Prizes and Awards > 2023 Prizes and Awards > 2023 BookPeople Awards
"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)