The winners of the 2025 New Zealand Booklovers Awards have been announced.

The winners are:

Best Adult Fiction Book

The Space Between by Lauren Keenan

Best Lifestyle Book

Kai Feast: Food Stories & Recipes from the Maunga to the Moana by Christall Lowe

Best Young Adult Book

Migration by Steph Matuku

Best Junior Fiction Book (joint winners)

The Grimmelings by Rachael King

The Raven’s Eye Runaways by Claire Mabey

Best Children’s Picture Book

The Squeakling by Kristin Kelly, illustrated by Ronja Schiller

Find out more about the awards