Paddy Power Political Book Award

Other Names: Paddy Power And Total Politics Political Book Award, Paddy Power And Total Politics Political Book Award Shortlist, Paddy Power Political Book Award Shortlist, Paddy Power Political Book of the Year
156 Works / 157 Items 33,133 Books 1,193 Reviews ½ 3.9
In its first year, the award was called the Paddy Power And Total Politics Political Book Award.
Stages:
All, Winner (26), Shortlist (131)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2015 (54), 2014 (53), 2013 (14), 2012 (36)

Winner 26

WorkCategoryYear
City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death, and the Search for Truth in Tehran by Ramita NavaiDebut Political Book2015
Women of the World: The Rise of the Female Diplomat by Helen McCarthyInternational Affairs2015
An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians? by Geoffrey RobertsonPolemic2015
Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life by John CampbellPolitical Biography2015
Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain by Robert FordPolitical Book2015
Acts of Omission by Terry StiastnyPolitical Fiction Book2015
Modernity Britain: A Shake of the Dice, 1959-62 by David KynastonPolitical History2015
The Coalition Book by Martin RowsonPolitical Humour and Satire2015
The World's War by David OlusogaWorld War One2015
Making it Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men Who Blew Up the British Economy by Iain MartinDebut Political Book2014
The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 by Margaret MacMillanInternational Affairs2014
How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters by Daniel HannanPolemic2014
The Pike by Lucy Hughes-HallettPolitical Biography2014
Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the Falklands by Charles MoorePolitical Book2014
One Night in Winter by Simon Sebag-MontefiorePolitical Fiction Book2014
An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo by Richard Davenport-HinesPolitical History2014
Maggie & Me by Damian BarrPolitical Humour and Satire2014
The Blunders of Our Governments by Anthony KingPractical Politics2014
Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture by Ian CobainDebut Political Book2013
You Can't Read This Book: Censorship in an Age of Freedom by Nick CohenPolemic2013
Muckraker: The Scandalous Life and Times of W. T. Stead, Britain's First Investigative Journalist by W. Sydney RobinsonPolitical Biography2013
The Day Parliament Burned Down by Caroline ShentonPolitical Book2013
Fascist Voices: An Intimate History of Mussolini's Italy by Christopher DugganPolitical History2013
The Best of Matt 2012 by Matt PritchettPolitical Humour and Satire2013
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by Daron AcemogluInternational Affairs2012
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwanPolitical Fiction2012

