Zestien boeken zijn nog in de race voor de Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction. Hieruit kiest de jury een shortlist van zes boeken die op 25 maart bekend wordt gemaakt. De uiteindelijke winnaar van de prijs, maar dan is het inmiddels 11 juni, ontvangt 30.000 Britse Ponden.

* Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: China’s Stolen Children and a Story of Separated Twins – Barbara Demick
* The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan – Lyse Doucet
* Don’t Let It Break You, Honey: A Memoir About Saving Yourself – Jenny Evans
* Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health – Daisy Fancourt
* With the Law on Our Side: How the Law Works for Everyone and How We Can Make It Work Better – Lady Hale
* To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Creativity and Race in the 21st Century – Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
* Artists, Siblings, Visionaries: The Lives and Loves of Gwen and Augustus John – Judith Mackrell
* Ask Me How It Works: Love in an Open Marriage – Deepa Paul
* Death of an Ordinary Man – Sarah Perry
* The Genius of Trees: How Trees Mastered the Elements and Shaped the World – Harriet Rix
* Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War – Jane Rogoyska
* Mother Mary Comes to Me – Arundhati Roy
* Finding Albion: Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain – Zakia Sewell
* To Exist As I Am: A Doctor’s Notes on Recovery and Radical Acceptance – Grace Spence Green
* Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century – Ece Temelkuran
* Indignity: A Life Reimagined – Lea Ypi

De jury bestaat uit Thangam Debbonaire, Roma Agrawal, Nicola Elliott, Nina Stibbe, en Nicola Williams.