"The BookPeople 2023 Book of the Year Awards recognise the 2022 Australian New Releases our booksellers have selected as their favourite hand-sells as part of their ongoing drive to bring writers and readers together. We believe this is a special award because it is decided by the people who personally recommend and care enough to put a book in the hands of the reading public."

BookPeople BookData - Adult Fiction Book of the Year

• Limberlost by Robbie Arnott (Text Publishing) - WINNER
• Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au (Giramondo)
• Horse by Geraldine Brooks (Hachette Australia) 
• All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien (HQ) 
• Willowman by Inga Simpson (Hachette Australia) 
• Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (Penguin) 
• BookPeople BookData - Adult Non-Fiction Book of the Year

Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave & Seán O’Hagan (Text Publishing)  

• Bulldozed: Scott Morrison's Fall and Anthony Albanese's Rise by Niki Savva (Scribe Publications) - WINNER
• Reasons Not to Worry by Brigid Delaney (Allen & Unwin) 
• The Book of Roads and Kingdoms by Richard Fidler (ABC Books)
• Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby (Allen & Unwin)
• Not Now, Not Ever edited by Julia Gillard (Vintage Australia)

BookPeople Kids' Reading Guide - Children's Book of the Year

• Runt by Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin) - WINNER
• Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall (Lothian Children's Books)
• Come Together: Things Every Aussie Kid Should Know about the First People by Isaiah Firebrace & Jaelyn Biumaiwai (Illus) (Hardie Grant Explore) 
• A Tiny Light by Alison Lester (University of Queensland Press) 
• The Bookseller's Apprentice by Amelia Mellor (Affirm Press) 
• Snap! by Anna Walker (Scribble)