Orwell Prize Winners

The Orwell Prize is Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing. Every year, we award prizes for the work – the book, the journalism and (s ...more

Winners

	The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 152,679 ratings Orwell Prize for Political Fiction (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe 4.42 avg rating — 51,310 ratings Orwell Prize for Political Writing (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Milkman by Anna Burns 3.56 avg rating — 44,098 ratings Orwell Prize for Political Fiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poverty Safari by Darren McGarvey 4.04 avg rating — 3,719 ratings Orwell Prize (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee by John Bew 4.47 avg rating — 716 ratings Orwell Prize (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invention of Russia: From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War by Arkady Ostrovsky 4.03 avg rating — 1,236 ratings Orwell Prize (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Private Island: How the UK Was Sold by James Meek 3.93 avg rating — 364 ratings Orwell Prize (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Boy by Alan Johnson 4.19 avg rating — 2,908 ratings Orwell Prize (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa by A.T. Williams 4.04 avg rating — 49 ratings Orwell Prize (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Real Story of Britain's War in Afghanistan by Toby Harnden 4.30 avg rating — 245 ratings Orwell Prize (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham 4.17 avg rating — 1,921 ratings Orwell Prize (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeper: One House, Three Generations, and a Journey into Alzheimer's by Andrea Gillies (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 601 ratings Orwell Prize (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fishing in Utopia by Andrew Brown 3.42 avg rating — 293 ratings Orwell Prize (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh 4.02 avg rating — 778 ratings Orwell Prize (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties by Peter Hennessy 3.76 avg rating — 67 ratings Orwell Prize (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moses Citizen and Me by Delia Jarrett-Macauley 3.23 avg rating — 30 ratings Orwell Prize (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Likes of Us: A Biography of the White Working Class by Michael Collins 3.89 avg rating — 71 ratings Orwell Prize (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-First Century by Robert Cooper 3.75 avg rating — 193 ratings Orwell Prize (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hoo Hahs And Passing Frenzies: Collected Journalism, 1991 2001 by Francis Wheen 3.91 avg rating — 67 ratings Orwell Prize (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anthony Blunt: His Lives by Miranda Carter 3.93 avg rating — 206 ratings Orwell Prize (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond by Michael Ignatieff 3.55 avg rating — 106 ratings Orwell Prize (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case Of Stephen Lawrence by Brian Cathcart (Goodreads Author) 4.59 avg rating — 49 ratings Orwell Prize (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A Century in His Life by D.M. Thomas 4.03 avg rating — 63 ratings Orwell Prize (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jennie Lee: A Life by Patricia Hollis 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings Orwell Prize (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey by Fergal Keane 4.14 avg rating — 677 ratings Orwell Prize (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Search of a State: Catholics in Northern Ireland by Fionnuala O'Connor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings Orwell Prize (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence by Anatol Lieven 3.70 avg rating — 40 ratings Orwell Prize (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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	Spring (Seasonal, #3) by Ali Smith 4.20 avg rating — 6,778 ratings Orwell Prize Nominee for Political Fiction for Longlist (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broken Jaw by Minoli Salgado 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings Orwell Prize Nominee for Political Fiction for Longlist (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Travelers by Regina Porter (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 2,313 ratings Orwell Prize Nominee for Political Fiction (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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