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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Autocracy, Inc. : the dictators who want to run the world
Applebaum, Anne
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction * A New York Times and Globe and Mail bestseller * Named a Best Book of 2024 by the Economist, Winnipeg Free Press, and Financial Times * One of Indigo's Top 100 Books of 2024
Embers of the hands : hidden histories of the Viking Age
Barraclough, Eleanor
Paper Book
In imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while such characters define our imagination of the Viking Age today, they were in the minority. ...
The eagle and the hart : the tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
Castor, Helen.
Paper Book
From an acclaimed historian comes an epic tale of power and betrayal: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose tumultuous reigns shaped the course of English history. Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke, cousins born just three months apart, were...
A thousand threads : a memoir
Cherry, Neneh.
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize "Neneh is cool, Neneh is wise, Neneh is a legend. Her memoir is a treasure. I loved it." --Zadie Smith This vibrant memoir from Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry offers an inside look at her fascinating...
Raising hare : the heart-warming true story of an unlikely friendship
Dalton, Chloe
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB FIRST...
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,...
Agent Zo : the untold story of a fearless World War II resistance fighter
Mulley, Clare.
Paper Book
The incredible and inspiring story of Elzbieta Zawacka, the World War II female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo. During World War II, Elzbieta Zawacka--the WWII female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo--was the only woman to reach London as an emissary of the Polish Home...
Wild thing : a life of Paul Gauguin
Prideaux, Sue.
Paper Book
Paul Gauguin's legend as a transgressive genius arises as much from his biography as his aesthetically daring Polynesian paintings. Gauguin is chiefly known for his pictures that eschewed convention, to celebrate the beauty of an indigenous people and their culture. In this gorgeously illustrated...
The peepshow : the murders at Rillington Place
Summerscale, Kate
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable Book * A New York Times Review Editors' Choice * Named a Best Book of the year by FT * Nominated for the Women's prize for nonfiction * Winner of the 2025 ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction "A trove of thrilling...
Sister in law : fighting for justice in a 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...

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