Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2025 Finalists

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Overview

The 2025 non-fiction and fiction finalists for the annual Orwell Prize for political writing.

The winner will be announced on 25 June 2025, but this challenge has no time limit.

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-prizes/finalists/

Challenge Books

1

At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China by Edward Wong

At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China

Edward Wong

2

Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum

Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

Anne Applebaum

3

Broken Threads: My Family from Empire to Independence by Mishal Husain

Broken Threads: My Family from Empire to Independence

Mishal Husain

4

Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary by Victoria Amelina

Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary

Victoria Amelina

5

The Baton and the Cross: Russia's Church Under Putin by Lucy Ash

The Baton and the Cross: Russia's Church Under Putin

Lucy Ash

6

The Coming Storm: A Journey Into the Heart of the Conspiracy Machine by Gabriel Gatehouse

The Coming Storm: A Journey Into the Heart of the Conspiracy Machine

Gabriel Gatehouse

7

The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad: A True Story of Science and Sacrifice in a City under Siege by Simon Parkin

The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad: A True Story of Science and Sacrifice in a City under Siege

Simon Parkin

8

The World of the Cold War: 1945-1991 by Vladislav Zubok

The World of the Cold War: 1945-1991

Vladislav Zubok

9

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dream Count

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

10

Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan

Heart, Be at Peace

Donal Ryan

11

Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn

Parallel Lines

Edward St Aubyn

12

Precipice by Robert Harris

Precipice

Robert Harris