The Orwell Prize 2009: Book Prize
The words from the titles of this year's Book Prize entries. Courtesy of www.wordle.net
198 eligible books were received for this year's Prize (listed in alphabetical order by author's surname):
Abrams, Rebecca Touching Distance Pan Macmillan
Albinia, Alice Empires of the Indus John Murray
Ali, Tariq The Duel Simon and Schuster
Amis, Martin The Second Plane Jonathan Cape
Archibugi, Daniele The Global Commonwealth of Citizens: Toward the Cosmopolitan Democracy Princeton
Ashton, Nigel King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life Yale University Press
Aslam, Nadeem The Wasted Vigil Faber and Faber
Atwan, Abdel A Country of Words Saqi
Bailey, Roderick The Wildest Province: SOE in the Land of the Eagle Jonathan Cape
Ball, Stephen J. The Education Debate Policy Press
Barry, Sebastian The Secret Scripture Faber and Faber
Benn, Melissa One of Us Chatto & Windus
Berry, Richard Independent: The Rise of the Non-Aligned Politician Imprint Academic
Blair, Cherie Speaking for Myself Little, Brown
Bormann, Natalie National Missile Defence and the Politics of US Identity Manchester University Press
Boulton, Adam Tony's Ten Years - Memories of the Blair Administration Simon and Schuster
Bourne, Richard Lola of Brazil: The Story So Far Zed Books
Bressan, Juliet Snow White Turtle Doves Poolbeg Press
Brown, Andrew Fishing in Utopia: Sweden and the Future That Disappeared Granta
Burden, Peter News of the World? Fake Sheikhs and Royal Trappings Eye Books
Burleigh, Michael Blood and Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism HarperPress
Burn, Gordon Born Yesterday Faber and Faber
Cameron, Allan In Praise of the Garrulous Vagabond Voices
Cameron, David and Jones, Dylan Cameron on Cameron: Conversations with Dylan Jones Fourth Estate
Carlin, John Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation Atlantic Books
Clanchy, Kate What Is She Doing Here? Picador
Cleave, Chris The Other Hand Sceptre
Cockburn, Patrick Muqtada Al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq Faber and Faber
Corfe, Robert Emergence of the New Majority Arena Books
Davies, Nick Flat Earth News Chatto & Windus
Denham, Andrew and O'Hara, Kieron Democratising Conservative Leadership Selection Manchester University Press
Dobbs, Michael One Minute to Midnight Hutchinson
Doctorow, Cory Little Brother Harpercollins
Donoughue, Bernard Downing Street Diary, Volume Two Jonathan Cape
Dowden, Richard Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles Portobello
Dowlen, Oliver The Political Potential of Sortition Imprint Academic
Downey, Garbhan Yours Confidentially: Letters of a Would-Be MP Guildhall Press
Dryden, Alex Red to Black Headline
Dyer, Gwynne After Iraq: Where Next for the Middle East? Yale University Press
El-Youssef, Samir A Treaty of Love Halban Publishers
Erdal, David Local Heroes Viking
Esler, Gavin A Scandalous Man Harpercollins
Evans, Rhys Gwynfor Evans: A Portrait of a Patriot Y Lolfa
Evaristo, Bernardine Blonde Roots Hamish Hamilton
Farmer, A. M. The Matthew Principle YouWriteOn.com
Featherstone, David Resistance, Space and Political Identities Wiley Blackwell
Ferguson, Niall The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World Allen Lane
Fergusson, James A Million Bullets Transworld
Fernandes, Edna The Last Jews of Kerala Portobello
Ferry, John After Omdurman Robert Hale
Field, Ophelia The Kit-Cat Club: Friends Who Imagined a Nation HarperPress
Figes, Eva Journey to Nowhere Granta
Finch, Peter Real Wales Seren
Foley, Conor The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War Verso
Follain, John The Last Godfathers Hodder & Stoughton
Freeman, Daniel and Freeman, Jason Paranoia: The 21st Century Fear Oxford University Press
Frei, Matt Only in America Fourth Estate
Frost, Mervyn Global Ethics: Anarchy, Freedom and International Relations Taylor & Francis
Gadget, Inspector Perverting the Course of Justice Monday Books
George, Rose The Big Necessity Portobello
Ginsborg, Paul Democracy Profile
Glennie, Jonathan The Trouble With Aid Zed Books
Grant, Colin Negro with a Hat: Marcus Garvey Jonathan Cape
Grant, Linda The Clothes on Their Backs Little, Brown
Green, Matthew The Wizard of the Nile Portobello
Greenfield, Susan I.D.: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century Sceptre
Hai, Yasmin The Making of Mr Hai's Daughter Little, Brown
Hammond, Phil Trust Me, I'm (Still) A Doctor Black and White Publishing
Hanif, Mohammed A Case of Exploding Mangoes Jonathan Cape
Hansen, Gary It: The Architecture of Existence Janus
Harding, James Alpha Dogs: How Political Spin Became a Global Business Atlantic Books
