The 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Longlist
Selected by the Bookshop
The Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction is a prestigious international award for literary non-fiction that is open to books on any subject and to writers of any nationality.
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'A captivating mosaic of wartime Berlin' Katja Hoyer, Financial TimesWhen war broke out in September 1939, what was most striking in the German capital at first was how little changed. Unless you were Jewish. Then life, already hard, soon…
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'A sweeping tour-de-force of investigative journalism' - Time magazine…
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A first-hand account of art, survival and resistance in wartime Ukraine'The most beautifully written, moving book I can ever remember reading' PHILIPPA PERRY'A book for our times' PHILIPPE SANDS'A brilliant and unforgettable book' EDMUND…
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From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing comes a riveting story of wealth, violence and deceit at the heart of a glittering city.In 2019, a London teenager, Zac Brettler,…
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'In this remarkable book, utterly gripping over 400 pages, high-end novelised non-fiction takes a big leap forward' MAIL ON SUNDAY'This is a stylish, intelligent page-turner, as gripping as a thriller film script' THE TIMES'It's a hell of a…
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The explosive inside story of the most daring act of sabotage in modern history: the bombing of the $20 billion Nord Stream Pipeline. Written by the award-winning Chief European Political Correspondent of the Wall Street Journal'Like London…
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'Andrea Wulf belongs to the small, splendid canon of writers unafraid to render fact with feeling' Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian and author of FiguringAn inspiring biography of the remarkable naturalist, explorer and…
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NONFICTION A FOYLES TOP TEN READ FOR FEBRUARY | A 2026 HIGHLIGHT IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, EVENING STANDARD AND THE BOOKSELLER A meeting place for Europe's bohemian artists. A headquarters of the Nazi…
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'I really cannot overstate how fabulous this book is' DAILY MAIL'Dazzling... This is biography of great brilliance and rare resonance' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'A pulsating, vivid life of a true historical titan' DAN JONES'A splendid book, lively,…
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'The pre-eminent historian of the secret world . . .' Mick Herron, author of Slow HorsesFrom the multi-million copy bestselling historian, the remarkable, unknown Cold War story of how one spy saved the world from nuclear warThe year…
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'A totally unprecedented, behind the scenes portrait of Putin's Russia at war. Astonishing. A major work' ANTONY BEEVOR'Hypnotically good. Seierstad has imparted a sense of the Russians, in this "at war under Putin's thumb" era in a way I…
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