2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Longlist

1.
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Finding Our Way in a Chaotic World
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Finding Our Way in a Chaotic World 4.14 avg rating — 51,782 ratings
2.
Autocracy, Inc.
Autocracy, Inc. 4.21 avg rating — 12,271 ratings
3.
A Thousand Threads
A Thousand Threads 4.16 avg rating — 996 ratings
3.
Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 805 ratings
3.
The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV 4.39 avg rating — 781 ratings
6.
Tracker
Tracker 3.87 avg rating — 162 ratings
7.
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land 4.42 avg rating — 3,186 ratings
8.
Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elzbieta Zawacka
Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elzbieta Zawacka 4.20 avg rating — 571 ratings
9.
Sister in Law: Shocking True Stories of Fighting for Justice in a Legal System Designed by Men
Sister in Law: Shocking True Stories of Fighting for Justice in a Legal System Designed by Men 4.43 avg rating — 278 ratings
10.
The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and the Medical Miracle That Saved a Child’s Life
The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and the Medical Miracle That Saved a Child’s Life 4.62 avg rating — 1,866 ratings
11.
What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World’s Ocean
What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World’s Ocean 4.10 avg rating — 316 ratings
12.
The Peepshow: The Murders at Rillington Place
The Peepshow: The Murders at Rillington Place 3.72 avg rating — 1,727 ratings
13.
Ootlin
Ootlin 4.50 avg rating — 662 ratings
14.
Private Revolutions
Private Revolutions
by: Yuan Yang
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,322 ratings
15.
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin 4.35 avg rating — 313 ratings
16.
Raising Hare: A Memoir
Raising Hare: A Memoir 4.42 avg rating — 9,503 ratings