2026 Women’s Prize for Non-FictionUnpublished

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Arundhati Roy's first work of memoir, this is a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her relationship to her extraordinary, singular mother Mary, who she describes as 'my shelter and my storm...

The Hotel Lutetia is a Paris institution, the only 'grand' hotel on the city's bohemian Left Bank. Ever since it opened, it has served as a meeting place for artists, musicians and politicians. Andre Gide took his lunch here, James Joyce lived in one of its rooms, Picasso and Matisse were regular...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Discover how art can improve our health, make us happier and even help us live longer with the inspiring new book from the award-winning scientist and world-leading expert. 'Every day we are overwhelmed by advice on...

The Sunday Times Bestseller Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize Shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non...

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Stunningly poetic and vulnerable . . . If this book doesn't change your perspective on relationships, nothing will' GILLIAN ANDERSON 'A fascinating and big-hearted portrait of sex, intimacy and non-monogamy' CLOVER STROUD...

In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a bamboo grove, trying to avoid detection by the government because she already had two daughters. Two years later, an American couple travelled to Shaoyang to adopt a Chinese toddler they thought had been abandoned. Their understanding...

What does it mean - and how does it feel - to grow up as a Black artist today? 'This exceptional book, written with a mother's love for her seven creative children, sensitively offers profound and original insights and perspectives that enrich our culture. I feel so much wiser for reading...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026* **WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION AWARD 2025** **LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026** 'Please read this book. It may very well change how you live' Rachel Clarke 'I was spellbound'...

The Genius of Trees tells a mind-expanding global story revealing the inventive and astonishing ways trees learned to shape our natural world. Over hundreds of millions of years, from prehistoric forests to the trees around us today, we see trees using...

When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling questions. Growing up, she was told records of her grandmother's youth were destroyed in the early days of communism in Albania. But there...