212 213 eligible books were received. They are listed below in alphabetical order by author surname.
This year’s judges are Jim Naughtie (journalist, presenter of BBC Radio 4 Today), Ursula Owen (founder of Virago Press, Free Word Centre) and Will Skidelsky (books editor, The Observer).
Achcar, Gilbert The Arabs and the Holocaust Saqi Books
Addison, Paul No Turning Back Oxford University Press
Ahmed, Nafeez Mosaddeq A User’s Guide to the Crisis of Civilization And How to Save It Pluto Press
Alexander, Chris A Carpet Ride to Khiva Icon Books
Ali, Tariq The Obama Syndrome Verso
Archer, Lawrence and Bawdon, Fiona Ricin! The Inside Story of the Terror Plot That Never Was Pluto Press
Bale, Tim The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron Polity
Barnie, John Fire Drill Seren Books
Barrow, Judith Pattern of Shadows Honno Press
Beckett, Francis What Did the Baby Boomers Ever Do for Us? Biteback
Ben-Ami, Daniel Ferraris for All The Policy Press
Bhutto, Fatima Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter’s Memoir Jonathan Cape
Bingham, Tom The Rule of Law Allen Lane
Blond, Phillip Red Tory Faber
Bloomfield, Steve Africa United Canongate
Boles, Nick Which Way’s Up? Biteback
Boulton, Adam and Jones, Joey Hung Together Simon and Schuster
Brabazon, James My Friend the Mercenary Canongate
Bradstock, Andrew Radical Religion in Cromwell’s England I. B. Tauris
Brannigan, Tim Where Are You Really From? Blackstaff Press
Brooke, Heather The Silent State Cornerstone
Brown, Gordon Beyond the Crash Simon and Schuster
Bullough, Oliver Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus Penguin
Butcher, Tim Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa’s Fighting Spirit Chatto & Windus
Butterworth, Alex The World That Never Was Bodley Head
Carroll, Charlie On The Edge Monday Books
Chang, Ha-Joon 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism Penguin
Clark, Victoria Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes Yale
Collier, Paul The Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Nature with Prosperity Penguin
Corfe, Robert The Future of Politics Arena Books
Cornwell, John Newman’s Unquiet Grave Continuum
Crawshaw, Steve and Jackson, John Small Acts of Resistance Union Square
Cronin, David Europe’s Alliance with Israel: Aiding the Occupation Pluto Press
Curtis, Mark Secret Affairs Serpent’s Tail
Dalrymple, Theodore Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality Gibson Square
Darlow, Michael and Bray, Barbara Ibn Saud: The Desert Warrior and his Legacy Quartet Books
Davidson, Martin The Perfect Nazi Viking
De Waal, Edmund The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance Chatto & Windus
Delgado, Mikey Fatboy Life and War with Mikey Fatboy Delgado Laughing Mushroom Press
Dickinson, Robert The Noise of Strangers Myriad Editions
Dorling, Daniel Injustice The Policy Press
Downey, Garbhan The American Envoy Guildhall Press
Dunmore, Helen The Betrayal Fig Tree
Dunne, Catherine Missing Julia Pan Macmillan
Eagleton, Terry On Evil Yale
Ewen, David Chasing Paradise Black and White Publishing
Fairhall, David Cold Front: Conflict Ahead in Arctic Waters I. B. Tauris
Fergusson, James Taliban Bantam Press
Fine, Cordelia Delusions of Gender Icon Books
Fitzgerald, Garret Just Garret – Tales from the Political Front Line Liberties Press
Forna, Aminatta The Memory of Love Bloomsbury
Gainsborough, Martin Vietnam: Rethinking the State Zed Books
Gardiner, Juliet The Thirties: An Intimate History of Britain HarperPress
Gerhardt, Sue The Selfish Society Simon and Schuster
Gilmore, Eamon Leading Lights Liberties Press
Glover, Peter C. And Economides, Michael J. Energy and Climate Wars Continuum
Gowan, Peter A Calculus of Power Verso
Gower Davies, Jon A New Inquisition Civitas
Graham, Stephen Cities Under Siege Verso
Green, Jonathan Murder in the High Himalaya Perseus Books
Guardiola-Rivera, Oscar What if Latin America Ruled the World? Bloomsbury
Guiney, Sue A Clash of Innocents Ward Wood Publishing
Habila, Helon Oil on Water Hamish Hamilton
Haddad, Joumana I Killed Scheherazade Saqi Books
Hall, John A. Ernest Gellner Verso
Halliday, Fred Shocked and Awed I. B. Tauris
Hands, Joss @ is for Activism: Dissent, Resistance and Rebellion in a Digital Culture Pluto Press
