Books & authors

Shortlist

2009

Quantum Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality

Manjit Kumar

Longlist

2009

Soul of the Age The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare

Jonathan Bate

Longlist

2009

Pompeii The Life of a Roman Town

Mary Beard

Longlist

2009

A Fork in the Road A Memoir

Andre Brink

Longlist

2009

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

Alain De Botton

Longlist

2009

Science A Four Thousand Year History

Patricia Fara

Longlist

2009

Darwin's Island The Galapagos in the Garden of England

Steve Jones

Longlist

2009

A Book of Silence A journey in search of the pleasures and powers of silence

Sara Maitland

Longlist

2009

The Man Who Invented History Travels with Herodotus

Justin Marozzi

Longlist

2009

Hester The Remarkable Life of Dr Johnson's 'Dear Mistress'

Ian McIntyre

Longlist

2009

Sissinghurst An Unfinished History

Adam Nicolson

Longlist

2009

The Wisdom of Whores Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS

Elizabeth Pisani