Who wins the prizes
The reference book prizes of 2023 to 2026 in Europe and the United States, kept to the experts of the directory: selected podcast experts and selected book authors. Each name opens the expert, each title opens the prize-listed book when it was found in the library catalogues.
Prizes64With at least one expert, out of 66
Distinctions702Out of 1,118 for all authors
Experts distinguished604Winners, finalists and lists
Winners177Experts who won at least one prize
604 experts
| Expert | Best result | Distinctions | Prizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Vaillant | Winner | 5 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 · National Book Award for Nonfiction 2023 · Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2024 · Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2024 · Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 2024 |
| Benjamin Nathans | Winner | 4 | Cundill History Prize 2025 · Lionel Gelber Prize 2025 · Pushkin House Book Prize 2025 · Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 2025 |
| Nathan Thrall | Winner | 4 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 · Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2024 · Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2024 · Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 2024 |
| Chris Miller | Winner | 3 | getAbstract International Book Award 2023 · Lionel Gelber Prize 2023 · Arthur Ross Book Award 2023 |
| Dylan C. Penningroth | Winner | 3 | Cundill History Prize 2024 · James Willard Hurst Jr. Book Prize 2024 · Order of the Coif Book Award 2024 |
| Ed Conway | Winner | 3 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2024 · FT Business Book of the Year 2023 · British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2024 |
| Gary J. Bass | Winner | 3 | Cundill History Prize 2024 · Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 · Arthur Ross Book Award 2024 |
| Jonathan Blitzer | Winner | 3 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 · Arthur Ross Book Award 2025 · Hillman Prize for Book Journalism 2025 |
| Nandini Das | Winner | 3 | Cundill History Prize 2023 · British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2023 · Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2024 |
| Sergey Radchenko | Winner | 3 | Lionel Gelber Prize 2025 · Pushkin House Book Prize 2025 · Arthur Ross Book Award 2025 |
| Steve Coll | Winner | 3 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2024 · Lionel Gelber Prize 2025 · Arthur Ross Book Award 2025 |
| Tania Branigan | Winner | 3 | Cundill History Prize 2023 · Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 · British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2023 |
| Asad L. Asad | Winner | 2 | C. Wright Mills Award 2023 · Herbert Jacob Book Prize 2024 |
| Benjamin Bürbaumer | Winner | 2 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2025 · Prix lycéen « Lire l'économie » 2024 |
| Deborah Cohen | Winner | 2 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2026 · Goldsmith Book Prize 2023 |
| Dipesh Chakrabarty | Winner | 2 | Prix du Livre Environnement (Fondation Veolia) 2023 · Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon 2024 |
| Guy Shrubsole | Winner | 2 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2025 · Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2023 |
| Hugo Micheron | Winner | 2 | Prix du livre de géopolitique 2023 · Prix Femina essai 2023 |
| Jonathan Gienapp | Winner | 2 | Cundill History Prize 2025 · Order of the Coif Book Award 2025 |
| Julian Jackson | Winner | 2 | Cundill History Prize 2024 · Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2024 |
| Konstantin Richter | Winner | 2 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2026 |
| Linda Villarosa | Winner | 2 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2023 · Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 2023 |
| Omri Boehm | Winner | 2 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2023 · Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung 2024 |
| Phil Gramm | Winner | 2 | Hayek Book Prize 2026 · Hayek Book Prize 2024 |
| Seth Rockman | Winner | 2 | Cundill History Prize 2025 · Philip Taft Labor History Book Award 2025 |
| Simon Porcher | Winner | 2 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2025 · Prix du Livre Environnement (Fondation Veolia) 2026 |
| Sue Prideaux | Winner | 2 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 · Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2025 |
| Susan L. Shirk | Winner | 2 | Lionel Gelber Prize 2023 · Arthur Ross Book Award 2023 |
| Teresa Bücker | Winner | 2 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2023 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2023 |
| Toluse Olorunnipa | Winner | 2 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2023 · Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 2023 |
| Victoria Amelina | Winner | 2 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2025 · Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2025 |
| Xavier Jaravel | Winner | 2 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2024 · Prix du livre d'économie 2023 |
| Abdi Aidid | Winner | 1 | PROSE Awards (Legal Studies and Criminology; Computing and Information Sciences; Economics; Government and Politics; Business, Finance and Management) 2024 |
| Adam J. Berinsky | Winner | 1 | Goldsmith Book Prize 2025 |
| Aileen Kavanagh | Winner | 1 | Inner Temple Book Prize (Main Prize and New Authors Prize) 2025 |
| Alain Mérot | Winner | 1 | Prix de l'Essai (Académie française) 2026 |
| Alden Wicker | Winner | 1 | SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2024 |
| Allison J. Pugh | Winner | 1 | ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award 2025 |
| Amelia Acker | Winner | 1 | AoIR Nancy Baym Annual Book Award 2026 |
| Amin Maalouf | Winner | 1 | Prix Vauban 2023 |
| Amy Edmondson | Winner | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2023 |
| Andreas Kulick | Winner | 1 | ASIL Certificates of Merit (book awards) 2026 |
| Angela Onwuachi-Willig | Winner | 1 | PROSE Awards (Legal Studies and Criminology; Computing and Information Sciences; Economics; Government and Politics; Business, Finance and Management) 2023 |
| Anita Gohdes | Winner | 1 | Goldsmith Book Prize 2024 |
| Anna Foa | Winner | 1 | Premio Strega Saggistica 2025 |
| Anna Keay | Winner | 1 | Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2023 |
| Anne-Marie Lecoq | Winner | 1 | Prix de l'Essai (Académie française) 2026 |
| Anne-Marie Leroyer | Winner | 1 | Prix du livre juridique (and Prix du livre de la pratique juridique) 2023 |
| Antonio de Lecea | Winner | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2023 |
| Aram Sinnreich | Winner | 1 | AoIR Nancy Baym Annual Book Award 2025 |
| Arundhati Roy | Winner | 1 | Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon 2023 |
| Arvind Narayanan | Winner | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2025 |
