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Rathbones Folio Prize 2023: Non-Fiction Shortlist

Selected by the Bookshop


This year’s revamped Rathbones Folio Prize features three category shortlists: fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Selected from longlists nominated solely by writers, this is a unique prize celebrating the most exciting writing from across the literary world.

Find out who else is shortlisted in the fiction and poetry categories.

From the publisher:
An original and profound portrait of contemporary Britain told through the testimonies of its inhabitants.‘A spectacularly enjoyable and compelling reading experience . . . funny, moving, surprising and thought-provoking. It humanises…

From the publisher:
In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life while Amy sat with him and held his hand. Brian was terminally ill and for the last year of his life Amy had…

From the publisher:
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE, RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE, WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR AND LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZEA MAIL ON SUNDAY,…

From the publisher:
Winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize Book of the YearShortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022In this intimate and innovative memoir, Pulitzer prize-winning author Margo Jefferson gives us her own personal and intellectual formation.As she…

From the publisher:
*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*'An Orwell for today's poor' - The Times'The standout, authentic voice of a generation' Herald'McGarvey is a rarity: a working-class writer who…

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