Will Man Booker and Costa prize-winner Hilary Mantel bag another prize for Bring Up The Bodies? She could well do just that.  Along with Rachel Joyce, last year’s Orange Prize-winner Madeline Miller,  John Lanchester, Barbara Kingsolver and Simon Armitage, she’s on the Independent Bookseller Award shortlists.

Independent members of the Booksellers’ Association select their best 10 adult (and 12 children’s) books from a list put together by publishers. Two judging panels select the winning books – panel consist of authors, broadcasters and booksellers.   The winner will be announced on 29th June.

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IBW Book Award 2013 – Adult Shortlist

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce (Black Swan)
HhHH Laurent Binet (Vintage)
Bring Up The Bodies Hilary Mantel (HarperCollins)
Capital John Lanchester (Faber)
The Etymologicon Mark Forsyth (Icon Books)
Flight Behaviour Barbara Kingsolver (Faber)
The Song of Achilles  Madeline Miller (Bloomsbury)
Walking Home Simon Armitage (Faber)
A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo (Portobello Books)