all past prizes

2017

Mend the Living

By Maylis de Kerangal trans. Jessica Moore

Medicine, Organ Transplantation, Medical Ethics, Fiction

Published by MacLehose Press

Winner 2017

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Shortlist

When Breath Becomes Air

By Paul Kalanithi
The Tidal Zone

By Sarah Moss
The Gene

By Siddhartha Mukherjee
Mend the Living

By Maylis de Kerangal trans. Jessica Moore
I Contain Multitudes

By Ed Yong
How to Survive a Plague

By David France

Longlist

When Breath Becomes Air

By Paul Kalanithi
The Tidal Zone

By Sarah Moss
The Golden Age

By Joan London
The Gene

By Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Essex Serpent

By Sarah Perry
Miss Jane

By Brad Watson
Mend the Living

By Maylis de Kerangal trans. Jessica Moore
I Contain Multitudes

By Ed Yong
How to Survive a Plague

By David France
Homo Deus

By Yuval Noah Harari
Cure

By Jo Marchant
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

By Adam Rutherford

Judges

Simon Baron-Cohen

Academic and author
Gemma Cairney

Broadcaster and author
Val McDermid

Author
Tim Lewens

Academic and author
Di Speirs

Radio editor and producer