Discover the captivating longlist for the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction

2023-09-07 05:20:03

Here’s the longlist for the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction

The judges for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction have unveiled the 13 books on their 2023 longlist.

Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson - Power and Progress

Daron Acemoglu (Turkish-American) and Simon Johnson (British-American) have been nominated for their book "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" published by Basic Books, John Murray Press UK, Hachette UK.

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Hannah Barnes - Time to Think

Hannah Barnes (British) is a nominee for her book "Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children" published by Swift Press.

Tania Branigan - Red Memory

Tania Branigan (British) is recognized for her work "Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China’s Cultural Revolution" published by Faber & Faber.

Christopher Clark - Revolutionary Spring

Christopher Clark (Australian) has made the longlist for his book "Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-1849" published by Allen Lane, Penguin Random House.

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Jeremy Eichler - Time’s Echo

Jeremy Eichler (American) is nominated for his book "Time’s Echo: The Second World War, The Holocaust, and The Music of Remembrance" published by Faber & Faber.

David Grann - The Wager

David Grann (American) is recognized for his book "The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder" published by Simon & Schuster.

Jennifer Homans - Mr. B

Jennifer Homans (American) has made the longlist for her book "Mr. B: George Balanchine’s Twentieth Century" published by Granta Books, Granta.

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Katja Hoyer - Beyond the Wall

Katja Hoyer (German) is nominated for her book "Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990" published by Allen Lane, Penguin Press.

Tiya Miles - All That She Carried

Tiya Miles (American) is recognized for her work "All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake" published by Profile Books.

Siddhartha Mukherjee - The Song of the Cell

Siddhartha Mukherjee (Indian-American) has made the longlist for his book "The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human" published by The Bodley Head, Vintage, Penguin Random House UK.

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Nathan Thrall - A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

Nathan Thrall (American) is nominated for his book "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story" published by Allen Lane, Penguin Press.

Chris van Tulleken - Ultra Processed People

Chris van Tulleken (British) is recognized for his work "Ultra Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?" published by Cornerstone, Penguin Random House.

John Vaillant - Fire Weather

John Vaillant (American-Canadian) has made the longlist for his book "Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World" published by Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton.

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