The longlists for the 2018 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The ABIAs celebrate the ‘best books of the year, well published’.

The titles in each category are…

General fiction book of the year

• Force of Nature by Jane Harper
• On the Java Ridge by Jock Serong
• The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
• The Girl from Munich by Tania Blanchard
• The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green
• The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham
• The Tea Gardens by Fiona McIntosh
• The Trip of a Lifetime by Monica McInerney

Literary fiction book of the year

• A Long Way Home by Peter Carey
• Australia Day by Melanie Cheng
• First Person by Richard Flanagan
• See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
• Taboo by Kim Scott
• The Choke by Sofie Laguna
• The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser
• Wimmera by Mark Brandi

General nonfiction book of the year

• Anaesthesia by Kate Cole-Adams
• Being 14 by Madonna King
• Depends What You Mean By Extremist by John Safran
• First, We Make The Beast Beautiful by Sarah Wilson
• Not Just Lucky by Jamila Rizvi
• Saga Land by Richard Fidler & Kári Gíslason
• Taming Toxic People by David Gillespie
• The Harbour by Scott Bevan
• The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein

Biography book of the year

• A Writing Life by Bernadette Brennan
• Danger Music by Eddie Ayres
• The Enigmatic Mr Deakin by Judith Brett
• Tracker by Alexis Wright
• Unbreakable by Jelena Dokic with Jessica Halloran
• Unmasked by Turia Pitt
• Wednesdays with Bob by Derek Rielly & Bob Hawke
• Working Class Man by Jimmy Barnes

Book of the year for older children (ages 13+)

• Beautiful Mess by Claire Christian
• Begin, End, Begin edited by Danielle Binks
• Frogkisser! by Garth Nix
• My Life as a Hashtag by Gabrielle Williams
• Take Three Girls by Simmone Howell, Cath Crowley & Fiona Wood
• Tales From a Tall Forest by Shaun Micallef & Jonathan Bentley
• The Silent Invasion by James Bradley
• Untidy Towns by Kate O’Donnell

Book of the year for younger children (ages 7-13)

• Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase by Peter Helliar & Lesley Vamos
• Funny Kid for President by Matt Stanton
• Maybe by Morris Gleitzman
• Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
• Polly and Buster: The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster by Sally Rippin
• The Bad Guys Episode 6 by Aaron Blabey
• The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty
• The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome by Katrina Nannestad
• The 91-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton

Children’s picture book of the year (ages 0-6)

• Do Not Lick This Book by Idan Ben-Barak & Julian Frost
• Florette by Anna Walker
• I Just Ate My Friend by Heidi McKinnon
• I’m Australian Too by Mem Fox & Ronojoy Ghosh
• Mopoke by Philip Bunting
• Pig the Star by Aaron Blabey
• No One Likes a Fart by Zoë Foster Blake & Adam Nickel
• The Bum Book by Kate Mayes & Andrew Joyner
• The Very Noisy Baby by Alison Lester

Illustrated book of the year

• Basics to Brilliance Kids by Donna Hay
• Cornersmith: Salads and Pickles by Alex Elliott-Howery & Sabine Spindler
• Hummus and Co by Michael Rantissi & Kristy Frawley
• Maggie’s Recipe for Life by Maggie Beer & Professor Ralph Martin
• Native: Art and Design with Australian Plants by Kate Herd & Jela Ivankovic-Waters
• Ostro by Julia Busuttil Nishimura
• Paris: Through a Fashion Eye by Megan Hess
• The Vegetable by Caroline Griffiths & Vicki Valsamis

International book of the year

• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesa Cavallo
• Here We Are: Notes For Living On Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers
• Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
• La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust Book 1) by Philip Pullman
• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
• Mythos by Stephen Fry
• The Sun and her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

Small publishers’ adult book of the year

• Atlantic Black by AS Patrić
• Call of the Reed Warbler by Charles Massy
• Cardinal by Louise Milligan
• Journeys into the Wild: The Photography of Peter Dombrovskis introduction & commentary by Bob Brown
• The Australian Bird Guide by Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke, Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack & Kim Franklin
• The Restorer by Michael Sala
• The Museum of Words by Georgia Blain
• Mirror Sydney by Vanessa Berry

Small publishers’ children’s book of the year

• At the Beach I See by Kamsani Bin Salleh
• At the Zoo I See by Joshua Button & Robyn Wells
• Big Fella Rain by Beryl Webber & Fern Martins
• Hello, Melbourne! by Megan McKean
• It’s OK to Feel the Way You Do by Josh Langley
• The Elephant by Peter Carnavas
• Slow Down, World by Tai Snaith
• Under the Love Umbrella by Davina Bell & Allison Colpoys

The Matt Richell award for new writer of the year

• Australia Day by Melanie Cheng
• Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
• See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
• Terra Nullius by Claire G Coleman
• The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green
• The Girl from Munich by Tania Blanchard
• The Last Man in Europe by Dennis Glover
• The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
• Wimmera by Mark Brandi

The 2018 shortlists will be announced on 19 April, with the winners to be announced at a ceremony at the Sydney International Convention Centre on 3 May. For more information, please visit the ABIA website.