We are so thrilled to reveal our incredible #YABookPrize shortlist 🤩 👏. "The 10 brilliant books on this year’s shortlist cover a wide range of genres, themes and perspectives. they are all engaging, empathetic and entertaining". See the full shortlist in the thread below👇

Author of Where the Heart Should Be, Sarah Crossan describes her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel in three words 🌷. Head over to #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗

Sarah Crossan discusses the history and inspiration behind her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel, Where the Heart Should Be in our recent interview 🌷. Read the full interview here 👉

We asked Moira Buffini, author of the #YABookPrize 2025 shortlist, Songlight, to describe her dystopian debut novel in three words. ✨. Head over to #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗

Author of Songlight (@FaberBooks), Moira Buffini speaks to us about the inspiration and meaning behind her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel 📚✨. Read the full interview at the link in our bio 🔗

We asked Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar to describe their #YABookPrize 2025 shortlisted book, Four Eids and a Funeral (@Usborne) in three words 🤩. Head over to #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗

Kicking off our first week of championing our #YABookPrize shortlist, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar speak to us about their love story, Four Eids and a Funeral (Usborne) 💜💛. Read the full interview here 👉

RT @davidjalmond: Having a fascinatingf time ads one of the judges of this year's YA Book Prize. Strong shortlist of ten books:.@yabookpriz….

RT @Waterstones: ICYMI, here is the incredible 2025 YA Book Prize shortlist! 🥳. Celebrating the finest writing in the UK and Ireland for te….

@adiba_j @Usborne @thebookseller @edbookfest @FaberBooks @SarahCrossan @KidsBloomsbury @BloomsburyBooks @doyle_cat @simonschusterUK @simonkids_UK @simonYAbooks @HarperFireBooks @Bea_a_Bea @PenguinUKBooks @asgoodasdeadd @EMTeenFiction @HarperCollinsUK @guppybooks A huge congratulations to all of our shortlistees! . Have you read any of the titles? 📚

@adiba_j @Usborne @thebookseller @edbookfest @FaberBooks @SarahCrossan @KidsBloomsbury @BloomsburyBooks @doyle_cat @simonschusterUK @simonkids_UK @simonYAbooks @HarperFireBooks @Bea_a_Bea @PenguinUKBooks @asgoodasdeadd @EMTeenFiction @HarperCollinsUK O R Sorrel's Apocalypse Cow (@guppybooks) joins the #YABookPrize shortlist, congratulations!. Explore the shortlist 👉

@adiba_j @Usborne @thebookseller @edbookfest @FaberBooks @SarahCrossan @KidsBloomsbury @BloomsburyBooks @doyle_cat @simonschusterUK @simonkids_UK @simonYAbooks @HarperFireBooks @Bea_a_Bea @PenguinUKBooks @asgoodasdeadd @EMTeenFiction @HarperCollinsUK Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys (@FaberBooks) joins the #YABookPrize shortlist, congratulations!. Explore the shortlist 👉

@adiba_j @Usborne @thebookseller @edbookfest @FaberBooks @SarahCrossan @KidsBloomsbury @BloomsburyBooks @doyle_cat @simonschusterUK @simonkids_UK @simonYAbooks @HarperFireBooks @Bea_a_Bea @PenguinUKBooks @asgoodasdeadd @EMTeenFiction @HarperCollinsUK Danielle Jawando's If My Words Had Wings (@simonschusterUK @simonkids_UK) joins the #YABookPrize shortlist, congratulations!. Explore the shortlist 👉

@adiba_j @Usborne @thebookseller @edbookfest @FaberBooks @SarahCrossan @KidsBloomsbury @BloomsburyBooks @doyle_cat @simonschusterUK @simonkids_UK @simonYAbooks @HarperFireBooks @Bea_a_Bea @PenguinUKBooks Holly Jackson (@asgoodasdeadd)'s The Reappearance of Rachel Prince (@EMTeenFiction @HarperCollinsUK) joins the #YABookPrize shortlist, congratulations!. Explore the shortlist 👉

@adiba_j @Usborne @thebookseller @edbookfest @FaberBooks @SarahCrossan @KidsBloomsbury @BloomsburyBooks @doyle_cat @simonschusterUK @simonkids_UK @simonYAbooks @HarperFireBooks Bea Fitzgerald (@Bea_a_Bea)'s The End Crowns All (@PenguinUKBooks) joins the #YABookPrize shortlist, congratulations!. Explore the shortlist 👉

@adiba_j @Usborne @thebookseller @edbookfest @FaberBooks @SarahCrossan @KidsBloomsbury @BloomsburyBooks @doyle_cat @simonschusterUK @simonkids_UK @simonYAbooks Leon Egan's Lover Birds (@HarperFireBooks) joins the #YABookPrize shortlist, congratulations!. Explore the shortlist 👉

@adiba_j @Usborne @thebookseller @edbookfest @FaberBooks @SarahCrossan @KidsBloomsbury @BloomsburyBooks Catherine Doyle (@doyle_cat)'s The Dagger and the Flame (@simonschusterUK @simonkids_UK) joins the #YABookPrize shortlist, congratulations!. Explore the shortlist 👉

@adiba_j @Usborne @thebookseller @edbookfest @FaberBooks @SarahCrossan's Where the Heart Should Be (@KidsBloomsbury, @BloomsburyBooks) joins the #YABookPrizeShortlist, congratulations!. Explore the shortlist 👉

@adiba_j @Usborne @thebookseller @edbookfest Moira Buffini's Songlight (@FaberBooks) joins the #YABookPrize shortlist, congratulations!. Explore the shortlist 👉

Adiba Jaigirdar (@adiba_j) and Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Four Eids and a Funeral (@Usborne) joins the #YABookPrize shortlist, congratulations!. Explore the shortlist 👉