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Big Tasty Read
The Big Tasty Read is inspiring people from across the UK to rediscover the joy of books, through food – stirring appetites with a smorgasbord of stories from food writers and novelists. Find out more here.
Booker Prize 2025 Longlist
The 2025 longlist for the Booker Prize—the world’s most significant award for a single work of fiction—has been announced. Find out more here.
Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025 Shortlist
The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation have announced the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing, Best Published Novel award, shortlist for 2025. Find out more here.
The Society of Authors announces the 2025 shortlists for the ADCI Literary Prize, the Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize and the Queen’s Knickers Award
‘Incantatory, spell-binding and resonant’ – announcing the 2025 Society of Authors’ Awards shortlists including the ADCI Literary Prize, the Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize and the Queen’s Knickers Award. Find out more here.
International Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist
The 2025 shortlist for the International Booker Prize, the world’s most influential award for translated fiction, has been announced. Find out more here.
Radio 2 Book Club
Check out the latest books on the Radio 2 Book Club with Sara Cox. For all the latest Book Club content, including interviews with the authors, visit BBC Sounds.
Picture Perfect Booklist
Our Picture Perfect Booklist is a collection of books that prove a picture really can be worth a thousand words! This specially curated list showcases highly illustrated books, graphic novels, and powerful visual storytelling that enhances the story being told. You can then add the books from the list you’d like to read more to your TBR pile. If you have read any of the books please leave a review to help other book clubs to know more about the book and see if it’s for them.
Themed booklists
We’ve collected together some of our previous booklists on a variety of themes and topics. Take a look to find your next read.
The Big Sporting Read
The Reading Agency’s Books of the Year 2024
Spine-tinglers & Nail-biters
Debuts 2024
Summer Reads: Escape with a Book
Reading Well
Reading Well supports you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using helpful reading. All Reading Well books are recommended by health experts, as well as people with lived experience.
Reading Well for mental health
Reading Well for mental health provides helpful information and support for managing common mental health conditions, or dealing with difficult feelings and experiences. Some books also include personal stories from people who are living with or caring for someone with mental health needs.
Reading Well for families
Parenting in the early years can be a rollercoaster. Whether you’re an expectant parent, a new mum or dad, or caring for little ones, our Reading Well for families booklist can help. These expert-recommended books offer support around mental health, wellbeing and coping with loss through a mix of practical advice, personal stories and poetry.
Reading Well for teens
Reading Well for teens suggests recommended reading and digital resources for teens to help with understanding feelings, managing emotions, boosting confidence and coping with difficult times.
Reading Well for children
Reading Well for children recommends reading to help children deal with worries, feel better and boost their mood.
Reading Well for dementia
Reading Well for dementia recommends helpful reading and digital resources to help you understand more about dementia. There are books for people living with dementia, family, friends and carers. The booklist provides reliable information, advice and support as well as personal stories and age-appropriate books for children.
