Book that inspired us to watch the most movies
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies (and Why We Don’t Learn Them from Movies Any More) by Hadley Freeman

Teen romance most likely to restore your faith in love
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Best feminist hero
Dietland by Sarai Walker

Most sumptuous and heart-warming picture book
The Most Wonderful Thing in the World by Vivian French and Angela Barrett

Tastiest recipes for cooking kale
The I Hate Kale Cookbook: 35 Recipes to Change Your Mind by Tucker Shaw

Best literary read for horse-lovers
In the Quiet by Eliza Henry-Jones

Most likely to make you reluctant to board a plane
In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume

Most stylish and straight-forward book about beauty products
Pretty Honest: The Straight-talking Beauty Companion by Sali Hughes

Best TV series adapted from a Man Booker Prize-winning novel
Wolf Hall

Most adventurous showcase of Australian and Indian YA talent
Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean edited by Kirsty Murray, Payal Dhar and Anita Roy

Standout translated children’s book (7+)
The Day No One Was Angry by Toon Tellegen and Marc Boutavant

Children’s book that adults will want to read too
The ACB with Honora Lee by Kate De Goldi and Gregory O'Brien

Best new format edition of a staff favourite from last year
The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt

Best boarding school memoir
Bad Behaviour: A Memoir of Bullying and Boarding School by Rebecca Starford

Best matriarch in fiction
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

Best family bedtime story (especially for parents who can ‘do the voices’) (7+)
The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones by Will Mabbitt

Best book set (almost) entirely in one room
The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader

Best novel about climate change
Clade by James Bradley

Fresh new voice in OzYA
Pieces of Sky by Trinity Doyle

Most likely to get young unwilling readers into reading (6+)
The Bad Guys: Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey

Best children’s book alluding to a much-loved classic (10+)
I Kill the Mockingbird by Paul Acampora

Best word-of-mouth crime thriller
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Best new superhero
Ms Marvel

Most adorable board book for babies
What Does Doggy Want? by David Wojtowycz

Most helpful book for planning your funeral
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematorium by Caitlin Doughty

Young adult cover we’d most want as a wall poster
Becoming Kirrali Lewis by Jane Harrison

Best page-turning adventure for teens who love action
Prince of Afghanistan by Louis Nowra

Best book about Courtney Love
Hole’s Live Through This by Anwen Crawford

Book most likely to make you eat nothing but yoghurt, broccoli and white rice
Gut: the Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Under-Rated Organ by Giulia Enders

Most stunning picture book for art-loving adults
Pool by JiHyeon Lee

Best confessional memoir from a musician
Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon

Best deceptively educational children’s book (or how to make grammar fun and memorable)
The Greatest Gatsby: A Visual Book of Grammar by Tohby Riddle