Book Prize Entries 2010
The following 212 eligible books were submitted for the Orwell Prize 2010 (listed in alphabetical order):
Aaronovitch, David Voodoo Histories Jonathan Cape
Aberdein, John Strip the Willow Birlinn
Agee, Chris Next to Nothing Salt Publishing
Aitken, Jonathan and Guy, Christian Locked Up Potential Centre for Social Justice
Akinti, Peter Forest Gate Jonathan Cape
Ali, Tariq Protocols of the Elders of Sodom Verso
Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin The Settler's Cookbook Portobello Books
Al-Jezairy, Zuhair The Devil You Don't Know: Going Back to Iraq Saqi Books
Allawi, Ali The Crisis of Islamic Civilization Yale University Press
Allport, Alan Demobbed: Coming Home After WW2 Yale University Press
Anderson, Alun After the Ice Ebury Publishing
Anderson, Perry The New Old World Verso
Armstrong, Karen The Case for God Bodley Head
Arthur, Chris Words of the Grey Wind Blackstaff Press
Barker, Paul The Freedoms of Suburbia Frances Lincoln
Bauman, Zygmunt Living on Borrowed Time Polity
Beattie, Alan False Economy Viking
Beaumont, Peter The Secret Life of War Harvill Secker
Beckett, Andy When the Lights Went Out Faber
Beckett, Francis and Hencke, David Marching to the Fault Line Constable & Robinson
Bedell, Geraldine The Gulf Between Us Fig Tree
Bell, Alexander Peak Water: Civilisation and the World's Water Crisis Luath Press
Bell, Martin A Very British Revolution: The Expenses Scandal and How to Save our Democracy Icon Books
Bird, Jenny & Lockwood, Matthew Plan B? The Prospects for Personal Carbon Trading ippr
Blair, Ian Policing Controversy Profile Books
Bogdanor, Vernon The New British Constitution Hart Publishing
Bower, Tom The Squeeze: Oil, Money and Greed in the 21st Century Harper Press
Boyce, Robert The Great Interwar Crisis and the Collapse of Globalization Palgrave Macmillan
Bunting, Madeleine The Plot Granta Books
Burch, Druin Taking the Medicine Chatto & Windus
Burns, Jimmy Papa Spy Bloomsbury
Cable, Vince The Storm Atlantic Books
Cable, Vince Free Radical Atlantic Books
Callinicos, Alex Imperialism and Global Political Economy Polity
Cameron, Allan Presbyopia Vagabond Voices
Campbell, John Pistols at Dawn Jonathan Cape
Campbell, Siobhan Cross-talk Seren
Canavan, Dennis Let the People Decide Birlinn
Carson, Ciaran The Pen Friend Blackstaff Press
Cartwright, Anthony Heartland Tindal Street Press
Cartwright, Garth More Miles Than Money Serpent's Tail
Cassidy, John How Markets Fail Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Chabal, Patrick Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling Zed Books
Chan, Stephen The End of Certainty Zed Books
Chikwava, Brian Harare North Jonathan Cape
Clarke, Peter Keynes: The Twentieth Century's Most Influential Economist Bloomsbury
Coates, Tim Delane's War Biteback Publishing
Cohen, Nick Waiting for the Etonians Fourth Estate
Coker, Christopher War in an Age of Risk Polity
Commission on National Security in the 21st Century Shared Responsibilities: A National Security Strategy for the UK ippr
Corfe, Robert The Death of Socialism Arena Books
Cornfield, Susie Green Fire Garret Books
Coughlin, Con Khomeini's Ghost Pan Macmillan
Craig, Amanda Hearts and Minds Little, Brown
Cromwell, David and Edwards, David Newspeak in the 21st Century Pluto Press
Crooke, Alastair Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution Pluto Press
Dalrymple, Theodore Second Opinion: A Doctor's Dispatches from the Inner City Monday Books
Dalrymple, Theodore Not With a Bang But With a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline Monday Books
Danchev, Alex On Art and War and Terror Edinburgh University Press
Dasgupta, Rana Solo Fourth Estate
De Bellaigue, Christopher Rebel Land Bloomsbury
Dolan, Chris An Anarchist's Story Birlinn
Downey, Garbhan War of the Blue Roses Guildhall Press
Duncan, Glen A Day and a Night and a Day Simon & Schuster
Edwards, Ruth Dudley Aftermath Harvill Secker
Elliott, Marianne When God Took Sides Oxford University Press
English, Richard Terrorism: How to Respond Oxford University Press
Esler, Gavin Power Play HarperCollins
Evans, Peter Within the Secret State Book Guild
Feiling, Tom The Candy Machine Allen Lane
Fekete, Liz A Suitable Enemy Pluto Press
Fisher, Mark Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative? John Hunt Publishing
Foxcroft, Louise Hot Flushes, Cold Science Granta Books
