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BAMB Readers Awards Presented
25/11/2016
Curated by bookshops, chosen by booklovers
We are delighted to announce the winners of The Books Are My Bag Readers Awards, presented last night (24
th
November) at a ceremony at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London. The BAMB Readers Awards are a unique new set of awards; they are the only book awards with shortlists curated by bookshops. And the only major awards voted for by booklovers.Five shortlists were chosen by booksellers across the UK & Ireland: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, Children’s and Breakthrough Author.
A special Readers Choice Award; voted for entirely by booklovers; and a Beautiful Book Ward; voted for entirely by booksellers, complete the set.
Booklovers have been voting on the shortlists below with the public vote closing on 14th November. The Book Are My Bag Readers Awards are sponsored by National Book Tokens.
Fiction Award
Winner
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
by Max Porter
Shortlist
The Green Road
by Anne Enright
The Loney
by Andrew Hurley
The Muse
by Jessie Burton
This Must Be the Place
by Maggie O'Farrell
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
by Max Porter
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
by Joanna Cannon
Non-Fiction Award
Winner
Reasons to Stay Alive
by Matt Haig
Shortlist
SPQR
by Mary Beard
Landmarks
by Robert Macfarlane
Reasons to Stay Alive
by Matt Haig
The Silk Roads
by Peter Frankopan
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
It's All in Your Head
by Suzanne O'Sullivan
Children's Award
Winner
The Detective Dog
by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie
Shortlist
One
by Sarah Crossan
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
by Patrick Ness
Beetle Boy
by M.G. Leonard
The Day the Crayons Came Home
by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
The Bear and the Piano
by David Litchfield
The Detective Dog
by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie
Biography & Autobiography Award
Winner
The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island
by Bill Bryson
Shortlist
Fingers in the Sparkle Jar
by Chris Packham
The Last Act of Love
by Cathy Rentzenbrink
The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island
by Bill Bryson
At the Existentialist Café
by Sarah Bakewell
The Invention of Nature
by Andrea Wulf
Alive Alive Oh!
by Diana Athill
Breakthrough Author Award
Winner
Joanna Cannon (
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
)
Shortlist
Abi Elphinstone (
The Shadow Keeper
)
Amy Liptrot (
The Outrun
)
Andrew Michael Hurley (
The Loney
)
Han Kang (
The Vegetarian
)
Joanna Cannon (
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
)
Kit de Waal (
My Name is Leon
)
Lisa McInerney (
The Glorious Heresies
)
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (
Harmless Like You
)
Readers Choice Award
Winner
The Good Immigrant
by Nikesh Shukla
Every year readers discover brilliant new books on the shelves of their local bookshop. We couldn't possibly shortlist them all, so the Readers Choice Award was a chance for book lovers to vote for the one they loved the most!
Beautiful Book Award
Winner
The Essex Serpent
by Sarah Perry, cover design by Peter Dyer
Shortlisted and voted for by bookshops
Shortlist
Cartes Postales from Greece
by Victoria Hislop
The Essex Serpent
by Sarah Perry
Golden Hill
by Francis Spufford
Hag-Seed
by Margaret Atwood
Herbarium
by Caz Hildebrand
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