Harrison, Fred The Predator Culture Shepheard-Walwyn
Harvey, David The Enigma of Capital Profile
Hatherley, Owen A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain Verso
Hattersley, Roy David Lloyd George Little, Brown
Heaney, Vince Investing in social enterprise: the role of tax incentives CSFI
Henderson, Emma Grace Williams Says It Loud Sceptre
Hewitt, Jeanette Freedom First Peace Later Bluewood Publishing
Hewitt, Rachel Map of a Nation Granta
Hibbert, Katharine Free Ebury Publishing
Higgins, Polly Eradicating Ecocide Shepheard-Walwyn
Hill, Geoff and O’Carroll, Colin Oz: Around Australia on a Triumph Blackstaff Press
Hiller, Mischa Sabra Zoo Telegram Books
Hind, Dan The Return of the Public Verso
Hiro, Dilip After Empire Perseus Books
Hitchens, Christopher Hitch-22 Atlantic Books
Hitchens, Peter The Rage Against God Continuum
Hooley, Terri and Sullivan, Richard Hooleygan: Music, Mayhem, Good Vibrations Blackstaff Press
Hunter, Hugh Our Man in Orlando Monday Books
Hurd, Douglas (with Young, Edward) Choose Your Weapons Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Hyman, Gavin A Short History of Atheism I. B. Tauris
Jones, Brian Failing Intelligence Biteback
Judt, Tony The Memory Chalet Cornerstone
Kaldor, Mary and Beebe, Shannon The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon Perseus Books
Kaletsky, Anatole Capitalism 4.0 Bloomsbury
Kavanagh, Dennis and Cowley, Philip The British General Election of 2010 Palgrave Macmillan
Kelly, Matthew Finding Poland: From Tavistock to Hruzdowa and Back Again Jonathan Cape
Kemp, Jonathan London Triptych Myriad Editions
Kinealy, Christine War and Peace: Ireland Since the 1960s Reaktion Books
Lanchester, John Whoops! Why everyone owes everyone else and no one can pay Penguin
Large, Sir Andrew Systemic Policy and Financial Stability: A Framework for Delivery CSFI
Larkin, Emma Everything is Broken Granta
Laws, David 22 Days in May Biteback
Law-Yone, Wendy The Road to Wanting Chatto & Windus
Lefley, Paul Nostalgia for the Future YouWriteOn.com
Legrain, Philippe Aftershock Little, Brown
Lelic, Simon Rupture Picador
Levy, Andrea The Long Song Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Headline
Llewellyn, Tim Spirit of the Phoenix I. B. Tauris
Llorente, Renzo Beyond the Pale Vagabond Voices
Maiolo, Joe Cry Havoc: The Arms Race and the Second World War John Murray
Malik, Shiv and Howker, Ed Jilted Generation Icon Books
Malik, Zaiba We Are a Muslim, Please Cornerstone
Mallaby, Sebastian More Money Than God Bloomsbury
Malone, David (and Tanner, Mark, ed.) The Debt Generation Level Press
Malone, Martin The Only Glow of the Day New Island
Mandelson, Peter The Third Man HarperPress
Marlowe, Lara The Things I’ve Seen Liberties Press
Massie, Allan KLAUS and Other Stories Vagabond Voices
Masson, Ursula For Women, For Wales and For Liberalism University of Wales Press
Matar, Dina What it Means to Be Palestinian I. B. Tauris
Mattinson, Deborah Talking to a Brick Wall Biteback
McCarthy, Anna The Citizen Machine: Governing by Television in 1950s America The New Press
McCullin, Don Shaped by War Jonathan Cape
McEwan, Ian Solar Jonathan Cape
McGill, Bernie The Butterfly Cabinet Headline
McGregor, Jon Even The Dogs Bloomsbury
McGregor, Richard The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers Penguin
McKibbin, Ross Parties and People Oxford University Press
McSmith, Andy No Such Thing as Society: A History of Britain in the 1980s Constable & Robinson
Miles, Jonathan The Nine Lives of Otto Katz Bantam Press
Miller, Mitchell; Rodger, Johnny; and Dudley Edwards, Owen Tartan Pimps: Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher and the New Scotland Argyll Publishing
Milton-Edwards, Beverley and Farrell, Stephen Hamas: The Islamic Resistance Movement Polity
Mohamed, Nadifa Black Mamba Boy Farrar, Straus and Giroux/HarperCollins
Montford, Andrew The Hockey Stick Illusion Stacey International
Moorcraft, Paul Inside the Danger Zones Biteback
Moore, Cerwyn Contemporary Violence Manchester University Press
Moqadam, Afsaneh Death to the Dictator! Bodley Head
Moreton, Cole Is God Still an Englishman? Little, Brown
Morris, Ian Why the West Rules for Now Profile
Morris, Peter Private equity, public loss? CSFI
Mullin, Chris Decline and Fall Profile
Ness, Patrick Monsters of Men Walker Books
