Baillie Gifford Prize Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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One, Two, Three, Four, Five
John Hamilton ReynoldsBaillie Gifford PrizeHear Craig Brown, author of One, Two, Three, Four, discuss how he feels ahead of the #BGPrize25 winner announcement next Thursday #reading #bookrecommendations #TheBeatles https://t.co/veEnxrYYRe
Paperback, 2011
$15.75$7.88 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599
James ShapiroBaillie Gifford Prize#BGPrize winner James Shapiro @hayfestival ‘I’m a @TheBookerPrizes judge this year, and like Shakespeare in 1599, today’s writers are reacting to the tectonic shifts that are happening in our times.’ https://t.co/loltLF4ryU
Paperback, 2006
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Andrea ElliottBaillie Gifford PrizeOur next longlisted author interview is from @andreafelliott, who delves into the incredibly important backstory behind Invisible Child: https://t.co/8y9hbstxCf #longlist #nonfiction https://t.co/mqBiA5knqy
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Wade DavisBaillie Gifford PrizeHear from Hatchards bookseller, Bea, on what she liked the most about Wade Davis’ “multifaceted” book, Into The Silence #reading #bookrecommendations #literature @HatchardsChelt https://t.co/6UVMa4QRl4
Paperback, 2012
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
Jonathan FreedlandBaillie Gifford PrizeAuthor @Tracy_Chevalier tells us what she found so interesting about Rudolf Vrba’s story, as told in @Freedland’s #BGPrize2022 shortlisted book ‘The Escape Artist’. Read more about the book here: https://t.co/K0tJGWUFXD @johnmurrays https://t.co/6IoaI6n8L9
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fall: The Mysterious Life and Death of Robert Maxwell, Britain's Most Notorious Media Baron
John PrestonBaillie Gifford PrizeA huge congratulations to #BGPrize2021 shortlisted author John Preston, whose fascinating insight into the life of Robert Maxwell ‘Fall,’ has won the Best Biography award at the @CostaBookAwards! #JohnPreston #Fall https://t.co/4B1NfoJPQu
Hardcover, 2021
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor
John BergerBaillie Gifford PrizeLearn more about Polly Morland's ‘A Fortunate Woman’, from the importance of the doctor/patient relationship to how Morland reinterpreted John Berger’s medical classic A Fortunate Man: https://t.co/zmMhcfuWNW #nonfiction #BGPrize2022 https://t.co/tGTwAaJ7wX
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Barbara DemickBaillie Gifford PrizeHear @BarbaraDemick, author of Nothing to Envy, speak about how she feels in the week approaching the #BGPrize25 winner announcement #bookrecommendations #reading #NothingToEnvy https://t.co/QsPix6IDe0
Paperback, 2010
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Casey CepBaillie Gifford PrizeCongratulations to Casey Cep @cncep who has made the #BGPrize2019 longlist with her book Furious Hours @williamheineman. Well done to Casey and her team. Cep’s book explores themes of courtroom drama, murder and fraud. #nonfiction #books #literature #FuriousHours #CaseyCep https://t.co/9budugAF4P
Paperback, 2020
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Donne: Poems: Introduction by Peter Washington
John DonneBaillie Gifford Prize“He understood things about us that transcend the moment of history”. #BGPrize2022 winner Katherine Rundell explains why John Donne's poems still resonate today. Tune in to this year’s final Read Smart podcast with @raziaiqbal and Katherine Rundell: https://t.co/5CS96DQYWt https://t.co/o8VdReeBCQ
Hardcover, 1995
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book