The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019
recommended by Stig Abell
Every year, the Baillie Gifford Prize judges seek to identify the very best nonfiction books published in the last year. Here, the chair of this year's judging panel Stig Abell talks us through the 2019 shortlist: a thrilling line-up of books that are as notable for their literary prowess as for their weight and significance.
Interview by Cal Flyn
WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
by Hallie Rubenhold
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1Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
by Casey Cep -
2On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons
by Laura Cumming -
3The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth 1922 - 1968
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4Maoism: A Global History
by Julia Lovell -
5Guest House for Young Widows: Among the women of ISIS
by Azadeh Moaveni -
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