The Orwell Prize (book prizes)

The Orwell Foundation

The Orwell Prize (book prizes) by year

The Orwell Prize in our archive: 318 books across 20 years, 2006 to 2025.

  1. 202516 books · 2 winners
  2. 202417 books · 2 winners
  3. 202317 books · 2 winners
  4. 202219 books · 2 winners
  5. 202125 books · 2 winners
  6. 202025 books · 2 winners
  7. 201927 books · 2 winners
  8. 201812 books · 1 winner
  9. 201714 books · 1 winner
  10. 201612 books · 1 winner
  11. 201512 books · 1 winner
  12. 201414 books · 1 winner
  13. 201312 books · 1 winner
  14. 201217 books · 1 winner
  15. 201116 books · 1 winner
  16. 201018 books · 1 winner
  17. 200918 books · 1 winner
  18. 200815 books · 1 winner
  19. 20076 books · 1 winner
  20. 20066 books · 1 winner

About the The Orwell Prize

Book prizes only: the combined Book Prize (category Book) to 2018, then the Political Writing and Political Fiction book prizes from 2019; journalism, blog and special prizes are out of scope. Year is the prize year the Foundation uses (winner announced in June). Membership and levels come from the shortlist, finalist and longlist blocks on each year's winner page; the site's 'finalists' are recorded as Shortlist. Longlists are published for 2008-2021 only, and 2006-2007 show a shortlist only. Dozens of older book pages carry a stray '2010 Book prize long list' header, so those rows cite the year's winner page, which lists them, instead of the book page. Duplicate pages for the same book (Frontline 2006; Whatever It Takes and Enough is Enough 2011) count once. Translators are not credited on the source pages.

Organization: The Orwell Foundation. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)