| Avi Shlaim | Winner | 1 | PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2024 |
| Ayşe Zarakol | Winner | 1 | ISA John Ruggie Best Book Award 2024 |
| Barbara Hahn | Winner | 1 | Sidney Edelstein Prize 2024 |
| Bénédicte Savoy | Winner | 1 | Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon 2025 |
| Benjamin Alarie | Winner | 1 | PROSE Awards (Legal Studies and Criminology; Computing and Information Sciences; Economics; Government and Politics; Business, Finance and Management) 2024 |
| Blair L. M. Kelley | Winner | 1 | Philip Taft Labor History Book Award 2024 |
| Brian Goldstone | Winner | 1 | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 2026 |
| Brice Soccol | Winner | 1 | Prix Edgar Faure de littérature politique 2024 |
| Bruce Hoffman | Winner | 1 | Airey Neave Book Prize 2024 |
| Cal Flyn | Winner | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2026 |
| Carla Kaplan | Winner | 1 | Goldsmith Book Prize 2026 |
| Céline Marangé | Winner | 1 | Prix du livre de géopolitique 2026 |
| Charles Serfaty | Winner | 1 | Prix du livre d'économie 2024 |
| Chowra Makaremi | Winner | 1 | Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon 2026 |
| Chris Turner | Winner | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2023 |
| Christina Morina | Winner | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2024 |
| Christophe Pradeau | Winner | 1 | Prix de l'Essai (Académie française) 2025 |
| Claire Alet | Winner | 1 | Prix lycéen du livre de SES 2024 |
| Corey Brettschneider | Winner | 1 | ABA Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts (Books category) 2025 |
| Cornelia Woll | Winner | 1 | ISA John Ruggie Best Book Award 2025 |
| Dan Flores | Winner | 1 | SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2023 |
| Dashka Slater | Winner | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2024 |
| David M. Rabban | Winner | 1 | PROSE Awards (Legal Studies and Criminology; Computing and Information Sciences; Economics; Government and Politics; Business, Finance and Management) 2025 |
| Devon W. Carbado | Winner | 1 | PROSE Awards (Legal Studies and Criminology; Computing and Information Sciences; Economics; Government and Politics; Business, Finance and Management) 2023 |
| Dominique Foray | Winner | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2026 |
| Dominique Moïsi | Winner | 1 | Prix Vauban 2024 |
| Dominique Shelton Leipzig | Winner | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2024 |
| Duana Fullwiley | Winner | 1 | C. Wright Mills Award 2024 |
| Ed Yong | Winner | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2023 |
| Edward Chancellor | Winner | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2023 |
| Elena Kostyuchenko | Winner | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2024 |
| Ernesto Vargas Weil | Winner | 1 | Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship (and Margaret Brazier Prize) 2026 |
| Eva Biringer | Winner | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2025 |
| Ewald Frie | Winner | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2023 |
| Fabien Truong | Winner | 1 | Prix lycéen du livre de SES 2026 |
| Fabrice Balanche | Winner | 1 | Prix du livre de géopolitique 2024 |
| Fabrice Gabriel | Winner | 1 | Prix Médicis essai 2025 |
| Fabrizio Marrella | Winner | 1 | Prix du livre de la Branche française de l'International Law Association 2025 |
| Felix Lee | Winner | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2023 |
| Ferris Jabr | Winner | 1 | SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2025 |
| François-Xavier Testu | Winner | 1 | Prix du livre juridique (and Prix du livre de la pratique juridique) 2025 |
| Franz-Olivier Giesbert | Winner | 1 | Prix du Livre Politique 2023 |
| Frédéric Dabi | Winner | 1 | Prix Edgar Faure de littérature politique 2024 |
| Gérard Courtois | Winner | 1 | Prix du Livre Politique 2025 |
| Gérome Truc | Winner | 1 | Prix lycéen du livre de SES 2026 |
| Guillaume Grallet | Winner | 1 | Prix du livre d'économie 2025 |
| Heïdi Sevestre | Winner | 1 | Prix du Livre Environnement (Fondation Veolia) 2024 |
| Helen Czerski | Winner | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2024 |
| Helen Garner | Winner | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 |
| Inge Kloepfer | Winner | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Jacob Ware | Winner | 1 | Airey Neave Book Prize 2024 |
| James Druckman | Winner | 1 | APSA Gladys M. Kammerer Award 2024 |
| Jason De León | Winner | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2024 |
| Javier Cercas | Winner | 1 | Prix Jacques Delors du Livre européen 2025 |
| Jean Hingray | Winner | 1 | Prix Edgar Faure de littérature politique 2025 |
| Jennifer L. Lawless | Winner | 1 | Goldsmith Book Prize 2023 |
| Jessica M. Marglin | Winner | 1 | James Willard Hurst Jr. Book Prize 2023 |
| Joanna Schwartz | Winner | 1 | ABA Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts (Books category) 2024 |
| Johan Norberg | Winner | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2025 |
| Joshua W. Busby | Winner | 1 | Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order 2026 |
| Karl Schlögel | Winner | 1 | Prix Jacques Delors du Livre européen 2024 |
| Kathleen DuVal | Winner | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2024 |
| Kathleen Thelen | Winner | 1 | APSA Gladys M. Kammerer Award 2026 |
| Keith Lowe | Winner | 1 | Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2025 |
| Kelly Weinersmith | Winner | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2024 |
| Kerstin Hoppenhaus | Winner | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2024 |
| Kit Chapman | Winner | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2026 |
| Kojo Koram | Winner | 1 | PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2023 |
| Laura Beers | Winner | 1 | Goldsmith Book Prize 2025 |
| Laure Murat | Winner | 1 | Prix Médicis essai 2023 |
| Laure Quennouëlle-Corre | Winner | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2025 |
| Laurent de Sutter | Winner | 1 | Grand prix de l'essai (Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique) 2023 |
| Luciano Floridi | Winner | 1 | Premio Strega Saggistica 2026 |
| Lyndal Roper | Winner | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2025 |
| Marc Weitzmann | Winner | 1 | Prix Femina essai 2025 |
| Margaret Burnham | Winner | 1 | Hillman Prize for Book Journalism 2023 |
| Margaret MacMillan | Winner | 1 | PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2026 |
| Margot Canaday | Winner | 1 | Philip Taft Labor History Book Award 2024 |
| Marla A. Ramirez | Winner | 1 | Philip Taft Labor History Book Award 2026 |
| Masud Husain | Winner | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2025 |
| Maurice Gourdault-Montagne | Winner | 1 | Prix de l'Essai (Académie française) 2023 |
| Meredith Broussard | Winner | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2023 |
| Michael Byers | Winner | 1 | ASIL Certificates of Merit (book awards) 2024 |
