Discover some of the best Penguin Random House books of 2026 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 2026 as awards are announced.
Shortlisted and award-winning books 2026
Award winners
- Fierceland by Omar Musa, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, Fiction
- Taniwha by Gavin Bishop, NZ Booklovers Awards, Best Children’s Picture Book
- Wild Dark Shoreby Charlotte McConaghy, Indie Book Awards, Book of the Year and Fiction
Shortlisted
- 1985 by Dominic Hoey, NZ Booklovers Awards, Best Adult Fiction
- Anahera by Ruth Paul, NZ Booklovers Awards, Best Children’s Picture Book
- Ara by Dr Hinemoa Elder, NZ Booklovers Awards, Best Lifestyle Book
- Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town by Li Chen, NZ Booklovers Awards, Best Junior Fiction
- Eleanor Jones is Playing with Fire by Amy Doak, Indie Book Awards, Young Adult
- Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm by Heather Haylock and Lael Chisholm, NZ Booklovers Awards, Best Children’s Picture Book
- Harry and Gran Bake a Cake by Fiona McIntosh and Sara Acton, Indie Book Awards, Children’s
- Mum's Busy Work by Jacinda Ardern and Ruby Jones, NZ Booklovers Awards, Best Children’s Picture Book
- The ADHD Brain Buddy by Matilda Boseley, Indie Book Awards, Illustrated Non-Fiction
- This Stays Between Us by Margot McGovern, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, John Marsden Prize for Writing for Young Adults; CBCA Awards, Book of the Year – Older Readers
- Wandering Wild by Lynette Noni, Indie Book Awards, Young Adult
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