The 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Longlist
Selected by the Bookshop
The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in Non-Fiction written by women.
The 2025 longlist varies in subject matter, style and genre, and the 16 books make for an incisive and original reading list. Find out more about the books here or visit our library.
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One of the world's most celebrated historians and journalists uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic worldAll of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in…
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The author of She-Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration - and back again'A dazzling tour de force of epic royal history: a…
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The magical true story of a woman and an injured hare who taught her how to live again - the perfect Christmas gift for 2024Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around…
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The Story of a Heart is an extraordinary, compelling account of life-giving medicine. Rachel Clarke follows the journey of a human heart - and narrates one of the most miraculous developments in 20th century medicine - as she describes…
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'Once more, Kate Summerscale shatters our preconceptions of a classic crime' Val McDermid'Remarkable . . . Gripping . . . Its shocking truths are necessary ones' Erica Wagner, Financial Times'Every bit the gripping, page-turning…
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONThe stories behind the headlines - landmark cases demonstrating that terrifyingly often, the law is not-fit-for-purpose for half the population.How the UK legal system is failing women,…
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An impassioned examination of the existential threats to the world's ocean and cautious optimism for the abundant life within it.No matter where we live, 'we are all ocean people,' Helen Scales observes in her bracing yet hopeful…
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The quirky and profound international bestseller - a darkly astonishing scientific biography and a guide on how to live well in a world where chaos come for us all'A sumptuous, surprising, dark delight' Carmen Maria…
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The first book to tell the incredible story of Elzbieta Zawacka, a WW2 Polish resistance fighter who was secretly trained by the special forces in the British countryside and then became the only woman to be parachuted back behind enemy…
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A Powerful New History of Native American Resistance, The Generations-Long Fight for JusticeTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA New Yorker Best Book of 2024 • An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2024 • Longlisted for the…
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A new and original history of the Viking Age, told through the objects that defined the lives of its people - from powerful leaders to naughty teenagers'Brilliantly written ... evokes the wonder of an entire civilisation.' Tom Holland,…
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A sweeping yet intimate portrait of modern China told through the lives of four ordinary women, each striving for a better future in an unequal society.A Financial Times, New York Times and Times/Sunday Times Book…
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‘A phenomenal memoir. I am in awe’ AMY LIPTROT'Beautiful, deep, transfixing . . . it will burn a home in your heart' LEMN SISSAY'Essential reading, life-changing' SAMANTHA MORTON'An astonishing piece of work' NIALL GRIFFITHSThe…
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From critically acclaimed and prize winning author Alexis WrightWinner of the Stella PrizeWinner of the Magarey Medal for BiographyWinner of the Queensland Literary AwardA larger-than-life champion of Aboriginal self-determination, Tracker…
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024A vital re-examination of the trailblazing and controversial artist Paul Gauguin - and the first full biography in over thirty years - written by the award-winning author…
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A deeply personal and powerful memoir from beloved music icon Neneh CherryA GUARDIAN MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024A BBC CULTURE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024'Neneh is cool, Neneh is wise, Neneh is a legend. Her memoir is a treasure. I loved…
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