The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Winners

The Baillie Gifford Prize aims to reward the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of any nationality. It covers all non-fiction in the areas of ...more

Winners

	Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell 4.27 avg rating — 821 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2022)	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
	Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe 4.55 avg rating — 75,555 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2021)	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
	One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown 4.25 avg rating — 3,189 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-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
	The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 47,634 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-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
	Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy 4.23 avg rating — 8,765 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (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
	How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France 4.43 avg rating — 3,494 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (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
	East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity" by Philippe Sands 4.47 avg rating — 8,936 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (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

nominees

	Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu 3.89 avg rating — 836 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)	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 Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga 4.14 avg rating — 1,088 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)	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 Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor's Story by Polly Morland 4.33 avg rating — 221 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)	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 Restless Republic: Britain without a Crown by Anna Keay 4.47 avg rating — 155 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)	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
	Original Sins: An extraordinary memoir of faith, family, shame and addiction by Matt Rowland Hill 4.24 avg rating — 370 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)	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
	My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden 4.55 avg rating — 449 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (2022)	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
	Dinner with Joseph Johnson: Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age by Daisy Hay 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)	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
	Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds by Thomas Halliday (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 1,917 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)	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 Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland 4.48 avg rating — 6,634 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)	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
	Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott 4.73 avg rating — 10,879 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)	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
	Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins 4.27 avg rating — 483 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)	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
	Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Lea Ypi 4.26 avg rating — 6,218 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2021)	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
	Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston 4.23 avg rating — 2,585 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2021)	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
	Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 471 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2021)	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
	Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich by Harald Jähner 4.09 avg rating — 2,359 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2021)	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
	Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 3,309 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2021)	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 Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame 1968 - 2011 by William Feaver 4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee 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 Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale 3.22 avg rating — 3,659 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (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
	Those Who Forget: My Family's Story in Nazi Europe – A Memoir, A History, A Warning by Géraldine Schwarz 4.31 avg rating — 1,133 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee 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
	Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh 3.85 avg rating — 615 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (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 Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience by Matthew Cobb 4.15 avg rating — 741 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (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
	Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss by Rachel Clarke 4.48 avg rating — 2,810 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee 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
	Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care by Madeleine Bunting 4.12 avg rating — 115 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee 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