Australian independent booksellers are thrilled to announce their Shortlist for the Indie Book Awards 2022, their favourite Australian books published in 2021!
Established in 2008, the Indie Book Awards recognize and celebrate this country’s incredible literary talent and who better to nominate and judge the best-of-the-best than indie booksellers – the ultimate champions of great Australian writing!
Who will win each category in 2022?
Who will take out the overall ‘2022 Book of the Year’ Award?!
The Category Winners and the Overall Book of the Year Winner will be announced at a virtual awards event on Monday 21 March 2022.
Selected Shortlists for the Indie Book Awards 2022 include:
FICTION LONGLIST
Treasure and Dirt by Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin) *
Devotion by Hannah Kent (Picador Australia)
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (Hamish Hamilton Australia)
The Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson (Hachette Australia)
NON-FICTION LONGLIST
Love Stories by Trent Dalton (Fourth Estate Australia)
Who Gets to Be Smart by Bri Lee (Allen & Unwin)
Toxic: The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry by Richard Flanagan (Penguin Australia)
Larrimah by Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson (Allen & Unwin) *
DEBUT FICTION
When Things Are Alive They Hum by Hannah Bent (Ultimo Press)
We Were Not Men by Campbell Mattinson (HarperCollins Australia) *
Love & Virtue by Diana Reid (Ultimo Press)
The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart (Viking Australia)
Books marked * have been reviewed in these pages.
To view the complete shortlist and for more information, click here.