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
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD 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, bestselling author of The Age of Wonder. ...
Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe
Weymouth, Adam.
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 ONE OF THE TIMES'S BEST SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOKS OF 2025 A FINANCIAL TIMES AND SUNDAY...
The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s
Burke, Jason.
Paper Book
** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2025 ** ** A BEST BOOK OF 2025 IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND BBC HISTORY** A thrilling and unprecedented account of the radicalism and political extremism that...
How to end a story : diaries. Volume III, 1995-1998
Garner, Helen
Paper Book
Helen Garner's third volume of diaries is an account of a woman fighting to hold on to a marriage that is disintegrating around her. Living with a great writer who is consumed by his work, and trying to find a place for her own spirit to thrive, she rails against the confines while...
Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World
Marozzi, Justin.
**SHORTLISTED FOR 2025 THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION** A startling exploration of slavery in the Islamic world from the 7th century to the present Slavery in the Islamic world has a long, diverse and controversial history. Captives and Companions is a...
The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan
Doucet, Lyse.
Paper Book
Top 3 Sunday Times Bestseller Shortlisted for the Nero Book Award Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction The Times, Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year 2025 A sweeping and immersive history of modern...
John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs - 'The first new Beatles story in decades'
Leslie, Ian.
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION ** This book has been printed with an exclusive gold foil for the festive season. The edition you receive will depend on retailer stock. **
Things in nature merely grow
Li, Yiyun
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 2025 'Unforgettable' SUNDAY TIMES 'Courageous' OBSERVER 'One of the most important books to be published in years' SARA COLLINS 'There are few...
The Last Days of Budapest: Spies, Nazis, Rescuers and Resistance, 1940-1945
LeBor, Adam.
Paper Book
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR Budapest, autumn 1943. Four years into the war, Hungary is allied with Nazi Germany and the Hungarian capital is the Casablanca of central Europe. The city swirls with intrigue and betrayal, home to spies and agents of every kind. But Budapest...
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...
Between The Waves: The Hidden History Of A Very British Revolution 1945-2016
McTague, Tom.
Longlisted for the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction BR>A gripping, persuasive and authoritative account of Britain's long and fractious relationship with Europe. In Between the Waves, acclaimed journalist Tom McTague explores the underground history of...

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