{"id":953802,"date":"2026-05-12T01:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/953802\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T01:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:29:18","slug":"british-book-awards-virginia-giuffres-memoir-wins-top-book-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/953802\/","title":{"rendered":"British Book Awards: Virginia Giuffre\u2019s memoir wins top book prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Overall book of the year:<\/b> Nobody&#8217;s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, co-written by Amy Wallace<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Author of the year: <\/b>AF Steadman<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Illustrator of the year: <\/b>Dav Pilkey<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Fiction: <\/b>Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Debut fiction: <\/b>The Names by Florence Knapp <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Non-fiction: narrative:<\/b> Nobody&#8217;s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, co-written by Amy Wallace<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Non-fiction: <\/b>Lifestyle &amp; Illustrated: Forgotten Churches by Luke Sherlock<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Crime &amp; thriller: <\/b>A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Discover:<\/b> The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Audiobook fiction: <\/b>Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite, narrated by Weruche Opia, Diana Yekinni and Nnei Opia Clark <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Audiobook non-fiction: <\/b>Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Science fiction &amp; fantasy: <\/b>Alchemised by SenLinYu <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Romantic fiction: <\/b>Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Graphic novel:<\/b> Bunny vs Monkey: Intergalactic Monkey Business! 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