Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Longlist Predictions
Join me as I try to predict the 16 picks for the longlist of the newly-launched Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2024.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro / About the prize
03:10 Longlist predictions
15:27 Books that didn't make my list
My list:
1. On our best behaviour: the price women pay to be good - Elise Loehnen (May 2023)
2. The Tidal Year - Freya Bromley (May 2023)
3. Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma - Claire Dederer (May 2023)
4. Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes our World - Helen Czerski (June 2023)
5. This Ragged Grace - Octavia Bright (June 2023)
6. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake - Tiya Miles (July 2023)
7. Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life - Anna Funder (August 2023)
8. The Britannias: An Island Quest - Alice Albinia (October 2023)
9. Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History - Philippa Gregory (October 2023)
10. Bad Taste: Or the politics of ugliness - Nathalie Olah (November 2023)
11. Not the end of the world: How we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet - Hannah Ritchie (January 2024)
12. Splinters: A Memoir - Leslie Jamison (February 2024)
13. How the world made the west: A 4,000-year history - Josephine Quinn (February 2024)
14. Grief is for people: A Memoir - Sloane Crosley (February 2024)
15. Just friends: On the joy, power and influence of friendship - Gyan Yankovich (February 2024)
16. Weathering: How the earth’s deep wisdom can help us endure life’s storms - Ruth Allen (March 2024)
Didn’t make the cut:
1. The Women Who Made Modern Economics - Rachel Reeves (October 2023)
2. Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom - Grace Blakeley (March 2024)
3. The Sisterhood - Liza Mundy (October 2023)
4. Thunderclap - Laura Cumming (July 2023)
5. Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the middle ages and beyond - Dr Alice Roberts (February 2024)
6. Dopppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World - Naomi Klein (September 2023)
7. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth - Natalie Haynes (September 2023)
8. Emperor of Rome - Mary Beard (September 2023)
9. Breaking Through - Katalin Kariko (January 2024)
10. The Chain: The relationships that break us, the women who rebuild us - Chimene Suleyman (March 2024)
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Looking forward to seeing how right you are! Also Blue Machine sounds super interesting to me! 🌊 I love the ocean but the deepness also terrifies me
@hasteyebooks
5 ай бұрын
Aw thanks Jay! I think you're putting too much faith in me haha Yes Blue Machine sounds fantastic!
This is so exciting!! Great research on all these titles, Not the End of the World sounds very interesting to me :) Eager to see your reaction video to the Longlist 😊
@hasteyebooks
5 ай бұрын
Thanks! Can't wait to see the longlist!
Great list - thank you for doing this research! My bet is that one of the economic books you have on your "post" list will make it on the Long List. We'll see 🙂
@hasteyebooks
5 ай бұрын
You're probably right! I thought they sounded maybe a bit too dry for a general audience, but it would be good to see a book about econs make it!
Wowww so much research goes into these videos! Our best behaviour sounds like something I will love, definitely aligns with my interests and thoughts in the past year. Weathering sounds SO SO good, I definitely see the link between nature and our lives and walking in nature has always helped me to put a lot of things into perspective. I bet the Natalie haynes book will be on the list, she is just someone I feel they love haha.
@hasteyebooks
4 ай бұрын
Haha lots of research but it's fun research!! On our best behaviour and Weathering do sound so good! I need to not forget to add these to my tbr! People were shocked that the Haynes book didn't make it after all!
I find it so hard to make any predictions, but that made watching yours even more exciting! Who knows whether the judges will try to represent as many subgenres and topics as possible or focus more on current topics. I can't wait for the longlist 🤩
@hasteyebooks
5 ай бұрын
haha thanks! It was really hard to make a list! I almost coped out and put a list of 30, but I thought I'd do a list of 16 to try...although I did include an extra 10 😂
Oh man all of these sound so good!
@hasteyebooks
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Kier! I added so many books to my tbr doing this haha
Love these prediction videos! So many of these books sound great. Monsters sounds particularly interesting, there's been such a polarized debate on this topic so I appreciate more nuanced accounts on this. Definitely would also like to read "all that she carried"
@hasteyebooks
4 ай бұрын
Yes! Well hoping that book is a good balanced conversation. Sad it was missed out, but the longlist is really strong!
All that she carried is on my list to read this year. The Britainnias is now added to my list! How the World Made sounds right up my alley too. Thunderclap is also on my TBR list for this year. I am going to add Crypt too.
@hasteyebooks
5 ай бұрын
Sooo many good ones to pick from! Thunderclap just lost on my list as I think it might actually make it but it fell a bit short on my interest haha
I don't even know where to start with predictions. So I am so excited for your thoughts..
@hasteyebooks
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Making this list was so hard! I’ve got to get my video up this week, we have some in common which has me relieved. I think I have too many similar ones on mine, I am not very imaginative!
@hasteyebooks
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Alice! Yes making the list was so difficult - can't wait to see yours though!!
These all sound really good!! I love the variety of themes that have chosen. I hope lots of these make it.
@hasteyebooks
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Charlie! Can't wait to see the list!