| Michael Waibel | Winner | 1 | ASIL Certificates of Merit (book awards) 2026 |
| Ned Blackhawk | Winner | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2023 |
| Neta C. Crawford | Winner | 1 | Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order 2024 |
| Nicholas Dawidoff | Winner | 1 | ABA Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts (Books category) 2023 |
| Nora Bussigny | Winner | 1 | Prix Edgar Faure de littérature politique 2025 |
| Olivier Alexandre | Winner | 1 | Prix lycéen « Lire l'économie » 2023 |
| Omar El Akkad | Winner | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2025 |
| Owen Matthews | Winner | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 |
| Parmy Olson | Winner | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2024 |
| Pascal Chabot | Winner | 1 | Grand prix de l'essai (Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique) 2025 |
| Pascal Perrineau | Winner | 1 | Prix du Livre Politique 2024 |
| Paul Audi | Winner | 1 | Prix Femina essai 2024 |
| Peter Apps | Winner | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2023 |
| Pierre Servent | Winner | 1 | Prix du livre de géopolitique 2023 |
| R. Douglas Arnold | Winner | 1 | APSA Gladys M. Kammerer Award 2023 |
| Rachel Khan | Winner | 1 | Prix Edgar Faure de littérature politique 2024 |
| Raymond B. Blake | Winner | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2025 |
| Rebecca Nagle | Winner | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2025 |
| Reiner Stach | Winner | 1 | Prix Médicis essai 2024 |
| René Provost | Winner | 1 | ASIL Certificates of Merit (book awards) 2023 |
| Robert Hutchinson | Winner | 1 | ASIL Certificates of Merit (book awards) 2024 |
| Robert Menasse | Winner | 1 | Prix Jacques Delors du Livre européen 2023 |
| Ross Perlin | Winner | 1 | British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2024 |
| Samuel G. Freedman | Winner | 1 | Hillman Prize for Book Journalism 2024 |
| Sander van der Linden | Winner | 1 | Goldsmith Book Prize 2024 |
| Sayash Kapoor | Winner | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2025 |
| Sean McMeekin | Winner | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2026 |
| Serena Mayeri | Winner | 1 | James Willard Hurst Jr. Book Prize 2026 |
| Sheila Miyoshi Jager | Winner | 1 | Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2024 |
| Sophie Boisseau du Rocher | Winner | 1 | Prix du livre de géopolitique 2025 |
| Sophie Gosselin | Winner | 1 | Prix du Livre Environnement (Fondation Veolia) 2023 |
| Sophie Pinkham | Winner | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2026 |
| Stephen Witt | Winner | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2025 |
| Sunil Amrith | Winner | 1 | British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2025 |
| Thomas Gomart | Winner | 1 | Prix des Ambassadeurs 2025 |
| Tiago Saraiva | Winner | 1 | Sidney Edelstein Prize 2024 |
| Timothy Garton Ash | Winner | 1 | Lionel Gelber Prize 2024 |
| Tom Ginsburg | Winner | 1 | ASIL Certificates of Merit (book awards) 2023 |
| Tomiko Brown-Nagin | Winner | 1 | Order of the Coif Book Award 2023 |
| Vincent Beaufils | Winner | 1 | Prix lycéen « Lire l'économie » 2025 |
| Volha Charnysh | Winner | 1 | Merze Tate - Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award (formerly Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award) 2025 |
| Yann Coatanlem | Winner | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2023 |
| Daniel Treisman | Finalist | 2 | Lionel Gelber Prize 2023 · Arthur Ross Book Award 2023 |
| Siddharth Kara | Finalist | 2 | FT Business Book of the Year 2023 · Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 2024 |
| Yiyun Li | Finalist | 2 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 · National Book Award for Nonfiction 2025 |
| Abraham L. Newman | Finalist | 1 | Arthur Ross Book Award 2024 |
| Alasdair Roberts | Finalist | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2025 |
| Anne Muxel | Finalist | 1 | Prix lycéen du livre de SES 2023 |
| Astra Taylor | Finalist | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2024 |
| Benjamin Perrin | Finalist | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2024 |
| Bruce Caldwell | Finalist | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2023 |
| Bryan Caplan | Finalist | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2025 |
| Carlo Masala | Finalist | 1 | Prix Jacques Delors du Livre européen 2025 |
| Christina Sharpe | Finalist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2023 |
| Christine Detrez | Finalist | 1 | Prix lycéen du livre de SES 2025 |
| Claudia Rowe | Finalist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2025 |
| Clayton Aldern | Finalist | 1 | SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2025 |
| Cristina Rivera Garza | Finalist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2023 |
| Daniel Cohan | Finalist | 1 | SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2023 |
| David G. Haskell | Finalist | 1 | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 2023 |
| Don Gillmor | Finalist | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2026 |
| Donald J. Savoie | Finalist | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2024 |
| Eliza Griswold | Finalist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2024 |
| Félicien Faury | Finalist | 1 | Prix lycéen du livre de SES 2025 |
| François Dubet | Finalist | 1 | Prix lycéen du livre de SES 2026 |
| Gaia Bernstein | Finalist | 1 | PROSE Awards (Legal Studies and Criminology; Computing and Information Sciences; Economics; Government and Politics; Business, Finance and Management) 2024 |
| George Selgin | Finalist | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2026 |
| Gloria Dickie | Finalist | 1 | SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2024 |
| James Morton Turner | Finalist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2023 |
| Jane Philpott | Finalist | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2025 |
| Jennifer Burns | Finalist | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2024 |
| Jessica Silbey | Finalist | 1 | PROSE Awards (Legal Studies and Criminology; Computing and Information Sciences; Economics; Government and Politics; Business, Finance and Management) 2023 |
| Jing Tsu | Finalist | 1 | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 2023 |
| Joseph Osmundson | Finalist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2026 |
| Judith Koelemeijer | Finalist | 1 | Prix Jacques Delors du Livre européen 2025 |
| Julia Ioffe | Finalist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2025 |
| Julien Fretel | Finalist | 1 | Prix lycéen du livre de SES 2023 |
| Kate Cooper | Finalist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2023 |
| Kate Manne | Finalist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2024 |
| Kerry Howley | Finalist | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2024 |
