Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025

The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in narrative non-fiction written by women.

The winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction is Rachel Clarke’s clear-sighted and vital exploration into the human experience behind organ donation, The Story of a Heart.

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Updated June 19, 2025
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Embers of the hands : hidden histories of the Viking age
Barraclough, Eleanor
Paper Book
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
The eagle and the hart: the tragedy of richard ii and henry iv
Castor, Helen.
Paper Book
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 *LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE...
A thousand threads
Cherry, Neneh
Paper Book
**Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025** The joyous and electric memoir from beloved music icon Neneh Cherry A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDARD, UNCUT AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE...
The story of a heart
Clarke, Rachel (Physician)
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SPECTATOR, NEW STATESMAN, NEW SCIENTIST, AND PROSPECT FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES...
Why fish don't exist : a story of loss, love, and the hidden order of life
Miller, Lulu
Paper Book
A Best Book of 2020: The Washington Post * NPR * Chicago Tribune * Smithsonian A "remarkable" (Los Angeles Times), "seductive" (The Wall Street Journal) debut from the new cohost of Radiolab,...
The peepshow : the murders at 10 Rillington Place
Summerscale, Kate
Paper Book
FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times, Financial Times, Spectator, Independent, Tablet and New Statesman 'I loved it' Richard Osman 'Shattering' Val McDermid 'Gripping...
Sister in law : fighting for justice in a legal system designed by men
Wistrich, Harriet
Paper Book
For more than quarter of a century Harriet Wistrich has fought the corner of people from all walks of life let down by our justice system. When Sally Challen won her appeal to overturn her conviction for the murder of her coercively controlling husband, it was with Harriet Wistrich at...

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