Waterstones has selected a shortlist for its Book of the Year:
Ocean by David Attenborough & Colin Butfield
Universality by Natasha Brown
Donut Squad: Take Over the World! by Neill Cameron
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Craftland by James Fox
The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
Alice with a Why by Anna James
Katabasis by RF Kuang
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
The Café at the Edge of the Woods by Mikey Please
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy
Padella by Tim Siadatan
The Artist by Lucy Steeds
Strange Pictures by Uketsu