Heller, Zoe The Believers Fig Tree
Hensher, Philip The Northern Clemency Fourth Estate
Herman, Arthur Gandhi & Churchill Hutchinson
Hislop, Victoria The Return Headline
Holloway, Richard Between the Monster and the Saint: Reflections on the Human Condition Canongate
Hosken, Andrew Ken: The Ups and Downs of Ken Livingstone Arcadia Books
Hughes, Solomon War on Terror, Inc.: Corporate Profiteering from the Politics of Fear Verso
Humphries, John Freedom Fighters: Wales' Forgotten War, 1963-1993 University of Wales Press
Hutchings, Kimberly Time and World Politics Manchester University Press
Jeffreys, Diarmuid Hell's Cartel Bloomsbury
Jeffreys, Sheila The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade Routledge
Jenkins, Simon Wales: Churches, Houses, Castles Allen Lane
Judt, Tony Reappraisals William Heinemann
Kanaaneh, Hatim A Doctor in Galilee Pluto Books
Kassabova, Kapka Street Without a Name Portobello
Kehoe, Elisabeth Ireland's Misfortune: The Turbulent Life of Kitty O'Shea Atlantic Books
Kelly, Richard T Crusaders Faber and Faber
Kemp, Ross Gangs II Michael Joseph
Khanna, Parag The Second World Allen Lane
Kingsnorth, Paul Real England: The Battle Against the Bland Portobello
Kirby, Jill Who Do They Think We Are? Centre for Policy Studies
Kohn, Mark Trust: Self-interest and the Common Good Oxford University Press
Laidler, Keith Surveillance Unlimited: How We've Become the Most Watched People on Earth Icon
Lawrence, Felicity Eat Your Heart Out Viking
Lay, Tim The Sewerside Chronicles Discovered Authors
Layfield, David Marxism and Environmental Crises Arena Books
Leonard, Mark What Does China Think? Fourth Estate
Letts, Quentin 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain Constable and Robinson
Lewis, Ben Hammer and Tickle: A History of Communism Told Through Communist Jokes Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Llewellyn, David Everything is Sinister Seren
Lowe, Steve and McArthur, Alan Blighty Little, Brown
Lucas, Edward The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces both Russia and the West Bloomsbury
Macleod, Ken The Night Sessions Orbit
MacShane, Denis Globalising Hatred: The New Antisemitism Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Maddox, Bronwen In Defence of America Duckworth
Maitland, Sara A Book Of Silence Granta
Malik, Kenan Strange Fruit Oneworld
Marks, Amber Headspace Virgin Books
Marqusee, Mike If I Am Not For Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew Verso
Marsh, Michael; Sinnott, Richard; Garry, John; and Kennedy, Fiachra The Irish Voter Manchester University Press
Matthew, Owen Stalin's Children Bloomsbury
Mawson, Andrew The Social Entrepreneur: Making Communities Work Atlantic Books
Mazower, Mark Hitler's Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe Allen Lane
McCulloch, Jock and Tweedale, Geoff Defending the Indefensible: The Global Asbestos Industry and its Fight for Survival Oxford University Press
McDermid, Val A Darker Domain Harpercollins
McKay, Susan Bear in Mind These Dead Faber and Faber
McLaughlin, Kenneth Social Work, Politics and Society Policy Press
McNay, Mark Under Control Canongate
Meek, James We Are Now Beginning Our Descent Canongate
Menon, Anand Europe: The State of the Union Atlantic Books
Milton, Giles Paradise Lost - Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance Sceptre
Monbiot, George Bring on the Apocalypse: 6 Arguments for Global Justice Atlantic Books
Monck, Adrian Can You Trust the Media? Icon
Morrison, David E; Kieran, Matthew; Svennevig, Michael; Ventress, Sarah Media and Values: Intimate Transgressions in a Changing Moral and Cultural Landscape Intellect
Mueller, Andrew I Wouldn't Start From Here Portobello
Muir, Kate West Coast Headline
Murphy, Dervla The Island That Dared: Journeys in Cuba Eland
Murphy, Seamus A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan Saqi
Myers, Kevin Watching the Door: Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast Atlantic Books
Neocleous, Mark Critique of Security Edinburgh University Press
Norman, Alexander Holder of the White Lotus: The Lives of the Dalai Lama Little, Brown
O'Halpin, Eunan Spying on Ireland: British Intelligence and Irish Neutrality Oxford University Press
Pai, Hsiao-Hung Chinese Whispers Fig Tree
Painter, Anthony Barack Obama: The Movement for Change Arcadia Books
Parekh, Bhiku A New Politics of Identity Palgrave
Park, David The Truth Commissioner Bloomsbury
Parry, Bruce Amazon Michael Joseph
Patten, Chris What Next? Allen Lane
Pearce, Fred Confessions of an Eco Sinner Transworld
Pelz, Peter and Reeve, Donald The White House O-Books
