Spanish photographer Ricardo Cases appeared in our Talent Issue (#7790) thanks to a tip-off from the bookseller, Markus Schaden.

Now his third book, Paloma al aire, is out, published by Schaden with Dewi Lewis and Photovision, and it’s easy to see why he’s winning attention.

Capturing a strange traditional game involving brightly painted pigeons in all its comic absurdity, the book features full-bleed images broken in two by crude metal ring binding, which keeps it on the right side of cute.

The book made Alec Soth's list of best photobooks of the year, too, in the comedy section, with the Magnum photographer commenting: "A documentary on pigeon racing that manages to be funny, mysterious and strangely touching."

For more details, visit www.dewilewispublishing.com.

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As BJP is publishing, over the month of December, its list of the 10 best photobooks of the year, we're inviting our readers to share their views by submitting a photo of the best photobook they've acquired this year.

Send us your suggestions by 23 December at midnight, and on 24 December, two readers will be randomly selected to receive a signed copy of Daniel Meadows' Edited Photographs From the 70s and 80s or Joachim Schmid's Photoworks 1982-2007.

Participants have three options to submit their photos: they can either send images by email at bjp.news@bjphoto.co.uk (low-resolution only), or use Instagram and Twitter.

On Instagram for the iPhone, all you need to do is follow us @bjp1854 and tag your photos with "@bjp1854". On Twitter, you can follow us @1854.