Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

Shortlist

• Alexander Edmund Richardson

  
  Alexander by Edmund Richardson
• Baldwin Nicholas Boggs

  
  Baldwin by Nicholas Boggs
• Days of Love and Rage Anand Gopal

  
  Days of Love and Rage by Anand Gopal
• London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe

  
  London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
• The Great Dictator Matthew Sweet

  
  The Great Dictator by Matthew Sweet
• The Traveller Andrea Wulf
  The Traveller by Andrea Wulf

Also on the shortlist

• Captives and Companions Justin Marozzi

  
  Captives and Companions by Justin Marozzi
• Electric Spark Frances Wilson

  
  Electric Spark by Frances Wilson
• Lone Wolf Adam Weymouth

  
  Lone Wolf by Adam Weymouth
• The Boundless Deep Richard Holmes

  
  The Boundless Deep by Richard Holmes
• The Revolutionists Jason Burke

  
  The Revolutionists by Jason Burke

Also on the shortlist

• A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen

  
  A Man of Two Faces by Viet Thanh Nguyen
• Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen

  
  Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen
• Revolusi David Van Reybrouck

  
  Revolusi by David Van Reybrouck
• The Story of a Heart Rachel Clarke

  
  The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke
• Wild Thing Sue Prideaux

  
  Wild Thing by Sue Prideaux

Also on the shortlist

• Mr. B Jennifer Homans

  
  Mr. B by Jennifer Homans
• Red Memory Tania Branigan

  
  Red Memory by Tania Branigan
• Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark

  
  Revolutionary Spring by Christopher Clark
• Time to Think Hannah Barnes

  
  Time to Think by Hannah Barnes
• Time’s Echo Jeremy Eichler

  
  Time’s Echo by Jeremy Eichler

Also on the shortlist

• A Fortunate Woman Polly Morland

  
  A Fortunate Woman by Polly Morland
• Legacy of Violence Caroline Elkins

  
  Legacy of Violence by Caroline Elkins
• My Fourth Time, We Drowned Sally Hayden

  
  My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden
• The Escape Artist Jonathan Freedland

  
  The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
• The Restless Republic Anna Keay
  The Restless Republic by Anna Keay

Also on the shortlist

• Aftermath Harald Jähner

  
  Aftermath by Harald Jähner
• Fall John Preston

  
  Fall by John Preston
• Free Lea Ypi

  
  Free by Lea Ypi
• Islands of Abandonment Cal Flyn

  
  Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn

Also on the shortlist

• Black Spartacus Sudhir Hazareesingh

  
  Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh
• Our Bodies, Their Battlefield Christina Lamb

  
  Our Bodies, Their Battlefield by Christina Lamb
• Stranger in the Shogun’s City Amy Stanley

  
  Stranger in the Shogun’s City by Amy Stanley
• The Haunting of Alma Fielding Kate Summerscale

  
  The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale
• The Idea of the Brain Matthew Cobb

  
  The Idea of the Brain by Matthew Cobb

Also on the shortlist

• Furious Hours Casey Cep

  
  Furious Hours by Casey Cep
• Guest House for Young Widows Azadeh Moaveni

  
  Guest House for Young Widows by Azadeh Moaveni
• Maoism Julia Lovell

  
  Maoism by Julia Lovell
• On Chapel Sands Laura Cumming

  
  On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming
• The Lives of Lucian Freud William Feaver

  
  The Lives of Lucian Freud by William Feaver

Also on the shortlist

• Amateur Thomas Page McBee

  
  Amateur by Thomas Page McBee
• Hello World Hannah Fry

  
  Hello World by Hannah Fry
• Imperial Twilight Stephen R. Platt

  
  Imperial Twilight by Stephen R. Platt
• She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer

  
  She Has Her Mother’s Laugh by Carl Zimmer
• The Spy and the Traitor Ben Macintyre

  
  The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre

Also on the shortlist

• Belonging Simon Schama

  
  Belonging by Simon Schama
• Border Kapka Kassabova

  
  Border by Kapka Kassabova
• The Islamic Enlightenment Christopher de Bellaigue

  
  The Islamic Enlightenment by Christopher de Bellaigue
• To Be a Machine Mark O’Connell

  
  To Be a Machine by Mark O’Connell
• An Odyssey Daniel Mendelsohn
  An Odyssey by Daniel Mendelsohn

Also on the shortlist

• Negroland Margo Jefferson

  
  Negroland by Margo Jefferson
• The Return Hisham Matar

  
  The Return by Hisham Matar
• Secondhand Time Svetlana Alexievich
  Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich

Also on the shortlist

• Landmarks Robert Macfarlane

  
  Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane
• The Four-Dimensional Human Laurence Scott

  
  The Four-Dimensional Human by Laurence Scott
• Ted Hughes Jonathan Bate
  Ted Hughes by Jonathan Bate
• The Unravelling Emma Sky
  The Unravelling by Emma Sky
• This Divided Island Samanth Subramanian
  This Divided Island by Samanth Subramanian

Also on the shortlist

• Common People Alison Light

  
  Common People by Alison Light
• The Empire of Necessity Greg Grandin

  
  The Empire of Necessity by Greg Grandin
• The Iceberg Marion Coutts

  
  The Iceberg by Marion Coutts
• Village of Secrets Caroline Moorehead

  
  Village of Secrets by Caroline Moorehead
• Roy Jenkins John Campbell
  Roy Jenkins by John Campbell

Also on the shortlist

• A Sting in the Tale Dave Goulson

  
  A Sting in the Tale by Dave Goulson
• Empires of the Dead David Crane

  
  Empires of the Dead by David Crane
• Margaret Thatcher Charles Moore

  
  Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore
• Return of a King William Dalrymple

  
  Return of a King by William Dalrymple
• Under Another Sky Charlotte Higgins

  
  Under Another Sky by Charlotte Higgins

Also on the shortlist

• Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo

  
  Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
• The Better Angels of Our Nature Steven Pinker

  
  The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
• The Old Ways Robert Macfarlane

  
  The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane
• The Spanish Holocaust Paul Preston

  
  The Spanish Holocaust by Paul Preston
• Strindberg Sue Prideaux
  Strindberg by Sue Prideaux

Also on the shortlist

• Bismarck Jonathan Steinberg

  
  Bismarck by Jonathan Steinberg
• Caravaggio Andrew Graham Dixon

  
  Caravaggio by Andrew Graham Dixon
• Liberty’s Exiles Maya Jasanoff

  
  Liberty’s Exiles by Maya Jasanoff
• Reprobates John Stubbs

  
  Reprobates by John Stubbs
• The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley

  
  The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley

Also on the shortlist

• A Gambling Man Jenny Uglow

  
  A Gambling Man by Jenny Uglow
• Alex’s Adventures in Numberland Alex Bellos

  
  Alex’s Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos
• Catching Fire Richard Wrangham

  
  Catching Fire by Richard Wrangham
• Too Big to Fail Andrew Ross Sorkin

  
  Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
• Blood Knots Luke Jennings
  Blood Knots by Luke Jennings