The Baillie Gifford Prize longlist 2020

The £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize is the UK’s most prestigious award for nonfiction writing. This year’s longlist features a diverse list of topics. Two former winners are listed – Barbara Demick and , as well as the youngest ever author in prize history to be longlisted – 16-year old activist and autism advocate Dara McAnulty.

The titles on the 2020 longlist are:

Chair of judges Martha Kearney comments: “Narrowing more than two hundred books down to a long list has been a Herculean task, made even more challenging by the lockdown. Despite the joys of Zoom, we have managed to agree on thirteen exceptional books which reflect the creative power of 21st century non-fiction from new writers to accomplished authors, spanning war, art, science, history, ghosts and The Beatles.”

The shortlist will be announced on 15 October, with the winner to be revealed on 24 November. Find out more about this year’s longlisted titles on the Baillie Gifford Prize website.

Cover image for Our Bodies, Their Battlefield

Our Bodies, Their Battlefield

Christina Lamb

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