The shortlist has been released for the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize, which recognizes "the best of nonfiction and is open to authors of any nationality." The winner, who will be named November 4, receives £50,000 (about $67,100), with the other shortlisted authors getting £5,000 (about $6,710 ) each. This year's shortlisted titles are:
The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s by Jason Burke (British)
How to End a Story: Collected Diaries by Helen Garner (Australian)
The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief by Richard Holmes (British)
Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World by Justin Marozzi (British)
Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe by Adam Weymouth (British)
Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark by Frances Wilson (British)