2025 Literary Awards Roundup Challenge - hosted by sarahweyand

British Book Awards

Book of the Year

  • Intermezzo - Sally Rooney
  • Long Island - Colm Tóibín 
  • Think Again - Jacqueline Wilson
  • All Fours - Miranda July
  • You Are Here - David Nicholls
  • James - Percival Everett

Pageturner

  • The Christmas Tree Farm - Laurie Gilmore
  • Someone Else's Shoes - Jojo Moyes
  • Daydream - Hannah Grace
  • Faebound - Saara El-Arifi
  • Our Fair Lily  - Rosie Goodwin
  • House of Flame and Shadow - Sarah J. Maas

Debut Fiction

  • Butter - Asako Yuzuki
  • The List of Suspicious Things - Jennie Godfrey
  • When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A. Parker
  • The Ministry of Time -  Kaliane Bradley
  • Green Dot - Madeleine Gray
  • Glorious Exploits - Ferdia Lennon

winner: May 12
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All books added

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456 pages first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical mystery dark emotional medium-paced

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fiction historical romance

356 pages first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced

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fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

951 pages first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

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Butter

Asako Yuzuki

452 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

352 pages first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced