Legacy of Violence
Caroline Elkins
2022 The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
The 24th edition of the prize saw a majority female-authored shortlist, with five of the six books written by female authors. British authors also led the way with four books on the list. The nominated books highlighted outstanding reportage and complelling memoir to illuminating history books and mid expanding popular science.
Longlist announced
22 September 2022
Shortlist announced
10 October 2022
Winner & prize ceremony
17 November 2022
What the judges said"Rundell makes an irresistible case for Donne’s work to be widely read 400 years later, for all the electric joy and love it expresses. And in so doing, she gives us a myriad reasons why poetry – why the arts – matter."
The shortlist
A prestigious shortlist of books are selected each year for the prize.
What the judges said“The six books on the first-ever majority female-authored Baillie Gifford shortlist are marvelously wide-ranging, in terms of setting, era, and the creative approaches on display. But however different the canvas, all have enthralling human stories at their heart.”
The longlist
The Baillie Gifford Prize rewards excellence in non-fiction writing
Meet the judges for 2022
The longlist, shortlist and winner is chosen by a panel of independent judges, which changes every year.
Caroline Sanderson
Writer and books journalist, and Associate Editor of The Bookseller magazine
Rachel Cooke
Writer and columnist at the Observer, and the television critic of the New Statesman
Georgina Godwin
Broadcast journalist, and presents the author interview programme “Meet the Writers”, and the current affairs show “The Globalist” on Monocle 24.
Clive Myrie
Multi-award-winning journalist, one of the BBC’s most experienced foreign correspondents
Laura Spinney
Writer and science journalist.
Samanth Subramanian
Writer and journalist in London