O’Toole, Fintan Enough is Enough Faber
Pappe, Ilan The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty Saqi Books
Pargeter, Alison The Muslim Brotherhood Saqi Books
Paris, Philip Orkney’s Italian Chapel Black and White Publishing
Paskal, Cleo Global Warring Palgrave Macmillan
Pearce, Fred Peoplequake Eden Project Books
Peirce, Gareth Dispatches from the Dark Side Verso
Phillips, Adam On Balance Hamish Hamilton
Phillips, Cally Brand Loyalty HoAmPresst Publishing
Pintak, Lawrence The New Arab Journalist I. B. Tauris
Plesch, Dan America, Hitler and the UN I. B. Tauris
Polonsky, Rachel Molotov’s Magic Lantern Faber
Powell, Jonathan The New Machiavelli Bodley Head
Price, Lance Where Power Lies Simon and Schuster
Pullman, Philip The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ Canongate
Rachman, Gideon Zero-Sum World: Politics, Power and Prosperity After the Crash Atlantic Books
Radice, Giles Trio: Inside the Blair, Brown, Mandelson Project I. B. Tauris
Rawnsley, Andrew The End of the Party Viking
Richards, Paul Labour’s Revival Biteback
Richards, Steve Whatever It Takes: The Real Story of Gordon Brown and New Labour Fourth Estate
Ridley, Matt The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves Fourth Estate
Roberts, Ian and Edwards, Phil The Energy Glut Zed Books
Robertson, Geoffrey The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Penguin
Robertson, James And the Land Lay Still Hamish Hamilton
Robinson, Piers; Goddard, Peter; Parry, Katy; Murray, Craig; with Taylor, Philip M. Pockets of Resistance Manchester University Press
Rodden, John Dialectics, Dogmas, and Dissent Penn State Press
Rogers, Douglas The Last Resort Short Books
Ross, David S. The Killing Time: Fanaticism, Liberty and the Birth of Britain Luath Press
Rowbotham, Sheila Dreamers of a New Day Verso
Sandbrook, Dominic State of Emergency – The Way We Were: Britain 1970-74 Allen Lane
Saunders, Doug Arrival City Cornerstone
Sayle, Alexei Stalin Ate My Homework Sceptre
Schaefer, Max Children of the Sun Granta
Seldon, Antony and Lodge, Guy Brown at 10 Biteback
Seymour, Richard The Meaning of David Cameron Zero Books
Shehadeh, Raja A Rift in Time Profile
Shepherd, Bob The Infidel Simon and Schuster
Shevchenko, A. K. Bequest Headline
Shriver, Lionel So Much for That HarperCollins
Siggins, Lorna Once Upon a Time in the West Transworld
Simpson, James Under the Hammer Oxford University Press
Simpson, John Unreliable Sources Pan Macmillan
Singh, Asheem The Venture Society: Fuelling Aspiration, Independence and Growth Through Grass-Roots Social Entrepreneurship Respublica
Sixsmith, Martin Putin’s Oil Continuum
Smith, Nigel Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon Yale
Snyder, Timothy Bloodlands Bodley Head
Spufford, Francis Red Plenty Faber
Sreberny, Annabelle and Khiabany, Gholam Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran I. B. Tauris
Stewart, John Prime Minister: A Novel Shepheard-Walwyn
Swift, Daniel Bomber County Hamish Hamilton/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Tawil, Camille Brothers in Arms Saqi Books
Thirsk, Simon Not Quite White Gomer Press
Thomas-Symonds, Nicklaus Attlee: A Life in Politics I. B. Tauris
Thorpe, D. R. Supermac: The Life of Harold MacMillan Chatto & Windus
Tobin, Betsy Crimson China Short Books
Toje, Asle The European Union as a Small Power Palgrave Macmillan
Torrance, David Salmond: Against the Odds Birlinn
Toscano, Alberto Fanaticism Verso
Toye, Richard Churchill’s Empire Pan Macmillan
Treasure, Joe Besotted Picador
Turner, Alwyn Rejoice! Rejoice! Aurum Press
Urban, Mark Task Force Black Little, Brown
Vulliamy, Ed Amexica Bodley Head
Walter, Natasha Living Dolls Little, Brown
Watt, Peter Inside Out Biteback
Wightman, Andy The Poor Had No Lawyers Birlinn
Willetts, David The Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children’s Future – and Why They Should Give it Back Atlantic Books
Wilson, Edward The Darkling Spy Arcadia Books
Wilson, Rob 5 Days to Power Biteback
Wright, Patrick Passport to Peking Oxford University Press
Young, Rob Electric Eden Faber
Younge, Gary Who Are We – And Should it Matter in the 21st Century Viking
Ziegler, Philip Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography HarperPress
Zubaida, Sami Beyond Islam I. B. Tauris