J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography Winners

The PEN/Ackerley Prize is given to a literary autobiography of outstanding merit, written by an author of British nationality and published in the Uni ...more

Winners

	The Suitcase: Six Attempts to Cross a Border by Frances Stonor Saunders 3.83 avg rating — 48 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes by Claire Wilcox 3.62 avg rating — 462 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	A Radical Romance: A Memoir of Love, Grief and Consolation by Alison Light 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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 Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir by Yrsa Daley-Ward 4.19 avg rating — 3,600 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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 Day That Went Missing by Richard Beard 3.70 avg rating — 788 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	The Outrun: A Memoir by Amy Liptrot (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 9,471 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Dead Babies and Seaside Towns by Alice Jolly 4.33 avg rating — 96 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh 4.26 avg rating — 33,641 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala 3.77 avg rating — 19,587 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt by Richard Holloway 4.09 avg rating — 470 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	How to Disappear: A Memoir for Misfits by Duncan Fallowell (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 64 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	My Father's Fortune by Michael Frayn 3.85 avg rating — 281 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Direct Red: A Surgeon's Story by Gabriel Weston 3.69 avg rating — 840 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	The Three of Us: A Family Story by Julia Blackburn 3.54 avg rating — 401 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Thrumpton Hall by Miranda Seymour (Goodreads Author) 3.10 avg rating — 226 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Keeping Mum: A Wartime Childhood by Brian Thompson 3.20 avg rating — 65 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Untold Stories by Alan Bennett 4.12 avg rating — 1,762 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Half An Arch: A Memoir by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Clouds Of Glory: A Childhood in Hoxton by Bryan Magee 3.61 avg rating — 31 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Stranger on a Train by Jenny Diski 3.88 avg rating — 741 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Out of India: a Raj Childhood by Michael Foss 3.48 avg rating — 56 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Bad Blood by Lorna Sage 3.56 avg rating — 1,631 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Child Of My Time by Mark Frankland liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Precious Lives by Margaret Forster 4.11 avg rating — 197 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	True to Both My Selves: A Family Memoir of Germany and England in Two World Wars by Katrin FitzHerbert 4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Scent of Dried Roses by Tim Lott 4.04 avg rating — 230 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (1997)	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 Railway Man by Eric Lomax 4.11 avg rating — 7,012 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	Something in Linoleum: A Thirties Education by Paul Vaughan 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	And When Did You Last See Your Father? by Blake Morrison 3.90 avg rating — 903 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (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
	More Please by Barry Humphries 3.72 avg rating — 80 ratings J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (1993)	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