| Laurence Hansen-Løve | Finalist | 1 | Prix du Livre Environnement (Fondation Veolia) 2023 |
| Marlene L. Daut | Finalist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2025 |
| Michel Offerlé | Finalist | 1 | Prix lycéen du livre de SES 2023 |
| Nabil Wakim | Finalist | 1 | Prix du Livre Environnement (Fondation Veolia) 2024 |
| Najat Vallaud-Belkacem | Finalist | 1 | Prix lycéen du livre de SES 2026 |
| Nicholas Wade | Finalist | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2026 |
| Norma Dunning | Finalist | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2023 |
| Pablo A. Peña | Finalist | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2026 |
| Paco Cerdà | Finalist | 1 | Prix Jacques Delors du Livre européen 2026 |
| Peter Charles Hoffer | Finalist | 1 | PROSE Awards (Legal Studies and Criminology; Computing and Information Sciences; Economics; Government and Politics; Business, Finance and Management) 2025 |
| Peter Sloterdijk | Finalist | 1 | Prix Jacques Delors du Livre européen 2026 |
| Philip K. Howard | Finalist | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2025 |
| Philippe Bihouix | Finalist | 1 | Prix du Livre Environnement (Fondation Veolia) 2025 |
| Philippe Descola | Finalist | 1 | Prix du Livre Environnement (Fondation Veolia) 2023 |
| Pierre-Henri de Menthon | Finalist | 1 | Prix lycéen « Lire l'économie » 2025 |
| Rachel Nolan | Finalist | 1 | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 2025 |
| Rainer Zitelmann | Finalist | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2025 |
| Raja Shehadeh | Finalist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2023 |
| Régina Scheer | Finalist | 1 | Prix Jacques Delors du Livre européen 2024 |
| Rich Benjamin | Finalist | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2026 |
| Rien Fertel | Finalist | 1 | SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2023 |
| Rob Goodman | Finalist | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2024 |
| Rollo Romig | Finalist | 1 | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 2025 |
| Sara Nović | Finalist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2026 |
| Sophia Rosenfeld | Finalist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2025 |
| Stefan Timmermans | Finalist | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2025 |
| Stephanie L. Canizales | Finalist | 1 | C. Wright Mills Award 2024 |
| Stephen Maher | Finalist | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2025 |
| Tanya Talaga | Finalist | 1 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2025 |
| Terence Keel | Finalist | 1 | PROSE Awards (Legal Studies and Criminology; Computing and Information Sciences; Economics; Government and Politics; Business, Finance and Management) 2026 |
| Thibault Muzergues | Finalist | 1 | Prix Jacques Delors du Livre européen 2024 |
| Vikash Yadav | Finalist | 1 | Hayek Book Prize 2024 |
| Zoë Schlanger | Finalist | 1 | SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2025 |
| Christopher Clark | Shortlist | 3 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 · Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2026 · Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2024 |
| Fatemeh Jamalpour | Shortlist | 3 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2026 · National Book Award for Nonfiction 2025 · Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2026 |
| Lucy Ash | Shortlist | 3 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2025 · Pushkin House Book Prize 2025 · British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2025 |
| Nilo Tabrizy | Shortlist | 3 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2026 · National Book Award for Nonfiction 2025 · Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2026 |
| Ruth Hoffmann | Shortlist | 3 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2026 · NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2024 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2024 |
| Aladin El-Mafaalani | Shortlist | 2 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2025 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2025 |
| Alpa Shah | Shortlist | 2 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2024 · Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2024 |
| Amitav Ghosh | Shortlist | 2 | Cundill History Prize 2024 · British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2024 |
| Annabel Sowemimo | Shortlist | 2 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2023 · British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2024 |
| Anne Brorhilker | Shortlist | 2 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026 · NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2026 |
| Barbara Demick | Shortlist | 2 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 · Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2025 |
| Bernhard Kegel | Shortlist | 2 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2024 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2025 |
| Bojan Pancevski | Shortlist | 2 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 · Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026 |
| Carl Benedikt Frey | Shortlist | 2 | FT Business Book of the Year 2025 · Lionel Gelber Prize 2026 |
| Cat Bohannon | Shortlist | 2 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2024 · Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2024 |
| Daron Acemoglu | Shortlist | 2 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 · Lionel Gelber Prize 2024 |
| David Van Reybrouck | Shortlist | 2 | Cundill History Prize 2024 · Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 |
| Eva Dou | Shortlist | 2 | FT Business Book of the Year 2025 · Lionel Gelber Prize 2026 |
| Franz-Stefan Gady | Shortlist | 2 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2025 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2025 |
| Gaia Vince | Shortlist | 2 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2023 · Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2023 |
| Hannah Barnes | Shortlist | 2 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 · Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2023 |
| Hanno Sauer | Shortlist | 2 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2023 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2023 |
| Helen Scales | Shortlist | 2 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 · Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2025 |
| Ian Leslie | Shortlist | 2 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 · Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2026 |
| Jill Lepore | Shortlist | 2 | Cundill History Prize 2026 · FT Business Book of the Year 2026 |
| Joachim Bauer | Shortlist | 2 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026 · NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2023 |
| Katja Hoyer | Shortlist | 2 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 · PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2024 |
