Nero Book Awards

We are proud to announce that the winner of the Nero Gold Prize, Book of the Year 2025 is.... ✨A Family Matter ✨ A huge congratulations to Claire Lynch 👏

We are delighted to share our 2025 Nero Book Awards Category Winners 👏👏 Huge congratulations to Jamila Gavin, Claire Lynch, Sarah Perry and Benjamin Wood! We are also pleased to announce our final judging panel: broadcaster Reeta Chakrabarti and screenwriter Daisy Goodwin, led by the award-winning author and Head Judge, Nick Hornby. To find out more about click the link in our bio 🔗

Everyone: We have an announcement! THE 2025 NERO BOOK AWARDS SHORTLISTS ARE HERE 🎉🎉🎉 A huge congratulations to all of our shortlisted authors 👏 FICTION 💙The Two Roberts by Damian Barr 💙Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite 💙What We Can Know by Ian McEwan 💙Seascraper by Benjamin Wood NON-FICTION 💙We Came by Sea by Horatio Clare 💙The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet 💙Craftland: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Arts and Vanishing Trades by James Fox 💙Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry DEBUT FICTION 💙The Expansion Project by Ben Pester 💙Lush by Rochelle Dowden-Lord 💙Season by George Harrison 💙A Family Matter by Claire Lynch CHILDREN’S FICTION 💙My Soul, A Shining Tree by Jamila Gavin 💙People Like Stars by Patrice Lawrence 💙Dragonborn by Struan Murray 💙Shrapnel Boys by Jenny Pearson The Nero Book Awards are run in partnership with The Booksellers Association and Brunel University of London #NeroBookAwards #bookaward #bookawards #bibliophile #bookstagram #instabook #instareads #booklove #bookish #bookshelf #booksofinstagram #book #reads #iamreading #bookpost #bookrecs #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookaddict #bookish #bookcommunity #bookshelf #readersofinstagram #Shortlist

We've been busy mapping out our summer schedule of literary festivals 🗺️ Which book festival are you most excited about this year?

Who doesn't love a giveaway? With Bank Holiday right around the corner, we're giving FOUR lucky readers the chance to win a random selection of books from the most recent Nero Book Awards shortlist! 🎉 To enter, simply: 📖 Make sure you're following us 📖 Like this post 📖 Tag a friend in the comments 📖 Share this post to Stories for an extra entry Entries close in one week, after which we'll send you your book bundle right in time for a long weekend of reading 🤩 Good luck!📚 T&Cs apply. Entry is open to participants from the UK only. Entries close at 11:59 PM on 18/05/2026. Four winners will be randomly selected from the Nero Book Awards Instagram page and notified via direct message within one week. If we don’t hear back from the winner to accept the prize and supply relevant info within 3 working days thereafter, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected. The winners will receive a randomised selection of books from the 2025 Nero Book Awards shortlist as featured in the competition image. No discussion will be entered into around book selection or swaps considered. We will never ask you to click on a link or send us a payment, accounts that do are fraudulent and should be reported. This competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by Meta.

When do you give a book 5 stars? Is it when it makes you laugh, cry, or something else? Share your thoughts in the comment section below ⬇️

A latte a day keeps the doctor away... that's the saying... right? 😉

Three years, three fantastic Gold Prize Winners 👏 Have you read them all?

Can you believe we're already one quarter of the way through the year? Now's the time to check in on those reading goals and pick up something from our shortlist if you need to catch up... Which book will you be choosing?

In need of a book to listen to whilst running the London Marathon this weekend? We recommend our 2025 Nero Book Awards Gold Prize Winner, A Family Matter by Claire Lynch. You'll keep running purely to keep listening 🔊

A moment of calm 🩵 When life gets busy, we like to unwind with our favourite book. Comment below what you're currently reading ⬇️

Did you know that @clairellynch is the author of a number of non-fiction books, and A Family Matter is her debut? Here's a snap of Claire with her award-winning novel at the Nero Gold Prize ceremony🩵 📸 PA Media Assignments/Doug Peters