Hatchards and the Biographers' Club have released a shortlist for the Hatchards First Biography Prize 2025, honoring the best first biography of the year. The winner, who will receive £2,500 (about $3,345), will be named March 5, 2026, at Hatchards, Piccadilly. This year's shortlisted titles are:
Crick: A Mind in Motion--From DNA to the Brain by Matthew Cobb
John Lennon and Paul McCartney, John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie
Operation Pimento by Adam Hart
Peacemaker: U Thant, The United Nations and the Untold Story of the 1960s by Thant Myint-U
Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-Williams