The shortlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize's 25th Anniversary Winner of Winners award has been announced. The winner, who will receive £25,000 (about $30,000), will be announced April 27.
The shortlisted titles and the year they won the Baillie Gifford Prize, which honors the best nonfiction, are:
One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown (2020)
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis (2012)
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (2010)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe (2021)
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret Macmillan (2002)
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro (2006)
