Longlist
Kingdom of Characters A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China
Jing Tsu
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Winner
Empire of Pain The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe
Shortlist
Islands of Abandonment Life in the Post-Human Landscape
Cal Flyn
Shortlist
Aftermath Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955
Harald Jähner
Shortlist
Things I Have Withheld
Kei Miller
Shortlist
Fall The Mystery of Robert Maxwell
John Preston
Shortlist
Free Coming of Age at the End of History
Lea Ypi
Longlist
Consumed A Sister's Story
Arifa Akbar
Longlist
Minarets in the Mountains A Journey into Muslim Europe
Tharik Hussain
Longlist
The Mutant Project Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans
Eben Kirksey
Longlist
Blood Legacy Reckoning With a Family's Story of Slavery
Alex Renton
Longlist
Empireland How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
Sathnam Sanghera