British Academy Book Prize 2025

The British Academy Book Prize rewards and celebrates writing grounded in high-quality research – works of non-fiction that will inspire readers to deepen their understanding of people, society and cultures across time and place.

Updated October 21, 2025
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British Academy Book Prize 2025

The British Academy Book Prize rewards and celebrates writing grounded in high-quality research – works of non-fiction that will inspire readers to deepen their understanding of people, society and cultures across time and place.

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Sick of it : the global fight for women's health
Harman, Sophie.
Paper Book
A powerful call to confront the reasons why politics is jeopardising women's health across the world, by a prize-winning academic'Radical and thought-provoking, this book should drive us all to action - and the author tells us how' Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain...
The burning earth : a material history of the last 500 years
Amrith, Sunil.
Paper Book
'This bleak, stunningly written book shows that the other side of the coin called progress is destruction. Amrith writes like the finest novelist, and his grasp of a mind-boggling expanse of material is deeply impressive' - Neel Mukherjee, New Statesman 'Sunil Amrith...
The golden road : how ancient India transformed the world
Dalrymple, William
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Waterstones and TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR A SPECTATOR and History Today BOOK OF THE YEAR A revolutionary new history of the diffusion of Indian ideas...
Sound tracks : uncovering our musical past
Lawson, Graeme
Paper Book
A transporting voyage of archaeological discovery: Sound Tracks unearths instruments from around the world and across time, releasing the past's musical secrets for the first time. **Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize 2025** 'A thrilling...
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