2024 Shortlist
Fiction
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton (Fourth Estate Australia)
The Seven by Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin)
Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko (University of Queensland Press)
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams (Affirm Press)
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Non-Fiction
Bright Shining by Julia Baird (Fourth Estate Australia)
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder (Hamish Hamilton)
The Remarkable Mrs Reibey by Grantlee Kieza (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)
Killing for Country: A Family Story by David Marr (Black Inc.)
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Debut Fiction
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray (Allen & Unwin)
The Visitors by Jane Harrison (Fourth Estate Australia)
Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder by Kerryn Mayne (Bantam Australia)
Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt (Fremantle Press)
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Illustrated Non-Fiction
Paul Bangay by Paul Bangay (Thames & Hudson Australia)
The New Modernist House by Patricia Callan (Thames & Hudson Australia)
The Bird Art of William T. Cooper by Wendy Cooper (National Library of Australia)
Good Life Growing by Hannah Moloney (Affirm Press)
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Children's
Neil, the Amazing Sea Cucumber by Amelia McInerney, illustrated by Lucinda Gifford (Affirm Press)
The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet by Jaclyn Moriarty (Allen & Unwin Children's)
Silver Linings by Katrina Nannestad (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)
Kimmi by Favel Parrett (Hachette Australia)
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Young Adult
Saltwater Boy by Bradley Christmas (Walker Books Australia)
Welcome to Sex by Dr Melissa Kang & Yumi Stynes (Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin Children's)
Stuck Up & Stupid by Angourie Rice & Kate Rice (Walker Books Australia)
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Book of the Year announced 25 March 2024
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