The PANZ Book Design Awards finalists have been announced. Here they are: Aotearoa's most gorgeous, resplendent (and personality-filled) books of 2025. Scroll to browse the list.

Read more about the categories, finalists, and awards here.

Read our reviews of finalist books:
Amma; All That We Know; At the Grand Glacier Hotel; Bad Archive; Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War; The Dream Factory; The Eldest Girl; Dummies & Doppelgängers; Feijoa; Kai Feast; Migration; Old Black Cloud; Rēwena and Rabbit Stew; Sight Lines.

Listen, watch and read interviews with book authors and illustrators:
Authors: Shilo Kino; Steph Matuku; Hannah Rose Watt.
Illustrators: Isobel Joy Te Aho White; Jo Pearson.