The Orwell Prize for Political Writing

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The Orwell Foundation, 36 Books

The Orwell Prize is the pre-eminent British prize for political writing. Prizes are awarded each year: one each for non-fiction and fiction (fiction first awarded in 2019).

This list is a yearly book award, and was added to this site over 1 year ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
14901 The New Life Tom Crewe 2023 Unknown English
17010 Show Me The Bodies Peter Apps 2022 Unknown English
2337 Small Things Like These Claire Keegan 2021 Irish English
17010 My Fourth Time, We Drowned Sally Hayden 2022 Irish English
14901 Summer Ali Smith 2020 British English
17010 Between Two Fires Joshua Yaffa 2020 Unknown English
4584 The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead 2019 American English
17010 Some Kids I Taught And What They Taught Me Kate Clanchy 2019 British English
2311 Milkman Anna Burns 2018 Irish English
1990 Say Nothing Patrick Radden Keefe 2018 American English
17010 Poverty Safari Darren McGarvey 2017 British English
14901 Citizen Clem John Bew 2016 British English
17010 The Invention Of Russia Aleksandr Ostrovsky 2016 Unknown English
17010 Private Island James Meek 2014 British English
17010 This Boy Alan Johnson 2013 British English
17010 On The Front Line Marie Colvin 2012 British English
17010 A Very British Killing Andrew Williams 2012 British English
17010 Dead Men Risen Toby Harnden 2011 British English
17010 The Rule Of Law Tom Bingham 2010 British English
17010 Keeper Andrea Gillies 2009 British English
17010 Fishing In Utopia Andrew Brown 2008 Unknown English
17010 Palestinian Walks Raja Shehadeh 2008 Palestinian English
17010 Having It So Good Peter Hennessy 2006 British English
17010 Moses, Citizen And Me Delia Jarrett-Macauley 2005 British English
17010 The Likes Of Us Michael Collins 2004 British English
17010 The Breaking Of Nations Robert Cooper 2003 British English
17010 Hoo Hahs And Passing Frenzies Francis Wheen 2002 British English
14901 Anthony Blunt: His Lives Miranda Carter 2001 British English
17010 Virtual War Michael Ignatieff 2000 Canadian English
17010 The Case Of Stephen Lawrence Brian Cathcart 1999 British English
17010 Alexander Solzhenitsyn D. M. Thomas 1998 Unknown English
17010 Jennie Lee Patricia Hollis 1997 British English
17010 Mukiwa Peter Godwin 1996 British English
17010 Season Of Blood Fergal Keane 1996 British English
17010 In Search Of A State Fionnuala O'Connor 1993 Unknown English
17010 The Baltic Revolution Anatol Lieven 1993 British English