Shortlist
Wild Thing A Life of Paul Gauguin
Sue Prideaux
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Discover the world’s best non-fiction writing. The longlist, shortlist and winning books from the world’s most prestigious and longest running non-fiction book prize.
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Winner
One Two Three Four The Beatles in Time
Craig Brown
Shortlist
An Odyssey A Father, A Son and An Epic
Daniel Mendelsohn
Shortlist
To Be A Machine Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
Mark O'Connell
Shortlist
Landmarks
Robert MacFarlane
Longlist
The Mighty Dead Why Homer matters
Adam Nicolson
Longlist
The Memory Palace
Edward Hollis
Longlist
Through the Language Glass How Words Colour Your World
Guy Deutscher
Longlist
The Music Instinct
Philip Ball
Longlist
The Secret Lives of Buildings
Edward Hollis
Longlist
Soul of the Age The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare
Jonathan Bate
Longlist
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Alain De Botton