2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction

'A hopeful longlist that reflects the belief that every woman’s voice has the power to elicit and inspire change, the sixteen captivating titles span politics, memoir, science, history, biography, art and more, in an extraordinary, international celebration of women’s writing.' https://womensprize.com/revealing-the-2026-womens-prize-for-non-fiction-longlist/ https://womensprize.com/revealing-the-2026-womens-prize-for-non-fiction-shortlist/

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2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction

'A hopeful longlist that reflects the belief that every woman’s voice has the power to elicit and inspire change, the sixteen captivating titles span politics, memoir, science, history, biography, art and more, in an extraordinary, international celebration of women’s writing.' https://womensprize.com/revealing-the-2026-womens-prize-for-non-fiction-longlist/ https://womensprize.com/revealing-the-2026-womens-prize-for-non-fiction-shortlist/

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Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century
Temelkuran, Ece.
Paper Book
A powerful reappraisal of the concept of exile, migration and homelessness from internationally acclaimed author and political thinker Ece Temelkuran
Mother Mary comes to me
Roy, Arundhati
Paper Book
The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 2026 ...
Hotel exile : Paris in the shadow of war
Rogoyska, Jane
Paper Book
**SHORTLISTED 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 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...
Artists, Siblings, Visionaries: The lives and loves of Gwen and Augustus John
Mackrell, Judith.
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction A gorgeously readable, insightful dual biography of British brother and sister artists Gwen and Augustus John by acclaimed biographer Judith Mackrell. Augustus was the larger of the two--vivid, volatile, and...
Finding Albion: Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain
Sewell, Zakia.
Paper Book
**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026** 'I've been waiting for a book like this.' FLORENCH WELCH 'Hopeful and inspiring, Finding Albion is a vital quest for more authentic stories of Britain.' CAROLINE LUCAS 'Finding Albion is...
To Exist As I Am: A Doctor's Notes on Recovery and Radical Acceptance
Green, Grace Spence.
Paper Book
A young doctor's life-affirming story of near-death, recovery and radical acceptance
Ask me how it works : love in an open marriage
Paul, Deepa
Paper Book
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...
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...
To be young, gifted and Black : creativity and race in the 21st century
Kanneh, Kadiatu
Paper Book
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...
Death of an ordinary man
Perry, Sarah
Paper Book
**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 : how trees mastered the elements and shaped the world
Rix, Harriet
Paper Book
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...
Indignity : a life reimagined
Ypi, Lea
Paper Book
*Longlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction* Named a Book of the Year by Financial Times, Sunday Times, Prospect, TLS, Washington Post, NPR 'Stunningly multilayered... explores what happens when philosophies meet history, when...
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