Winner
1599 A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
James Shapiro
Books & authors
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.
Showing 1–12 of 19 books
Shortlist
Untold Stories
Alan Bennett
Shortlist
The Sale of the Late King’s Goods
Jerry Brotton
Shortlist
Bad Faith
Carmen Callil
Shortlist
Postwar
Tony Judt
Shortlist
The Orientalist
Tom Reiss
Longlist
Baghdad Burning
Riverbend (Pseudonym)
Longlist
The Ongoing Moment
Geoff Dyer
Longlist
The Cold War
John Lewis Gaddis
Longlist
Mozart's Women His Family, His Friends, His Music
Jane Glover
Longlist
The Sailor in the Wardrobe
Hugo Hamilton
Longlist
The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton
Kathryn Hughes