The Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Book of the Year is a prize category in the annual Indie Book Awards (Australia) presented by Australian Independent Booksellers.
The prize is awarded to the book considered to be the best from among the other Indie Book Awards Book of the Year categories.
The award was established in 2008.
Winners
| Year | Author | Title | Category | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Tim Winton | Breath | Fiction | |
| 2009 | Craig Silvey | Jasper Jones | Fiction | |
| 2010 | Not awarded | |||
| 2011 | Anh Do | The Happiest Refugee | Non-Fiction | |
| 2012 | Anna Funder | All That I Am | Debut Fiction | |
| 2013 | M. L. Stedman | The Light Between Oceans | Debut Fiction | |
| 2014 | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Fiction | |
| 2015 | Don Watson | The Bush: Travels in the Heart of Australia | Non-Fiction | |
| 2016 | Charlotte Wood | The Natural Way of Things | Fiction | |
| 2017 | Jane Harper | The Dry | Debut Fiction | |
| 2018 | Jessica Townsend | Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow | Children's | |
| 2019 | Trent Dalton | Boy Swallows Universe | Debut Fiction | |
| 2020 | Favel Parrett | There Was Still Love | Fiction | |
| 2021 | Pip Williams | The Dictionary of Lost Words | Debut Fiction | |
| 2022 | Trent Dalton | Love Stories | Non-Fiction | |
| 2023 | Craig Silvey | Runt | Children's | |
| 2024 | David Marr | Killing for Country: A Family Story | Non-Fiction |
References
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- ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2014"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
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- ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2019"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2020"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2021"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2022"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2023"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2024"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 24 May 2024.