31.10.13 | Joshua Farrington -0 The BooksellerOnly one of the six titles—the children’s book Maps (Big Picture Press/Templar) by Polish husband and wife team Aleksandra and Daniel Mizieliniska—is from a non-Penguin Random House imprint.
In addition to Maps, the shortlist comprises: Life after Life by Kate Atkinson [pictured] (Doubleday); Levels of Life by Julian Barnes (Cape); The Gigantic Beard that Was Evil by Stephen Collins (Cape); Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life by Nina Stibbe (Viking); and Stoner by John Williams (Vintage Classics).
The titles for the prize are nominated by Waterstones booksellers.
M.d. James Daunt said the list represented a year of “extraordinary publishing”. He added: “Our booksellers have selected an eclectic and surprising shortlist for our Book of the Year, all fabulous books that are distinctively inspiring and which I am sure will provoke as much passionate interest from our customers as they already have from our booksellers.”
The winner will be announced on 3rd December and heavily promoted throughout the chain. Last year’s winner, Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook (Bloomsbury) by Russell Norman, saw in increase in sales of more than 1,700% across the estate, the chain said.
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