| Klaus Peter Strohmeier | Shortlist | 2 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2025 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2025 |
| Lyndsie Bourgon | Shortlist | 2 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2023 · SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2023 |
| Martin Schulze Wessel | Shortlist | 2 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2023 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2023 |
| Michael Bhaskar | Shortlist | 2 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2024 · FT Business Book of the Year 2023 |
| Philippe Sands | Shortlist | 2 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2023 · PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2023 |
| Richard Holmes | Shortlist | 2 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 · Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2026 |
| Roman Köster | Shortlist | 2 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2024 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2024 |
| Sabine Adler | Shortlist | 2 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2024 · NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2024 |
| Sam Dalrymple | Shortlist | 2 | Cundill History Prize 2026 · Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2026 |
| Sebastian Conrad | Shortlist | 2 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2024 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2024 |
| Sebastian Kurtenbach | Shortlist | 2 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2025 · Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2025 |
| Simon Parkin | Shortlist | 2 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2025 · Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2025 |
| Sven Beckert | Shortlist | 2 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026 · Lionel Gelber Prize 2026 |
| Yi-Ling Liu | Shortlist | 2 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2026 · Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2026 |
| Abraham Newman | Shortlist | 1 | Lionel Gelber Prize 2024 |
| Adam Grant | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2024 |
| Alena Buyx | Shortlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2025 |
| Alena Ledeneva | Shortlist | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2026 |
| Alessandro Vanoli | Shortlist | 1 | Premio Strega Saggistica 2026 |
| Alison Bashford | Shortlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2023 |
| Anand Gopal | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 |
| André Kieserling | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2023 |
| Andrea Wulf | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 |
| Andrew Roberts | Shortlist | 1 | Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2024 |
| Andrew Scott | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2024 |
| Andrian Kreye | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2024 |
| Angela Saini | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2023 |
| Anne Applebaum | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2025 |
| Annie Jacobsen | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 |
| Aya Jaff | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026 |
| Barbara Bradley Hagerty | Shortlist | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2025 |
| Beatrice Heuser | Shortlist | 1 | Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2023 |
| Beatrice Mautino | Shortlist | 1 | Premio Strega Saggistica 2026 |
| Bench Ansfield | Shortlist | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2026 |
| Bent Flyvbjerg | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2023 |
| Bettina Schöne-Seifert | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2026 |
| Bronwen Everill | Shortlist | 1 | British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2025 |
| Callum Cant | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Cameron McWhirter | Shortlist | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2024 |
| Caroline Dodds Pennock | Shortlist | 1 | PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2024 |
| Chad Bown | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026 |
| Christopher Kirchhoff | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2024 |
| Dan Gardner | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2023 |
| Dan Healey | Shortlist | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2024 |
| Dan Wang | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2025 |
| Daniel Finkelstein | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2024 |
| Daniel Foliard | Shortlist | 1 | British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2023 |
| Daniel Levitin | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2025 |
| Daniel Susskind | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2024 |
| Dave Goulson | Shortlist | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2026 |
| David Farrier | Shortlist | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2025 |
| David Petraeus | Shortlist | 1 | Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2024 |
| David Quammen | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2023 |
| Derek Thompson | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2025 |
| Dietmar Pieper | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2023 |
| Donald Rayfield | Shortlist | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2025 |
| Douglas Ober | Shortlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2023 |
| Douglas Rushkoff | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Edmund Richardson | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 |
| Edward Fishman | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2025 |
| Edward Wong | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2025 |
| Elisabeth Wellershaus | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2023 |
| Elizabeth Chloe Romanis | Shortlist | 1 | Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship (and Margaret Brazier Prize) 2025 |
| Emily Callaci | Shortlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2025 |
| Emily Kenway | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2023 |
| Eva von Redecker | Shortlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2023 |
| Ezra Klein | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2025 |
| Felipe Fernández-Armesto | Shortlist | 1 | Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2023 |
| Florence Gaub | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2026 |
| Frances Wilson | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 |
| Frauke Rostalski | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2024 |
| Fred Pearce | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2026 |
| Friederike Otto | Shortlist | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2025 |
| Gabriel Felbermayr | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2024 |
| Gabriel Gatehouse | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2025 |