Gappah, Petina An Elegy for Easterly Faber; Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Gardner, David Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance I. B. Tauris
Giddens, Anthony The Politics of Climate Change Polity
Gillies, Andrea Keeper Short Books
Glass, Matthew Ultimatum Atlantic Books
Goldsmith, Zac The Constant Economy Atlantic Books
Goodman, Jordan The Devil and Mr Casement Verso
Grant, Abi Words Can Describe Picador
Gray, John Gray's Anatomy Allen Lane
Grayling, A. C. Liberty in the Age of Terror Bloomsbury
Greenberg, Karen The Least Worst Place Oxford University Press
Greer, Bonnie Obama Music Legend Press
Guo, Xiaolu UFO in Her Eyes Chatto & Windus
Gutenplan, D. D. American Radical Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Halpern, David The Hidden Wealth of Nations Polity
Hamblyn, Richard Terra: Tales of the Earth Picador
Hardy, Justine In the Valley of Mist Ebury Publishing
Harkin, James Cyburbia Little, Brown
Hart, Josephine The Truth About Love Little, Brown
Hastings, Max Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 Harper Press
Hawksley, Humphrey Democracy Kills Pan Macmillan
Hayman, Andy The Terrorist Hunters Transworld
Hennessey, Patrick The Junior Officers' Reading Club Allen Lane
Hicks, Gary Fate's Bookie The History Press
Hider, James Spiders of Allah Doubleday
Hiro, Dilip Inside Central Asia Duckworth
Hitchens, Peter The Broken Compass Continuum
Horspool, David The English Rebel Viking
Horton, Tim and Gregory, James The Solidarity Society The Fabian Society
Humphrys, John and Jarvis, Sarah The Welcome Visitor: Living Well, Dying Well Hodder & Stoughton
Hunt, Tristan The Frock-Coated Communist Allen Lane
Jaber, Hala The Flying Carpet to Baghdad Pan Macmillan
Jack, Ian The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain Jonathan Cape
Jackson, Tim Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet Earthscan
Jacques, Martin When China Rules the World Allen Lane
Jay, Antony and Lynn, Jonathan The Yes, Minister Miscellany Biteback Publishing
Jeffrey, Robert The Barlinnie Story Black & White Publishing
Joppke, Christian Veil Polity
Joya, Malalai Raising My Voice Ebury Publishing
Kampfner, John Freedom for Sale Simon & Schuster
Keane, John The Life and Death of Democracy Simon & Schuster
Kenyon, Paul I Am Justice Preface Publishing
Kiley, Sam Desperate Glory Bloomsbury
Kundnani, Hans Utopia or Auschwitz: Germany's 1968 Generation and The Holocaust Hurst
Kynaston, David Family Britain, 1951-57 Bloomsbury
Lacey, Robert Inside the Kingdom Hutchinson
Lascelles, David and Carn, Nick The Credit Crunch Diaries Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation
Lawrence, Jon Electing Our Masters Oxford University Press
Lawson, Neal All Consuming Viking
LeBor, Adam The Believers Weidenfeld & Nicolson
LeBor, Adam The Budapest Protocol Reportage Press
Letts, Quentin Bog Standard Britain Constable & Robinson
Lewycka, Marina We Are All Made of Glue Fig Tree
Lynch, David A Divided Paradise: An Irishman in the Holy Land New Island Books
Malik, Kenan From Fatwa to Jihad Atlantic Books
Mansfield, Michael Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer Bloomsbury
Mantel, Hilary Wolf Hall Fourth Estate
Maric, Vesna Bluebird: A Memoir Granta Books
Marr, Andrew The Making of Modern Britain Pan Macmillan
Maskalyk, James Six Months in Sudan Canongate
Mason, Paul Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed Verso
Massie, Allan Surviving Vagabond Voices
Mayall, Roy Dear Granny Smith Short Books
McDonald, Henry Gunsmoke and Mirrors Gill & Macmillan
McDonald, Peter The Literature Police Oxford University Press
McDowall, Iain Envy the Dead Piatkus
McGinn, Clark Out of Pocket: How Collective Amnesia Lost the World its Wealth, Again Luath Press
McGregor, Peter The Retreat YouWriteOn
Melding, David Will Britain Survive Beyond 2020? Institute of Welsh Affairs
Melville, Pauline Eating Air Telegram Books
Mendus, Sue Politics and Morality Polity
Meyer, Sir Christopher Getting Our Way Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Mieville, China The City & The City Pan Macmillan
Millar, Peter 1989 The Berlin Wall: My Part in its Downfall Arcadia Books
Minton, Anna Ground Control Allen Lane
Moore, Darren The Soldier: A History of Courage, Sacrifice and Brotherhood Icon Books
Moorehead, Caroline Dancing to the Precipice Chatto & Windus
