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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Mother Mary comes to me
Roy, Arundhati
Paper Book
Named One of The New York Times Book Review's Top Ten Books of the Year Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography | Finalist for the Kirkus Prize | Nominated for the Women's Prize for Nonfiction One of the best-reviewed books of the...
Hotel Exile : Paris in the Face of Fascism and the Shadow of War, 1933-1945
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION * A Foyles Top Ten Read for February * A 2026 Highlight in The Financial Times * Evening Standard * The Bookseller "This is a scintillatingly good book. . . . Thrillingly immersive. . . . I...
The finest hotel in Kabul : a people's history of Afghanistan
Doucet, Lyse
Paper Book
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION The story of a hotel. The story of a nation. When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan's first luxury hotel symbolised...
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove : From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
Demick, Barbara
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * The heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by China's one-child policy and the rise of international adoption--from the author of the National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy "Remarkable . . . Barbara Demick...
The genius of trees : how they mastered the elements and shaped the world
Rix, Harriet.
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION * The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 * The Telegraph's Best Nature Books of 2025 The mesmerizing, mind-expanding global story of how trees have learned to use the soil, air, water, plants, fungi, fire, animals and...
Indignity : a life reimagined
Ypi, Lea
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION The award-winning author of Free returns with an extraordinary investigation into historical injustice, personal and collective dignity, truth and imagination When Lea Ypi discovers that a photo of her...
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