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Women's Prize for Non-Fiction

Women's Prize Trust

A UK literary award launched in 2024 celebrating the best nonfiction books written by women across all genres, including memoir, history, science, politics, and nature writing, awarded annually alongside the long-running Women's Prize for Fiction.

Latest winner · 2026

2026

  1. The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan

    Lyse Doucet

    Won
  2. Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health

    Daisy Fancourt

    Shortlisted

  3. Artists, Siblings, Visionaries: The lives and loves of Gwen and Augustus John

    Judith Mackrell

    Shortlisted
  4. Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War

    Jane Rogoyska

    Shortlisted
  5. Mother Mary Comes to Me

    Arundhati Roy

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century

    Ece Temelkuran

    Shortlisted

2025

  1. The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and a Medical Miracle

    Rachel Clarke

    Won
  2. A Thousand Threads

    Neneh Cherry

    Shortlisted
  3. Agent Zo: The Untold Story of a Fearless World War II Resistance Fighter

    Clare Mulley

    Shortlisted
  4. Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order

    Yuan Yang

    Shortlisted
  5. Raising Hare

    Chloe Dalton

    Shortlisted
  6. What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World’s Ocean

    Helen Scales

    Shortlisted

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction in 2026?
“The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan” by Lyse Doucet won the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction in 2026.
Who are the most recent Women's Prize for Non-Fiction winners?
2026: “The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan” by Lyse Doucet; 2025: “The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and a Medical Miracle” by Rachel Clarke; 2024: “Doppelganger” by Naomi Klein.