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

	The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 34,722 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 4.22 avg rating — 6,401 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 — 2,731 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 — 6,272 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

	The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame 1968 - 2011 by William Feaver 4.06 avg rating — 17 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 3.44 avg rating — 878 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
	Those Who Forget: My Family's Story in Nazi Europe – A Memoir, A History, A Warning by Géraldine Schwarz 4.32 avg rating — 657 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 3.93 avg rating — 149 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 Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience by Matthew Cobb 4.22 avg rating — 283 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
	Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss by Rachel Clarke 4.51 avg rating — 1,444 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 4.32 avg rating — 34 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
	One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown 4.23 avg rating — 1,024 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
	Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 732 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
	Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy Stanley (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 527 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
	Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,029 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
	Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women by Christina Lamb 4.67 avg rating — 574 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
	Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars by Francesca Wade 4.19 avg rating — 712 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 Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 2,426 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (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
	Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS by Azadeh Moaveni (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 1,530 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (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
	The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984 by Dorian Lynskey 4.17 avg rating — 708 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (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
	Maoism: A Global History by Julia Lovell 4.04 avg rating — 529 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (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
	The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment by Amelia Gentleman 4.59 avg rating — 576 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (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
	The Lives of Lucian Freud: The Restless Years, 1922 - 1968 by William Feaver 3.81 avg rating — 75 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (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
	Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed by Catrina Davies (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 629 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (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
	The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple 4.15 avg rating — 9,265 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (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
	On Chapel Sands: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child by Laura Cumming 3.61 avg rating — 4,251 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (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
	Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 17,292 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (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
	I Will Never See the World Again by Ahmet Altan 4.29 avg rating — 1,484 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (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
	She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 4,347 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (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
	Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age by Stephen R. Platt 4.31 avg rating — 1,198 ratings The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (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