| Geoffrey Parker | Shortlist | 1 | Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2024 |
| Georg Diez | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Gísli Pálsson | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2024 |
| Giuseppe Antonelli | Shortlist | 1 | Premio Strega Saggistica 2026 |
| Graeme Lawson | Shortlist | 1 | British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2025 |
| Greg Grandin | Shortlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2025 |
| Harold James | Shortlist | 1 | Lionel Gelber Prize 2024 |
| Heike Behrend | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2026 |
| Heriberto Araujo | Shortlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2023 |
| Howard Amos | Shortlist | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2025 |
| Ines Geipel | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2025 |
| Ingo Dachwitz | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2025 |
| Irene Vallejo | Shortlist | 1 | British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2023 |
| Irina Scherbakowa | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2026 |
| J. Bradford DeLong | Shortlist | 1 | Lionel Gelber Prize 2023 |
| Jackie Wullschläger | Shortlist | 1 | Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2024 |
| Jade McGlynn | Shortlist | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 |
| James Muldoon | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Jamie Susskind | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2023 |
| Jason Burke | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 |
| Jason Okundaye | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2024 |
| Jeff Goodell | Shortlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2024 |
| Jennifer Homans | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 |
| Jens Beckert | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2024 |
| Jeremy Eichler | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 |
| Joanna Spear | Shortlist | 1 | Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2024 |
| John McManus | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2023 |
| Joya Chatterji | Shortlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2024 |
| Judith Kohlenberger | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2023 |
| Julia Ebner | Shortlist | 1 | Airey Neave Book Prize 2024 |
| Julia Shaw | Shortlist | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2026 |
| Julie A. Cassiday | Shortlist | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2024 |
| Jürgen Kaube | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2023 |
| Justin Marozzi | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 |
| Kashmir Hill | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2024 |
| Kate Zernike | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2023 |
| Katharina Zweig | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Kris Manjapra | Shortlist | 1 | British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2023 |
| Lauren Benton | Shortlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2024 |
| Liaquat Ahamed | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2026 |
| Linford D. Fisher | Shortlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2026 |
| Lise Barnéoud | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2026 |
| Lucy Hughes-Hallett | Shortlist | 1 | Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2025 |
| Luke Harding | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2023 |
| Lyndsey Stonebridge | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2024 |
| Mackenzie Cooley | Shortlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2023 |
| Mara Kardas-Nelson | Shortlist | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2025 |
| Marcel Fratzscher | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Marcus Willaschek | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2024 |
| Marcy Norton | Shortlist | 1 | British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2024 |
| Mariah Blake | Shortlist | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2026 |
| Mariana Mazzucato | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026 |
| Mark Graham | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Martha A. Sandweiss | Shortlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2025 |
| Martina Heßler | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2025 |
| Matthew Connelly | Shortlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2023 |
| Meron Mendel | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2023 |
| Michael Morris | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2024 |
| Michael Thumann | Shortlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2023 |
| Miguel Gotor | Shortlist | 1 | Premio Strega Saggistica 2026 |
| Mikhail Fishman | Shortlist | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2026 |
| Mishal Husain | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2025 |
| Moshe Zimmermann | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2024 |
| Neil Shubin | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2025 |
| Nicklas Brendborg | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2023 |
| Noel Malcolm | Shortlist | 1 | Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2025 |
| Nóra Ní Loideáin | Shortlist | 1 | Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship (and Margaret Brazier Prize) 2026 |
| Olga Petri | Shortlist | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 |
| Oliver Franklin-Wallis | Shortlist | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2024 |
| Omer Bartov | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2026 |
| Patrick Radden Keefe | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 |
| Patrick Weil | Shortlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2023 |
| Paul Kennedy | Shortlist | 1 | Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2023 |
| Peter Frankopan | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2023 |
| R. Jisung Park | Shortlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2024 |
| Rachel Aviv | Shortlist | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2023 |
| Rachel Clarke | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 |
| Richard E. Cytowic | Shortlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2025 |
| Robert Darnton | Shortlist | 1 | Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2024 |
| Robert Gildea | Shortlist | 1 | PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2024 |
| Robert Macfarlane | Shortlist | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2025 |
| Roberto Simanowski | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2026 |
| Ronald Hutton | Shortlist | 1 | Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2025 |
| Ronen Steinke | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2026 |
| Rosa Lyon | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Ruha Benjamin | Shortlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2023 |
