Non-fiction - British Book Awards

Non-Fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year - British Book Awards
2018
Shortlist

Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions by Russell Brand 

Happy: Finding Joy in Every Day and Letting Go of Perfect by Fearne Cotton 

5 Ingredients by Jamie Oliver 

The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories and 100 Essential Recipes For Midwinter by Nigel Slater 

The Things You Can Only See When You Slow Down: How To Be Calm in a Busy World by Haemin Sunim 

Cooking For Family and Friends by Joe Wicks

2017

Winner

Hello, is this Planet Earth? by Tim Peake

Shortlist

Sidemen: The Book by The Sidemen

The Unmumsy Mum by Sarah Turner

Five on Brexit Island by Bruno Vincent

Lean in 15: The Sustain Plan by Joe Wicks

The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking 

Non-Fiction: Narrative Book of the Year - British Book Awards
2018
Shortlist
What Does This Button Do? by Bruce Dickinson
Why I ‘m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'Farrell
Ask An Astronaut: My Guide to Life in Space by Tim Peake
The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young

2017

Winner

East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity by Philippe Sands

Shortlist

Mad Girl by Bryony Gordon

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

Non-fiction Book of the Year - British Book Awards

2016

Winner

Norwegian Wood by Lars Mytting

Shortlist

SPQR by Mary Beard

The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson

Gut by Giulia Enders

Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

How it Works: The Husband by Jason Hazeley Joel Morris

Lean in 15 by Joe Wicks

Deliciously Ella by Ella Woodward

Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year - Specsavers National Book Awards

2014

Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe

2013

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai Christina Lamb

2012

Is It Just Me by Miranda Hart

Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year - Galaxy National Book Awards

2011

How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran

2010

The Making of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr

Biography/Autobiography of the Year - Specsavers National Book Awards

2014

Please, Mister Postman by Alan Johnson

2013

David Jason: My Life by David Jason

2012

My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding

Biography/Autobiography of the Year - Galaxy National Book Awards

2011

Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin

2010

The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry

Biography of the Year - British Book Awards

2009

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

2008

My Booky Wook by Russell Brand

2007

The Sound of Laughter by Peter Kay

2006

Sharon Osbourne Extreme by Sharon Osbourne

2005

My Life by Bill Clinton

2004

Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater

2003

Churchill: A Biography by Roy Jenkins

Food & Drink Book of the Year - Specsavers National Book Awards

2014

Plenty More by Yotam Ottolenghi

2013

Eat by Nigel Slater

2012

The Hairy Dieters by Si King & Dave Myers

Food & Drink Book of the Year - Galaxy National Book Awards

2011

The Good Cook by Simon Hopkinson

2010

Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi 

Illustrated Book of the Year - British Book Awards

2004

England's Thousand Best Houses by Simon Jenkins

2003

Sahara by Michael Palin

2002

The Blue Planet by Andrew Byatt , Alastair Fothergill & Martha Holmes

2001

The Beatles Anthology by Bryan Roylance

2000

Century by Bruce Bernard

1999

Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs

1998

The Lost Gardens of Heligan by Tim Smit

1997

Flora Britannica by Richard Mabey

1996

The River Cafe Cookbook by Rose Gray & Ruth Rogers

1995

The Art Book by Anonymous

The TV and Film Book of the Year - British Book Awards

2007

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

2006

The Constant Gardener by John le Carré

2005

Himalaya by Michael Palin

2004

How Clean Is Your House? by Kim Woodburn & Aggie MacKenzie

2003

What Not to Wear by Trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine

History Book of the Year - British Book Awards

2005

William Pitt the Younger: A Biography by William Hague

2004

Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag-Montefiore

Sports Book of the Year - British Book Awards

2007

Gerrard: My Autobiography by Steven Gerrard

2006

Being Freddie by Andrew Flintoff

2005

Gazza: My Story by Paul Gascoigne

2004

Martin Johnson: The Autobiography by Martin Johnson

Travel Writer of the Year - British Book Awards

1993

Pole to Pole by Michael Palin

1992

Travels on my Elephant by Mark Shand

1991

India by VS Naipaul

1990

A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle