Baillie Gifford Prize 2025

The Baillie Gifford Prize rewards excellence in non-fiction writing, bringing the best in intelligent reflection on the world to new readers. It covers all non-fiction in the areas of current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts. https://www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/

Updated October 21, 2025
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Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark
Wilson, Frances.
Paper Book
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, LONDON STANDARD AND WASHINGTON POST 'Absolutely mesmerising. I was possessed by this book...
Boundless deep: young tennyson, science and the crisis of be
Holmes, Richard
Paper Book
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE* A Book of the Year in the Times; Telegraph; Spectator; Financial Times; Observer; Waterstones and Daunt Books A dazzling new biography of young Tennyson by the prize-winning,...
Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe
Weymouth, Adam.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE SHERBORNE PRIZE FOR TRAVEL WRITING SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE AN ECONOMIST, OBSERVER, AND TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025 A FINANCIAL TIMES AND...
How to end a story : collected diaries 1978-1998
Garner, Helen
Paper Book
Helen Garner's acclaimed three volumes of diaries are collected here in one sumptuous book. Spanning two decades--from the publication of her lightning-rod debut novel in the late 70s, to the throes of a consuming affair in the late 80s, and the messiness and pain of a disintegrating marriage in...
The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan
Doucet, Lyse.
Paper Book
The Sunday Times Bestseller Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Nero Book Award Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Observer and Economist...
John & Paul : a love story in songs
Leslie, Ian
Paper Book
The story of the love and jealousy between two geniuses behind The Beatles, who merged their souls and multiplied their talents to produce one of the greatest bodies of creative work in history.
Things in nature merely grow
Li, Yiyun
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 'The best book I have read this year' DAVID NICHOLLS 'Beautiful' DOUGLAS STUART 'Extraordinary' SARAH MOSS 'A formidable testament to a mother's love' SARA COLLINS 'There is no good way...
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
Demick, Barbara.
Paper Book
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 had...

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