Winners were named for the 2025 Books Are My Bag Readers Awards, which are curated by bookshops, voted for by readers across the U.K. and Ireland, and sponsored by National Book Tokens. The winning titles, announced at an awards ceremony held at Foyles Charing Cross Road, are:
Fiction: Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Nonfiction: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Poetry: To the Women by Donna Ashworth
YA fiction: Wish You Were Her by Elle McNicoll
Children's fiction: Impossible Creatures: The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell
Picture book: Otto the Top Dog by Catherine Rayner
Newcomer of the year: Emma Swan (Cruise Ship Kid: Thief at Sea!, illustrated by Katie Saunders)
Readers' Choice: Cruise Ship Kid: Thief at Sea! by Emma Swan, illustrated by Katie Saunders