| Ryan Tucker Jones | Shortlist | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 |
| Sadiah Qureshi | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2025 |
| Sandra Navidi | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2023 |
| Saul David | Shortlist | 1 | Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2025 |
| Scott Anderson | Shortlist | 1 | Lionel Gelber Prize 2026 |
| Scott Weidensaul | Shortlist | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2026 |
| Sebastian Mallaby | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2026 |
| Serhii Plokhy | Shortlist | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2024 |
| Sima Samar | Shortlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2024 |
| Sophie Harman | Shortlist | 1 | British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2025 |
| Sophie Yeo | Shortlist | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2024 |
| Sophy Roberts | Shortlist | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2025 |
| Soumaya Keynes | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026 |
| Steffen Mau | Shortlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2024 |
| Steve Crawshaw | Shortlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2025 |
| Steve Ramirez | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2026 |
| Steven Levitsky | Shortlist | 1 | Lionel Gelber Prize 2023 |
| Susanne Beyer | Shortlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2025 |
| Suzanne Simard | Shortlist | 1 | Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2026 |
| Tilmann Lahme | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2026 |
| Tim Minshall | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2025 |
| Tina Klüwer | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026 |
| Tonia Mastrobuoni | Shortlist | 1 | Premio Strega Saggistica 2026 |
| Tricia Starks | Shortlist | 1 | Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 |
| Uwe Ritzer | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2023 |
| Venki Ramakrishnan | Shortlist | 1 | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2024 |
| Vic Gatrell | Shortlist | 1 | Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2023 |
| Việt Thanh Nguyen | Shortlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 |
| Vladislav Zubok | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2025 |
| Walburga Hülk | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Sachbuchpreis (German Non-Fiction Prize) 2025 |
| Walter Isaacson | Shortlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2023 |
| Wendy H. Wong | Shortlist | 1 | Lionel Gelber Prize 2024 |
| William Dalrymple | Shortlist | 1 | British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2025 |
| Wolfgang Kraushaar | Shortlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2023 |
| Yaroslav Trofimov | Shortlist | 1 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2024 |
| Yuval Noah Harari | Shortlist | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2024 |
| Zusha Elinson | Shortlist | 1 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (Lukas Prize Project) 2024 |
| Antony Loewenstein | Special mention | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2023 |
| Areej Sabbagh-Khoury | Special mention | 1 | ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award 2025 |
| Bernadette Atuahene | Special mention | 1 | Herbert Jacob Book Prize 2026 |
| Brooke Harrington | Special mention | 1 | ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award 2025 |
| Céline Antonin | Special mention | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2026 |
| Christian de Boissieu | Special mention | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2025 |
| Cliff Sloan | Special mention | 1 | ABA Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts (Books category) 2024 |
| Cristina Peicuti | Special mention | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2025 |
| Daniel Stähr | Special mention | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2024 |
| David Baverez | Special mention | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2025 |
| Denis Baranger | Special mention | 1 | Prix du Livre Politique 2026 |
| Elizabeth Dias | Special mention | 1 | ABA Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts (Books category) 2025 |
| Elizabeth Rush | Special mention | 1 | SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2024 |
| Erica Gies | Special mention | 1 | SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2023 |
| François Lenglet | Special mention | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2023 |
| François-Xavier Dudouet | Special mention | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2025 |
| Françoise Thom | Special mention | 1 | Prix du livre de géopolitique 2026 |
| Georges Fenech | Special mention | 1 | Prix Edgar Faure de littérature politique 2023 |
| Hajar Yazdiha | Special mention | 1 | ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award 2024 |
| Hervé Gattegno | Special mention | 1 | Prix du Livre Politique 2024 |
| Jamie Metzl | Special mention | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2025 |
| Janet Weston | Special mention | 1 | James Willard Hurst Jr. Book Prize 2024 |
| Jean-Baptiste Fressoz | Special mention | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2025 |
| Jean-Denis Combrexelle | Special mention | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2025 |
| Jeanne Lazarus | Special mention | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2023 |
| Laurence Debray | Special mention | 1 | Prix du Livre Politique 2026 |
| Lisa Lerer | Special mention | 1 | ABA Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts (Books category) 2025 |
| Maja Göpel | Special mention | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Melissa Sevigny | Special mention | 1 | SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award 2024 |
| Michael Verfürden | Special mention | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Michèle Cotta | Special mention | 1 | Prix du Livre Politique 2024 |
| Neha Dixit | Special mention | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2025 |
| Olivier Beaud | Special mention | 1 | Prix du Livre Politique 2026 |
| Patricia Evangelista | Special mention | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2024 |
| Patrick Roger | Special mention | 1 | Prix du Livre Politique 2025 |
| Sara Weber | Special mention | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2023 |
| Simon Sahner | Special mention | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2024 |
| Sönke Iwersen | Special mention | 1 | Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2025 |
| Sylviane Agacinski | Special mention | 1 | Prix du Livre Politique 2023 |
| Thierry de Montbrial | Special mention | 1 | Prix du livre de géopolitique 2025 |
| Thomas Philippon | Special mention | 1 | Prix Turgot du meilleur livre d'économie financière 2023 |
