Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Non-Fiction

The Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Non-Fiction is a prize category in the annual Indie Book Awards (Australia) presented by Australian Independent Booksellers.[1]

The award was established in 2008.

Winners and shortlists

Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Non-Fiction
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2008 Don Watson American Journeys Winner [2]
2009 Chloe Hooper The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island Winner [2]
2010 Not awarded [2]
2011 Anh Do The Happiest Refugee Winner [2]
2012 William McInnes & Sarah Watt Worse Things Happen at Sea Winner [2]
Betty Churcher Notebooks Finalist [3]
Paul Keating After Words Finalist [3]
Michael Kirby A Private Life: Fragments, Memories, Friends Finalist [3]
2013 Richard de Crespigny QF32 Winner [4]
Paul Ham Sandakan Finalist [5]
Michael Leunig The Essential Leunig: Cartoons from a Winding Path Finalist [5]
Paul Lockyer Lake Eyre Finalist [5]
2014 David Hunt Girt Winner [6]
Hugh Mackay The Good Life Finalist [7]
John Safran Murder in Mississippi Finalist [7]
Kerry-Anne Walsh The Stalking of Julia Gillard Finalist [7]
2015 Don Watson The Bush: Travels in the Heart of Australia Winner [8]
Emma Ayres Cadence Finalist [9]
Tim Low Where Song Began Finalist [9]
Helen Garner This House of Grief Finalist [9]
2016 Magda Szubanski Reckoning: A Memoir Winner [10]
Richard Glover Flesh Wounds Finalist [11]
Kate Grenville One Life Finalist [11]
Rosie Waterland The Anti-Cool Girl Finalist [11]
2017 Helen Garner Everywhere I Look Winner [12]
Maxine Beneba Clarke The Hate Race Finalist [13]
Richard Fidler Ghost Empire Finalist [13]
Clementine Ford Fight Like a Girl Finalist [13]
2018 Richard Fidler & Kári Gíslason Saga Land Winner [14]
Jimmy Barnes Working Class Man Finalist [15]
Georgia Blain The Museum of Words Finalist [15]
Sarah Krasnostein The Trauma Cleaner Finalist [15]
2019 Chloe Hooper The Arsonist Winner [16]
Richard Glover The Land Before Avocado Finalist [17]
Bri Lee Eggshell Skull Finalist [17]
Leigh Sales Any Ordinary Day Finalist [17]
2020 Archie Roach Tell Me Why Winner [18]
Claire Bowditch Your Own Kind of Girl Finalist [19]
Kitty Flanagan 488 Rules for Life: The Thankless Art of Being Correct Finalist [19]
Tyson Yunkaporta Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World Finalist [19]
2021 Julia Baird Phosphorescence Winner [20]
Eddie Jaku The Happiest Man on Earth Finalist [21]
Grace Karskens People of the River Finalist [21]
Cassandra Pybus Truganini: Journey Through the Apocalypse Finalist [21]
2022 Trent Dalton Love Stories Winner [22]
Bri Lee Who Gets to Be Smart Finalist [23]
Richard Flanagan Toxic: The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry Finalist [23]
Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson Larrimah Finalist [23]
2023 Richard Fidler The Book of Roads and Kingdoms Winner [24]
Duane Hamacher, with Elders and Knowledge Holders The First Astronomers Finalist [25]
Heather Rose Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here Finalist [25]
Grace Tame The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner Finalist [25]
2024 David Marr Killing for Country: A Family Story Winner [26]
Julia Baird Bright Shining Finalist [27]
Anna Funder Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life Finalist [27]
Grantlee Kieza The Remarkable Mrs Reibey Finalist [27]
2025 Markus Zusak Three Wild Dogs and the Truth Winner [28]
Gina Chick We Are the Stars Finalist [29]
Helen Garner The Season Finalist [29]
Grantlee Kieza Sister Viv Finalist [29]

References

  1. ^ ""Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2012 & prior"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c ""2012 Indie Awards"". ANZ LitLovers LitBlog. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2013"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b c ""The 2013 Indie Awards Shortlist Announced"". Readings. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  6. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2014"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b c ""The Indie Awards Shortlist for 2014"". Readings. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  8. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2015"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2015 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  10. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2016"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  11. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2016 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  12. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2017"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  13. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2017 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  14. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2018"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  15. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2018 shortlists announced"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  16. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2019"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  17. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2019 shortlists announced"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  18. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2020"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  19. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2020 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  20. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2021"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  21. ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2021 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  22. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2022"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  23. ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2022 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  24. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2023"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  25. ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2023 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  26. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2024"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  27. ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2024 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  28. ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2025"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  29. ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2025 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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