BookTube Prize 2024 - Non-Fiction

This year the BookTube Prize is going to be awarded for the 6th time. In January, the judges have browsed a list of highly praised non-fiction works and voted for these 48 to enter the Octofinals.
Timetable:
Octofinals (48 books) – February and March
Quarterfinals (24 books) – April and May
Semifinals (12 books) – June and July
Finals (6 books) – August and September

The winners will be announced on Saturday, October 5.

You can follow and watch all the results here:
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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama (Nathan Thrall)

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

1

Nathan Thrall

A Death in Malta (Paul Caruana)

A Death in Malta

2

Paul Caruana

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Th (Timothy Egan)

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Th

3

Timothy Egan

A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial (Viet Thanh Nguyen)

A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial

4

Viet Thanh Nguyen

A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing (Hilary Mantel)

A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

5

Hilary Mantel

A Stranger in Your Own City (Ghaith Abdul-Ahad)

A Stranger in Your Own City

6

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art (Lauren Elkin)

Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art

7

Lauren Elkin

August Wilson: A Life (Patti Hardigan)

August Wilson: A Life

8

Patti Hardigan

Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-90 (Katja Hoyer)

Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-90

9

Katja Hoyer

Brave the Wild River (Melissa L. Sevigny)

Brave the Wild River

10

Melissa L. Sevigny

Built From the Fire (Victor Luckerson)

Built From the Fire

11

Victor Luckerson

Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith (John F. Szwed)

Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith

12

John F. Szwed

Crossings (Ben Goldfarb)

Crossings

13

Ben Goldfarb

Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World (Naomi Klein)

Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World

14

Naomi Klein

Emperor of Rome (Mary Beard)

Emperor of Rome

15

Mary Beard

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution (Cat Bohannon)

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

16

Cat Bohannon

Fatherland (Burkhard Bilger)

Fatherland

17

Burkhard Bilger

Flee North (Scott Shane)

Flee North

18

Scott Shane

Gator Country (Rebecca Renner)

Gator Country

19

Rebecca Renner

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir (Safiya Sinclair)

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir

20

Safiya Sinclair

Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food (Fuchsia Dunlop)

Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

21

Fuchsia Dunlop

Judgment at Tokyo (Gary J Bass)

Judgment at Tokyo

22

Gary J Bass

King (Jonathan Eig)

King

23

Jonathan Eig

Master Slave Husband Wife (Ilyon Woo)

Master Slave Husband Wife

24

Ilyon Woo

Molly (Blake Butler)

Molly

25

Blake Butler

Monster's : A Fans Dilemma (Claire Dederer)

Monster's : A Fans Dilemma

26

Claire Dederer

My Name Is Barbra (Barbra Streisand)

My Name Is Barbra

27

Barbra Streisand

Our Migrant Souls (Héctor Tobar)

Our Migrant Souls

28

Héctor Tobar

Poverty, by America (Matthew Desmond)

Poverty, by America

29

Matthew Desmond

Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution (Tania Branigan)

Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution

30

Tania Branigan

Rough Sleepers (Tracy Kidder)

Rough Sleepers

31

Tracy Kidder

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult (Maria Bamford)

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

32

Maria Bamford

The 272 (Rachel L. Swarns)

The 272

33

Rachel L. Swarns

The Art Thief (Michael Finkel)

The Art Thief

34

Michael Finkel

The Best Minds (Jonathan Rosen)

The Best Minds

35

Jonathan Rosen

The Dictionary People (Ogilvie)

The Dictionary People

36

Ogilvie

The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science (Kate Zernike)

The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science

37

Kate Zernike

The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration (Jake Bittle)

The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration

38

Jake Bittle

The Lumumba Plot (Stuart A. Reid)

The Lumumba Plot

39

Stuart A. Reid

The Marriage Question (Clare Carlisle)

The Marriage Question

40

Clare Carlisle

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