Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Longlists

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Overview

The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in narrative non-fiction written by women. 

Updated 8 August 2025

Challenge Books

1

Doppelganger by Naomi Klein

Doppelganger

Naomi Klein

2

The Britannias: An Archipelago's Tale by Alice Albinia

The Britannias: An Archipelago's Tale

Alice Albinia

3

Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom by Grace Blakeley

Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom

Grace Blakeley

4

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

5

Intervals by Marianne Brooker

Intervals

Marianne Brooker

6

Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji

Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century

Joya Chatterji

7

Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death by Laura Cumming

Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death

Laura Cumming

8

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

9

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

10

Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood by Lucy Jones

Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood

Lucy Jones

11

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud

A Flat Place

Noreen Masud

12

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