Moran, Joe On Roads Profile Books
Moynahan, Brian Jungle Soldier Quercus
Moyo, Dambisa Dead Aid Allen Lane
Muir, Rick Pubs and Places: The Social Value of Community Pubs ippr
Muir, Rick Arrested Development: Unlocking Change in the Police Service ippr
Mullin, Chris A View From the Foothills Profile Books
Neate, Patrick Jerusalem Fig Tree
Ness, Patrick The Ask and the Answer Walker Books
O'Donoghue, John Sectioned John Murray
Omond, Tamsin Rush! The Making of a Climate Activist Marion Boyars
O'Shaughnessy, Hugh The Priest of Paraguay Zed Books
O'Toole, Fintan Ship of Fools Faber
Overy, Richard The Morbid Age Allen Lane
Paris, Philip The Italian Chapel Black & White Publishing
Patel, Raj The Value of Nothing Portobello Books
Peel, Michael A Swamp Full of Dollars I. B. Tauris
Perry, Alex Falling Off the Edge Pan Macmillan
Phillips, Adam and Taylor, Barbara On Kindness Hamish Hamilton
Pickles, Charlotte Dying to Belong Centre for Social Justice
Porter, Henry The Dying Light Orion
Raab, Dominic The Assault on Liberty: What Went Wrong with Rights Fourth Estate
Reeves, Richard and Collins, Philip The Liberal Republic Demos
Richards, Susan Lost and Found in Russia I. B. Tauris
Riddell, Peter and Haddon, Catherine Transitions: Preparing for Changes in Government Institute for Government
Ringen, Stein The Economic Consequences of Mr Brown Bardwell Press
Russell, Alec After Mandela Hutchinson
Selbourne, Raphael Beauty Tindal Street Press
Seldon, Anthony Trust Biteback Publishing
Sergeant, Harriet Wasted: The Betrayal of White Working Class & Black Caribbean Boys Centre for Policy Studies
Service, Robert Trotsky Pan Macmillan
Sewell, Dennis The Political Gene Picador
Shabi, Rachel Not the Enemy: Israel's Jews from Arab Lands Yale University Press
Shamsie, Kamila Burnt Shadows Bloomsbury
Shepherd, Robin A State Beyond the Pale: Europe's Problem with Israel Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Shlaim, Avi Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Reputations, Revisions Verso
Sinclair, Iain Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire Hamish Hamilton
Stern, Nicholas A Blueprint for a Safer Planet Bodley Head
Stott, Andrew The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi Canongate
Strafford, John Our Fight for Democracy J Strafford Holdings
Szalay, David The Innocent Jonathan Cape
Tatchell, Jo A Diamond in the Desert: Behind the Scenes in the World's Richest City Sceptre
Taylor, Kathleen Cruelty: Human Evil and the Human Brain Oxford University Press
Tett, Gillian Fool's Gold Little, Brown
Therborn, Göran From Marxism to Post-Marxism Verso
Theroux, Marcel Far North Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Thorpe, Nick 89: The Unfinished Revolution Reportage Press
Tofts, Graham The Sampan and the Galleon Kelapa
Torrance, David 'We in Scotland' Birlinn
Trewin, Ion Alan Clark - The Biography Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Vallance, Edward A Radical History of Britain Little, Brown
Waters, Sarah The Little Stranger Little, Brown
Wheeler, Sara The Magnetic North Jonathan Cape
Wheen, Francis Strange Days Indeed: The Golden Age of Paranoia Fourth Estate
Whitaker, Brian What is Really Wrong with the Middle East? Saqi Books
Wilkinson, Richard & Pickett, Kate The Spirit Level Allen Lane
Williams, Charles Harold Macmillan Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Williams, Shirley Climbing the Bookshelves Little, Brown
Wilson, Ben What Price Liberty? Faber
Winnett, Robert and Rayner, Gordon No Expenses Spared Transworld
Witney, Nick and Shapiro, Jeremy Towards a Post-American Europe: A Power Audit of EU-US Relations European Council on Foreign Relations
Wolffe, Richard Renegade Ebury Publishing
Wrong, Michela It's Our Turn to Eat Fourth Estate
The following books were deemed ineligible:
Cramme, Olaf and Diamond, Patrick (eds) Social Justice in the Global Age Polity (anthology)
Forshaw, Barry (ed) British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia Greenwood Press (anthology)
Marias, Javier Your Face Tomorrow 3 Chatto & Windus (translation)
The following books were written by judges or members of the boards that partner the Orwell Prize, and are thus ineligible:
Ash, Timothy Garton Facts Are Subversive Atlantic Books
Gamble, Andrew The Spectre at the Feast Palgrave Macmillan
Kellner, Peter Democracy: 1000 Years in Pursuit of British Liberty Mainstream