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Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2007

The 2007 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction went to Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran. 6 books made the shortlist and 20 the longlist.

Winner

  1. Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaransource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

  1. Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control by Dominic Streatfeildsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Daughter of the Desert: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Georgina Howellsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Having It So Good: Britain in the Fifties by Peter Hennessysource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance by Ian Burumasource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England by Adrian Tinniswoodsource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

  1. City of Laughter by Vic Gatrellsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Clever Girl by Brian Thompsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Edith Wharton by Hermione Leesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Fatal Purity by Ruth Scurrsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadisource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Irish Freedom by Richard Englishsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Nabeel's Song by Jo Tatchellsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. Nature's Engraver by Jenny Uglowsource (opens in a new tab)
  9. Occupational Hazards by Rory Stewartsource (opens in a new tab)
  10. Stuff by Martin Rowsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  11. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkinssource (opens in a new tab)
  12. The Last Mughal by William Dalrymplesource (opens in a new tab)
  13. The Man Who Went Into the West by Byron Rogerssource (opens in a new tab)
  14. Thomas Hardy by Claire Tomalinsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

Samuel Johnson Prize until 2014. Winner, shortlist and longlist from the official year-by-year pages; 2018 published no longlist, so 2018 counts the shortlist. Two corrections to the official pages, which show only four shortlisted books beside the winner in 2007 and 2013: Brainwash is a 2007 shortlist book, not longlist, and Return of a King is a 2013 shortlist book, not 2012 (both per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baillie_Gifford_Prize). Expected counts for 2012 and 2013 reflect the move.

Organization: Baillie Gifford Prize. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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