The winner of the 2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize is Babylonia by Costanza Castati. Find out more about Babylonia, and the other five novels shortlisted for the 2025 Adventure Writing Prize!
Spanning continents and centuries, we're confident that this list comprises 'An Adventure for Everyone'. From the brutal rise to power of a legendary queen in Babylonia, to a young sorceress facing down destiny in Sycorax. Redemption takes readers on a high-stakes road trip across the Nevada desert, while A House for Miss Pauline invites us into a reckoning with history across the sun-soaked landscapes of Jamaica. Water Moon delivers a surreal and poignant journey through Tokyo, and Fundamentally offers a sharp and surprising narrative about identity, radicalisation and unexpected connection across divides.
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