Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025

The longlist includes the books that went on to the shortlist.

• The Story of a Heart Rachel Clarke

  

  The Story of a Heart

  Rachel Clarke

  Winner
• A Thousand Threads Neneh Cherry

  

  A Thousand Threads

  Neneh Cherry

  Shortlist
• Agent Zo Clare Mulley

  

  Agent Zo

  Clare Mulley

  Shortlist
• Private Revolutions Yuan Yang

  

  Private Revolutions

  Yuan Yang

  Shortlist
• Raising Hare Chloe Dalton

  

  Raising Hare

  Chloe Dalton

  Shortlist
• What the Wild Sea Can Be Helen Scales

  

  What the Wild Sea Can Be

  Helen Scales

  Shortlist
• Autocracy, Inc Anne Applebaum

  

  Autocracy, Inc

  Anne Applebaum
• By the Fire We Carry Rebecca Nagle

  

  By the Fire We Carry

  Rebecca Nagle
• Embers of the Hands Eleanor Barraclough

  

  Embers of the Hands

  Eleanor Barraclough
• Ootlin Jenni Fagan

  

  Ootlin

  Jenni Fagan
• Sister in Law Harriet Wistrich

  

  Sister in Law

  Harriet Wistrich
• The Eagle and the Hart Helen Castor

  

  The Eagle and the Hart

  Helen Castor
• The Peepshow Kate Summerscale

  

  The Peepshow

  Kate Summerscale
• Tracker Alexis Wright

  

  Tracker

  Alexis Wright
• Why Fish Don’t Exist Lulu Miller

  

  Why Fish Don’t Exist

  Lulu Miller
• Wild Thing Sue Prideaux

  

  Wild Thing

  Sue Prideaux