| Tiya Miles | Longlist | 2 | Cundill History Prize 2025 · Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 |
| Adam Hochschild | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2023 |
| Adam LeBor | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 |
| Adam Shatz | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 |
| Adam Soboczynski | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2023 |
| Anjan Sundaram | Longlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2023 |
| Ariane Chemin | Longlist | 1 | Prix Médicis essai 2023 |
| Åsne Seierstad | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 |
| Barnaby Phillips | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2026 |
| Ben Macintyre | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 |
| Ben Ratliff | Longlist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2025 |
| Bernhard Pörksen | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2025 |
| Blaise Agüera y Arcas | Longlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2026 |
| Bushra al-Maqtari | Longlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2023 |
| Carol Chillington Rutter | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2026 |
| Carsten Gansel | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2026 |
| Catherine Conybeare | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2026 |
| Catherine Hall | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2024 |
| Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2026 |
| Cécile Alduy | Longlist | 1 | Prix Femina essai 2026 |
| Charlotte Higgins | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 |
| Christine Kenneally | Longlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2023 |
| Christoph Koch | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2026 |
| Claudia Kemfert | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2023 |
| David Grann | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 |
| Ece Temelkuran | Longlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2026 |
| Ernest Scheyder | Longlist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2024 |
| Eva Thöne | Longlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2026 |
| Gabriel Sherman | Longlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2026 |
| Geoffrey Robertson | Longlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2026 |
| Georg Mascolo | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2026 |
| Grégoire Kauffmann | Longlist | 1 | Prix Femina essai 2026 |
| Grégory Delaplace | Longlist | 1 | Prix Médicis essai 2024 |
| Hanif Abdurraqib | Longlist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2024 |
| Howard W. French | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2026 |
| Ian Buruma | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 |
| Jacques Rancière | Longlist | 1 | Prix Médicis essai 2024 |
| Jane Rogoyska | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 |
| Janina Ramirez | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2023 |
| Jean-Pierre Filiu | Longlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2026 |
| Jerry Wind | Longlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2026 |
| John Sweeney | Longlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2023 |
| Jonathan Eig | Longlist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2023 |
| Joseph Torigian | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2026 |
| Josephine Quinn | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2025 |
| Julie Brafman | Longlist | 1 | Prix Médicis essai 2025 |
| Juliet B. Schor | Longlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2026 |
| Kate Abramson | Longlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2024 |
| Katja Gloger | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2026 |
| Kerri K. Greenidge | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2023 |
| Liya Yu | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2026 |
| Lyse Doucet | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 |
| Manan Ahmed Asif | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2025 |
| Marc Levinson | Longlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2026 |
| Maria Ressa | Longlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2023 |
| Maria-Sibylla Lotter | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2026 |
| Martyna Linartas | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2025 |
| Matthias Glaubrecht | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2025 |
| Maya Ackerman | Longlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2026 |
| Melissa Valentine | Longlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2026 |
| Michelle P. King | Longlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2024 |
| Norbert Sachser | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2026 |
| Paris Marx | Longlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2026 |
| Patrick Joyce | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2024 |
| Philipp Blom | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2026 |
| Philipp Peyman Engel | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2024 |
| Philippe Broussard | Longlist | 1 | Prix Médicis essai 2025 |
| Prudence Peiffer | Longlist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2023 |
| Rachel Cockerell | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 |
| Rebecca Boyle | Longlist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2024 |
| Richard Slotkin | Longlist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2024 |
| Ruby Lal | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2024 |
| Sanjay Subrahmanyam | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2025 |
| Santilla Chingaipe | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2025 |
| Sascha Lübbe | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2024 |
| Siddhartha Mukherjee | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 |
| Stephan Thome | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2024 |
| Stéphanie Genand | Longlist | 1 | Prix Femina essai 2026 |
| Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2023 |
| Tara Zahra | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2023 |
| Thieß Petersen | Longlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2026 |
| Thomas Ramge | Longlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2026 |
| Tom McTague | Longlist | 1 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 |
| Trymaine Lee | Longlist | 1 | Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 2026 |
| Ullrich Fichtner | Longlist | 1 | NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis 2024 |
| Viet Thanh Nguyen | Longlist | 1 | National Book Award for Nonfiction 2023 |
| Volker Perthes | Longlist | 1 | getAbstract International Book Award 2026 |
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| William D. Cohan | Longlist | 1 | FT Business Book of the Year 2026 |
| Zara Anishanslin | Longlist | 1 | Cundill History Prize 2026 |