Booksellers Association - 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 .

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