Books & authors

Shortlist

2017

An Odyssey A Father, A Son and An Epic

Daniel Mendelsohn

Shortlist

2017

To Be A Machine Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death

Mark O'Connell

Shortlist

2017

Belonging The Story of the Jews, 1492-1900

Simon Schama

Longlist

2017

Red Famine Stalin’s War on Ukraine

Anne Applebaum

Longlist

2017

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

Longlist

2017

Plot 29

Allan Jenkins

Longlist

2017

I Was Told to Come Alone My Journey Behind The Lines of Jihad

Souad Mekhennet

Longlist

2017

A Bold and Dangerous Family

Caroline Moorehead

Longlist

2017

Mr Lear A Life of Art and Nonsense

Jenny Uglow

Winner

2016

East West Street On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

Philippe Sands

Shortlist

2016

Second-hand Time

Svetlana Alexievich

Shortlist

2016

Negroland A Memoir

Margo Jefferson