nero book awards

There are four awards every year: Children’s Fiction, Fiction, Debut Fiction and Non-Fiction. Each award has a shortlist of four. One of the four winners is then chosen as book of the year, for the Gold Award. On this list, this winner will be highlighted.

They are sponsored by Caffè Nero in partnership with The Booksellers Association, Brunel University London and Right To Dream.

Children's fiction
2024

The Twelve by Liz Hyder (winner)

Bird Boy by Catherine Bruton 

How to Survive a Horror Movie by Scarlet Dunmore

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness

2023
The Swifts by Beth Lincoln (winner)

Gwen & Art are not in Love by Lex Croucher

Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn

Wild Song by Candy Gourlay

Fiction

2024

Lost in the Garden by Adam S Leslie (winner)

Levitation for Beginners by Suzannah Dunn 

The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya

Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan

2023

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (winner & Book of the Year)

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan

Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell

Debut Fiction

2024 

Wild Houses by Colin Barrett (winner)

Monumenta by Jara Haworth

Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon

No Small Thing by Orlaine McDonald

2023

Close to Home by Michael Magee (winner )
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro

The New Life by Tom Crewe

Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

Non-fiction

2024

Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst (winner and overall winner)

Pixel Flesh by Ellen Atlanta

An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi

All That Glitters by Orlando Whitfield

2023

Strong Female Character by Fern Brady (winner)

The Tidal Year by Freya Bromley: 

Undercurrent by Natasha Carthew

Hags by Victoria Smith