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Parliamentary Book Awards
The
Parliamentary Book Awards
were launched by the Booksellers Association and the
Publishers Association
in 2016 to champion the best of political writing and recognise the important link between politics and the book world.
The awards celebrate parliamentary writing across three categories: Best Biography, Memoir, or Autobiography by a Parliamentarian; Best Non-Biographical Book by a Parliamentarian; and Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian. Each year, publishers are invited to nominate titles and authors for the awards, with booksellers selecting the shortlists, and parliamentarians vote for the winner in each category.
Parliamentary Book Awards 2022 winners
Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian
In The Shadows - The extraordinary men and women of the Intelligence Corps
by Michael Ashcroft
Best Memoir/Autobiography by a Parliamentarian
What Are You Doing Here?
by Baroness Floella Benjamin
Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian
The Fall of Boris Johnson
by Sebastian Payne
Parliamentary Book Awards 2022 winners
press release
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Parliamentary Book Awards 2022 shortlist
Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian
ALL IN: How we build a country that works
by Lisa Nandy
In The Shadows - The extraordinary men and women of the Intelligence Corps
by Michael Ashcroft
Leadership: Lessons from a Life in Diplomacy
by Simon McDonald
Best Memoir/Autobiography by a Parliamentarian
What Are You Doing Here?
by Baroness Floella Benjamin
Pandemic Diaries - The inside story of Britain's battle against Covid
by Matt Hancock with Isabel Oakeshott
Snakes and Ladders - Navigating the ups and downs of politics
by Andrea Leadsom
Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian
What Just Happened?!
by Marina Hyde
Ghost Signs
by Stu Hennigan
Overreach: The inside story of Putin's war against Ukraine
by Owen Matthews
The Fall of Boris Johnson
by Sebastian Payne
The winners will be announced on Wednesday 22nd February.
Previous Parliamentary Book Awards winners:
2021
Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian
Value(s)
:
The Must-Read Book On How to Fix Our Politics, Economics and Values
by Mark Carney
Best Non-Fiction Book by a Parliamentarian
Greater: Britain After the Storm
by Penny Mordaunt MP and Chris Lewis
Best Biography, Memoir or Autobiography by a Parliamentarian
Beyond a Fringe: Tales from a Reformed Establishment Lackey
by Andrew Mitchell MP
2020
Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian:
The Prime Ministers: 55 Leaders, 55 Authors, 300 Years of History
by Iain Dale
Best Non-Fiction Book by a Parliamentarian:
The Glamour Boys: The Secret Story of the Rebels who Fought for Britain to Defeat Hitler
by Chris Bryant MP
Best Biography, Memoir or Autobiography by a Parliamentarian:
Long Way Home
by Dan Jarvis MP
2019
Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian:
This is Our Story: How the Fans Kept Their Hearts Beating
, by Ian Murray
Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian:
Women of Westminster: The MPs who Changed Politics
by Rachel Reeves
Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian:
How to be Right: In A World Gone Wrong
by James O’Brien
2018
Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian:
The Power of Politicians
by Tessa Jowell and Frances D’Souza
Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian:
Adam Smith: What He Thought and Why it Matters
by Jesse Norman
Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian:
Why We Get the Wrong Politicians
by Isabel Hardman
2017
Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian:
A Woman’s Work
by Harriet Harman
Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian:
How to Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again)
by Nick Clegg
Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian:
Jo Cox: More in Common
by Brendan Cox
2016
Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian:
The Long Winding Road
by Alan Johnson
Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian:
Called to Account
by Margaret Hodge
Best Fiction by a Parliamentarian:
Now is the Time
by Melvyn Bragg
Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian:
Citizen Clem
by John Bew