The Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Illustrated Non-Fiction is a prize category in the annual Indie Book Awards (Australia) presented by Australian Independent Booksellers.
The award was established in 2018.
Winners and shortlists
2018–2019 +Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Illustrated Non-FictionYearAuthorTitleResultRef.2018 Kate Herd & Jela Ivankovic-Waters Native: Art & Design with Australian Plants Winner Maggie Beer with Professor Ralph Martins Maggie's Recipe For Life Finalist Alex Elliott-Howery & Sabine Spindler Cornersmith: Salads and Pickles Finalist Janelle McCulloch Beyond the Rock Finalist 2019 Marcia Langton Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country Winner Amber Creswell Bell A Painted Landscape: Across Australia from Bush to Coast Finalist Hetty McKinnon Family: New vegetable classics to comfort and nourish Finalist Claire Takacs Australian Dreamscapes Finalist
2020– +Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Illustrated Non-FictionYearAuthorTitleResultRef.2020 Paul Byrnes The Lost Boys Winner Thomas Mayor Finding the Heart of the Nation Finalist Josh Niland The Whole Fish Cookbook Finalist Jo Turner (editor) In an Australian Light Finalist 2021 Lauren Camilleri & Sophia Kaplan Plantopedia Winner Samantha Bloom, Cameron Bloom & Bradley Trevor Sam Bloom: Heartache & Birdsong Finalist Natalie Paull Beatrix Bakes Finalist Alice Zaslavsky In Praise of Veg Finalist 2022 Amber Creswell Bell Still Life Winner Jane & Jimmy Barnes Where the River Bends Finalist Jaclyn Crupi Garden Like a Nonno Finalist Costa Georgiadis Costa's World Finalist 2023 Damien Coulthard and Rebecca Sullivan First Nations Food Companion Winner Eloise Grills Big Beautiful Female Theory Finalist National Gallery of Australia Cressida Campbell Finalist Nagi Maehashi RecipeTin Eats: Dinner Finalist 2024 Wendy Cooper The Bird Art of William T. Cooper Winner Paul Bangay Paul Bangay Finalist Patricia Callan The New Modernist House Finalist Hannah Moloney Good Life Growing Finalist 2025 Criss Canning The Paintings of Criss Canning Winner Nagi Maehashi RecipeTin Eats : Tonight Finalist Patrick McCaughey The Diaries of Fred Williams 1963-1970 Finalist Tony Tan Tony Tan's Asian Cooking Class Finalist 2026 Tim Pilgrim Wild by Design Winner Matilda Boseley The ADHD Brain Buddy Finalist Jaclyn Crupi Planting for Native Birds, Bees and Butterflies Finalist Nat Thaipun THAI Finalist
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