Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards

The Books Are My Bag Reader's Awards are annual literary awards presented by the Booksellers Association in the UK and Ireland since 2016.[1] They are sponsored by National Book Tokens.

History and administration

The awards were launched at the 2016 Booksellers Association conference with the aim of being the first literary awards voted for by the public. A shortlist of books are voted for by bookshops who are members of the Booksellers Association, and the winner of each category is chosen by an online public vote, with over 40,000 people voting in the 2017 awards.[2] The ceremony takes place in November in Foyles bookshop in London.

Awards are presented in the categories of Novel, Popular Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Breakthrough Author, Beautiful Book[3] and Readers' Choice. In 2016, the categories of Novel and Popular Fiction were combined, the categories of Middle Grade and Young Adult were combined and there was an additional award for Biography & Autobiography.[4]

Shortlist and winners

Year Category Nominee Winner
2016 Fiction Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
The Green Road by Anne Enright
The Muse by Jessie Burton
This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
Non-Fiction Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
SPQR by Mary Beard
Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane
The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
It's All in Your Head by Suzanne O'Sullivan
Biography & Autobiography The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham
The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink
The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf
At the Existentialist Café by Sarah Bakewell
Alive Alive Oh! by Diana Athill
Children's The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie
One by Sarah Crossan
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield
Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard
Breakthrough Author Joanna Cannon Joanna Cannon
Abi Elphinstone
Amy Liptrot
Andrew Michael Hurley
Han Kang
Kit de Waal
Lisa McInerney
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Beautiful Book The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Cartes Postales from Greece by Victoria Hislop
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Herbarium by Caz Hildebrand
Readers Choice The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla
2017 Popular Fiction Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
Munich by Robert Harris
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Novel Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
The End We Start From by Megan Hunter
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Non-Fiction East West Street by Philippe Sands This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
Scribbles in the Margins by Daniel Gray
The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
Travels with my Sketchbook by Chris Riddell
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Middle Grade Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll
Moonlocket by Peter Bunzl
Radio Boy by Christian O'Connell
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
The Guggenheim Mystery by Robin Stephens and Siobhan Dowd
Who Let the Gods Out by Maz Evans
Young Adult Ink by Alice Broadway The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Piglettes by Clémentine Beauvais
Release by Patrick Ness
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls
Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird
Breakthrough Author Abir Mukherjee Kate Tempest
Kate Tempest
Édouard Louis
Mary Paulson-Ellis
Fiona Mozley
Harriet Cummings
Beautiful Book As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Alex Preston and Neil Gower Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
Ravilious & Co by Andy Friend
Tangleweed and Brine by Deirdre Sullivan
Readers Choice This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

References

  1. "BAMB Readers Awards to launch this year | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  2. "Doctor's diary This is Going to Hurt wins public vote for book of the year". The Guardian. 2017-11-21. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  3. "The most beautiful books of 2017". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  4. "8 Penguin Random House nods for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards". www.penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
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