A Taste of Prize Reading 2023 - hosted by cheriebooksreadthisyear

The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non Fiction.
Longlist announced September
All books added
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

John Vaillant

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative reflective medium-paced
The Complete Peanuts 1953-1954: Vol. 2 Hardcover Edition by Charles M. Schulz

The Complete Peanuts 1953-1954: Vol. 2 Hardcover Edition

The Complete Peanuts #2

Charles M. Schulz

344 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction comics funny reflective slow-paced
Time to Think by Hannah Barnes
Time to Think
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Hannah Barnes

Time to Think

Hannah Barnes

445 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender medium-paced
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

Siddhartha Mukherjee

496 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction science emotional informative medium-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann

357 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken

Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food

Chris van Tulleken

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink health science informative medium-paced
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

Tiya Miles

385 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan

Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution

Tania Branigan

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

Nathan Thrall

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer

Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

Katja Hoyer

475 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced