Books & authors

Shortlist

2017

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

Mark O'Connell

Longlist

2016

The Gene

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Winner

2015

Neurotribes The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently

Steve Silberman

Shortlist

2015

The Four-Dimensional Human

Laurence Scott

Longlist

2015

The Planet Remade

Oliver Morton

Longlist

2014

Being Mortal

Atul Gawande

Longlist

2013

Far From The Tree

Andrew Solomon

Shortlist

2012

The Better Angels of our Nature

Steven Pinker

Longlist

2012

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Shortlist

2010

Alex’s Adventures in Numberland

Alex Bellos

Shortlist

2010

Catching Fire How Cooking made us Human

Richard Wrangham

Longlist

2010

Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand