The 2026 Shortlist is Here!!

As we celebrate our 15th Birthday this year, we are delighted to announce yet another AMAZING Shortlist. It was a super close call between the 20 books on our Longlist, and the five books that eventually became our 2026 Shortlist.

The 2026 Shortlist is:

1. The Wycherleys by  Annaliese Avery
2. Cloud Nine by Sue H. Cunningham
3. Mondays are Murder by Ravena Guron
4. Aphrodite by Bryony Pearce
5. We Three Witches by Rosie Talbot

You and your students now have until the 5th of June to read all five titles and then vote for your favourite! See our FAQ for information on how to vote.

Hope to see you at Durrington High School on the 19th June for the big awards night with our host and previous Silver Winner Benjamin Dean

Oh what a night!

Wow! What a night!!!

Huge thanks to all of our participating schools for running your book clubs, getting all the entries in for us and organising trips out to bring students to the award night! We had nearly 300 people join us at Shoreham Academy, 4 FANTASTIC authors and a whole SHED load of excited teenage readers!

And the winner was …

JOSH SILVER for HAPPYHEAD

HappyHead was by far the out and out winner this year with over 500 votes! We were really sad that Josh couldn’t join us on the night but he has sent us a brilliant video – it’s up on our Youtube channel now. 

Save the Date

The ABA Team

The ABAs 2025 will be held in the brand new theatre space at Durrington High School on Friday 20th June 2025, and we can’t wait! We’re already planning some awesome things for you and your students and we are looking forward to seeing you there! You can sing-up to the ABAs 2025 using the link below.   

The 2024 Shortlist

We are absolutely delighted to announce the 2024 Amazing Book Awards Shortlist, and what a list it is! Wow!! What do you think? Did your favourite make the shortlist? Have you started reading them yet?

And will you be joining us for the awards night on FRIDAY 21st JUNE? 

The Immortal Games

By Annalise Avery

How to Die Famous

By Benjamin Dean

Catch Your Death

By Ravena Guron

Someone is Watching You

By Tess James-Mackey

Join us on Friday 21st June for the BEST awards night yet!

link coming soon ….

Rosie Talbot wins GOLD!

We are delighted to announce that the wonderful Rosie Talbot is your Gold Award Winner.

Sixteen souls was a clear winner but Finn Longman’s The Butterfly Assassin and Alex Bell’s The Lighthouse were a super close Silver and Bronze.

Huge thanks to all our finalist authors for joining us at the award night, we hope you enjoyed the evening.

A BIG thank you to all of the staff and students who came along too. It was so FANTASTIC to see you face-to-face again after so long.

A final thanks to the Book Nook, Hove for your on-going support over the past 12 years. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Sign-up for 2024 is already open! Click the link above and get ready for 2024 and out 13th Birthday!

It’s personal!

Established in 2011 by four West Sussex School Librarians the Amazing Book Awards, aka The ABAs, were created to give local students a strong personal voice. The first essential rule of the awards was, only the students’ votes count. No panel could override or veto their decisions. Student voice is key. The cornerstone of the awards.

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