Discover some of the best Penguin Random House books of 2025 with this list of award-winning and shortlisted titles this year.
Congratulations to all the Penguin Random House authors who have been honoured by awards this year.
Across a wide range of genres, these shortlisted and awarded-winning books are great feats of literature from some of our amazing authors.
Scroll on to see the award winners and be prepared to discover a new favourite on this list.
Editorial Note: This list will be continuously updated throughout 2025 as awards are announced.
Shortlisted and award-winning books 2025
Award winners
- Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst, Nero Gold Prize Book of the Year 2024
Shortlisted titles
- At the Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence Fearnley, Jan Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction; 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Award, Fiction
- Bake with Brooki by Brooke Bellamy; 2025 ABIAs, Illustrated Book of the Year
- Eleanor Jones Can't Keep a Secret by Amy Doak, Indies Book Awards 2025, Young Adult; 2025 ABIAs, John Marsden Book of the Year for Older Children
- Juice by Tim Winton, Indies Book Awards 2025, Fiction; 2025 ABIAs, Audiobook of the Year; 2025 ABIAs, Literary Fiction Book of the Year; 2025 ABIAs Social Impact Book of the Year
- Ten Things I Wish You Knew About Your Child's Mental Health by Billy Garvey, 2025 ABIAs, General Fiction Book of the Year
- The 113th Assistant Librarian by Stuart Wilson, Indies Book Awards 2025, Children's; 2025 ABIAs, Book of the Year for Younger Children
- The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston, Indies Book Awards 2025, Debut Fiction
- The Forever War by Nick Bryant, 2025 ABIAs, General Nonfiction Book of the Year
- The Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow, 2025 ABIAs, John Marsden Book of the Year for Older Children
- The Mermaid Chronicles: A Midlife Mer-moir by Megan Dunn, 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Award, General Non-Fiction
- The Venice Hotel by Tess Woods, 2025 ABIAs, General Fiction Book of the Year
- The Whole Truth by Jackie O, 2025 ABIAs, Biography Book of the Year
- Translations by Jumaana Abdu, 2025 MUD Literary Prize
- Unreel: A Life in Review by Diana Wichtel, 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Award, General Non-Fiction
- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman, 2025 ABIAs, International Book of the Year
- You Don't Have to Have a Dream by Tim Minchin, 2025 ABIAs, Illustrated Book of the Year
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