Pisani, Elizabeth The Wisdom of Whores Granta
Pittock, Murray The Road to Independence? Scotland Since the Sixties Reaktion
Pollitt, Christopher Time, Policy and Management Oxford University Press
Poole, Oliver Red Zone: Five Bloody Years in Baghdad Reportage Press
Preston, Paul We Saw Spain Die Constable and Robinson
Radice, Giles The Tortoise and the Hares Methuen
Rashid, Ahmed Descent Into Chaos Allen Lane
Read, Anthony The World on Fire: 1919 and the Battle with Bolshevism Jonathan Cape
Reid, Sandy Never to Return Black and White Publishing
Roberts, Andrew Masters and Commanders Allen Lane
Rochester, Julia The Candelaria Massacre Vision Paperbacks
Rogers, Paul Why We're Losing the War on Terror Polity Press
Ross, Jacob Pynter Bender Fourth Estate
Runciman, David Political Hypocrisy: The Mask of Power, from Hobbes to Orwell and Beyond Princeton
Sands, Philippe Torture Team: Deception, Cruelty and the Compromise of Law Allen Lane
Sardar, Ziauddin Balti Britain: A Journey Through the British Asian Experience Granta
Sardar, Ziauddin and Davies, Merryl Wyn Will America Change? Icon
Schudson, Michael Why Democracies Need An Unlovable Press Polity Press
Seabrook, Jeremy The Refuge and the Fortress Palgrave
Self, Will The Butt Bloomsbury
Seymour, Richard The Liberal Defence of Murder Verso
Slovo, Gillian Black Orchids Little, Brown
Smith, Dan The State of the World Atlas, 8th Edition Earthscan
Smith, Dan The State of the Middle East: An Atlas of Conflict and Resolution Earthscan
Spencer, Nick Neither Private nor Privileged: The Role of Christianity in Britain Today Theos
Steel, Mark What's Going On? Simon and Schuster
Steele, Jonathan Defeat: Why They Lost Iraq I. B. Tauris
Steinberg, Jonny Three Letter Plague: A Young Man's Journey Through a Great Epidemic Vintage Books
Stewart, John The President Shepheard-Walwyn
Stuermer, Michael Putin and the Rise of Russia Orion
Sutherland, Keith A People's Parliament Imprint Academic
Thatcher, Carol A Swim-on Part in the Goldfish Bowl Headline
Thomas, Martin and Brain, David Crowd Surfing - Surviving and Thriving in the Age of Consumer Empowerment A&C Black
Thompson, Mark The White War Faber and Faber
Torrance, David George Younger: A Life Well Lived Birlinn
Turner, Alwyn W Crisis? What Crisis? Aurum
Turner, Graham The Credit Crunch Pluto Books
Tzouliadis, Tim The Forsaken Little, Brown
Valmorbida, Elise The TV President CB Editions
Vonnegut, Kurt Armageddon in Retrospect Jonathan Cape
Wagnsson, Charlotte Security in a Greater Europe Manchester University Press
Walden, George China Gibson Square
Walker, Gabrielle and King, Sir David The Hot Topic Bloomsbury
Walker, Jacqueline Pilgrim State Sceptre
Wall, Stephen A Stranger in Europe: Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair Oxford University Press
Walsh, Helen Once Upon a Time in England Canongate
Walsh, Maurice The News from Ireland I. B. Tauris
Warnock, Mary and Macdonald, Elisabeth Easeful Death: Is There a Case for Assisted Dying? Oxford University Press
Webb, Justin Have a Nice Day Short Books
Wheatle, Alex The Dirty South Serpent's Tail
Williams, Austin The Enemies of Progress Imprint Academic
Wilson, A N Our Times Hutchinson
Wilson, Richard Don't Get Fooled Again: The Sceptic's Guide to Life Icon
Wise, Sarah The Blackest Streets Bodley Head
Xue, Xinran China Witness Chatto & Windus
Yassin-Kassab, Robin The Road from Damascus Hamish Hamilton
Young, Hugo The Hugo Young Papers Allen Lane
5 ineligible books were received:
Jian, Ma (trans. Drew, Fiona) Beijing Coma Chatto & Windus (translation)
Ross, Alex The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century Fourth Estate (no UK link)
Shirky, Clay Here Comes Everybody Allen Lane (no UK link)
Venkatesh, Sudhir Gang Leader for a Day Allen Lane (no UK link)
Zamyatin, Yevgeny (trans. Randall, Natasha) We Vintage Books (translation)
7 books were written by members of the Media Standards Trust, Orwell Trust, and Political Quarterly boards, and our judging panel in 2008, and would therefore be ineligible:
Freedman, Lawrence A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Loyn, David Butcher & Bolt: Two Hundred Years of Foreign Engagement in Afghanistan Hutchinson
Marquand, David Britain Since 1918: The Strange Career Of British Democracy Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Mount, Ferdinand Cold Cream: My Early Life and Other Mistakes Bloomsbury
O'Hagan, Andrew The Atlantic Ocean Faber and Faber
Peston, Robert Who Runs Britain? Hodder & Stoughton
Talfan-Davies, Geraint At Arm's Length Seren
Toynbee, Polly and Walker, David Unjust Rewards: Exposing Greed and Inequality in Britain Today Granta