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2024 British Academy Book Prize

Awarded annually since 2013, the British Academy’s non-fiction book prize recognises work that searches for truth and reason in difficult places, and shines a light on the connections and divisions that shape cultural identity worldwide.

2024's books

Winner

'Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues' by Ross Perlin

Shortlisted

'Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future' by Ed Conway

Shortlisted

'Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories' by Amitav Ghosh

Shortlisted

The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Global History of Mathematics & Its Unsung Trailblazers' by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell

Shortlisted

'The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals after 1492' by Marcy Norton

Shortlisted

'Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare' by Annabel Sowemimo

In the news

Further reading

Ross Perlin’s Language City wins the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize

British Academy Book Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Meet the judges

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