Shortlist 131

WorkCategoryYear
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld by Jamie BartlettDebut Political Book2015
In the Name of the People: Angola's Forgotten Massacre by Lara PawsonDebut Political Book2015
Turkish Awakening: A Personal Discovery of Modern Turkey by Alev ScottDebut Political Book2015
Rogue Elephant: Harnessing the Power of India's Unruly Democracy by Simon DenyerInternational Affairs2015
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy by Francis FukuyamaInternational Affairs2015
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn GreenwaldInternational Affairs2015
Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World by Nicholas GriffinInternational Affairs2015
War and Gold: A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures, and Debt by Kwasi KwartengInternational Affairs2015
Everyday Sexism by Laura BatesPolemic2015
AIDS: Don't Die of Prejudice by Norman FowlerPolemic2015
The Establishment: And how they get away with it by Owen JonesPolemic2015
Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution by Laurie PennyPolemic2015
Harry's Last Stand by Harry Leslie SmithPolemic2015
Right or Wrong: The Memoirs of Lord Bell by Tim BellPolitical Biography2015
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History by Boris JohnsonPolitical Biography2015
Sailing Close to the Wind: Reminiscences by Dennis SkinnerPolitical Biography2015
Coming Up Trumps: A Memoir by Jean TrumpingtonPolitical Biography2015
Parliament: The Biography (Volume 1: Ancestral Voices) by Chris BryantPolitical Book2015
Smile For The Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith by Simon DanczukPolitical Book2015
Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916 by Anne De CourcyPolitical Book2015
The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke HardingPolitical Book2015
Please, Mister Postman by Alan JohnsonPolitical Book2015
Napoleon: A Life by Andrew RobertsPolitical Book2015
The Four Streets by Nadine DorriesPolitical Fiction Book2015
Barbarians by Tim GlencrossPolitical Fiction Book2015
Miss Carter's War by Sheila HancockPolitical Fiction Book2015
Head of State: The Bestselling Brexit Thriller by Andrew MarrPolitical Fiction Book2015
The Madness of July by James NaughtiePolitical Fiction Book2015
Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny by Michael BroersPolitical History2015
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben MacintyrePolitical History2015
Mecca: The Sacred City by Ziauddin SardarPolitical History2015
The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010 by Selina ToddPolitical History2015
National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963 by Richard VinenPolitical History2015
Phantom Terror: Political Paranoia and the Creation of the Modern State, 1789-1848 by Adam ZamoyskiPolitical History2015
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: An Insider's Guide to Modern Politics, the Coalition and the General Election by John CracePolitical Humour and Satire2015
Would They Lie to You?: How to Spin Friends and Manipulate People by Robert HuttonPolitical Humour and Satire2015
Listellany : a miscellany of very British top tens, from politics to pop by John RentoulPolitical Humour and Satire2015
My Scotland, Our Britain: A Future Worth Sharing by Gordon BrownPractical Politics2015
Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box: 50 things you need to know about British elections by Philip CowleyPractical Politics2015
The Europe Dilemma: Britain and the Challenges of EU Integration (Policy Network) by Roger LiddlePractical Politics2015
The Democratic Unionist Party: From Protest to Power by Jonathan TongePractical Politics2015
Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916: The View from Downing Street by Margot AsquithWorld War One2015
Englanders and Huns: The Culture-Clash which Led to the First World War by James HawesWorld War One2015
Fatal Fortnight: Arthur Ponsonby and the Fight for British Neutrality in 1914 by Duncan MarlorWorld War One2015
From Downing Street to the Trenches: First-hand Accounts from the Great War, 1914-1916 by Mike WebbWorld War One2015
The New Middle East: The World After the Arab Spring by Paul DanaharDebut Political Book2014
Rising Tides: Facing the Challenges of a New Era by Liam FoxDebut Political Book2014
The Default Line: The Inside Story of People, Banks and Entire Nations on the Edge by Faisal IslamDebut Political Book2014
People Power: A User's Guide to Democracy by Dan JellinekDebut Political Book2014
Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War and the Twilight of Empire by Calder WaltonDebut Political Book2014
Chinese Whispers: Why Everything You've Heard About China is Wrong by Ben ChuInternational Affairs2014
Angela Merkel: A Chancellorship Forged in Crisis by Alan CrawfordInternational Affairs2014
The World's Most Dangerous Place: Inside the Outlaw State of Somalia by James FergussonInternational Affairs2014
In the Ring: A Commonwealth Memoir by Don McKinnonInternational Affairs2014
North Korea undercover by John SweeneyInternational Affairs2014
What Should We Tell Our Daughters?: The Pleasures and Pressures of Growing Up Female by Melissa BennPolemic2014
The Necessity of Poverty by John BirdPolemic2014
The Last Vote: The Threats to Western Democracy by Philip CogganPolemic2014
The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-war Immigration by David GoodhartPolemic2014
What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow On Trees by Tony JuniperPolemic2014
Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality by Jonathan AitkenPolitical Biography2014
A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine: The Last Diaries by Tony BennPolitical Biography2014
Disraeli: or, The Two Lives by Douglas HurdPolitical Biography2014
Edmund Burke: The First Conservative by Jesse NormanPolitical Biography2014
Strictly Ann: The Autobiography by Ann WiddecombePolitical Biography2014
Perilous Question: Reform or Revolution? Britain on the Brink, 1832 by Antonia FraserPolitical Book2014
This Boy by Alan JohnsonPolitical Book2014
Power Trip: A Decade of Policy, Plots and Spin by Damian McBridePolitical Book2014
Empire of the Deep: The Rise and Fall of the British Navy by Ben WilsonPolitical Book2014
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala YousafzaiPolitical Book2014
My Name Is... by Alastair CampbellPolitical Fiction Book2014
A Ghost at the Door by Michael DobbsPolitical Fiction Book2014
The Kill List by Frederick ForsythPolitical Fiction Book2014
The Queen of Four Kingdoms by HRH Princess Michael of KentPolitical Fiction Book2014
The Wall by William SutcliffePolitical Fiction Book2014
Churchill's First War: Young Winston at War with the Afghans by Con CoughlinPolitical History2014
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max HastingsPolitical History2014
High Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain by Simon HefferPolitical History2014
Great Britain's Great War by Jeremy PaxmanPolitical History2014
When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington by Peter SnowPolitical History2014
Britty Britty Bang Bang: One Man's Attempt to Understand His Country by Hugh DennisPolitical Humour and Satire2014
Private Eye Annual 2013 by Ian HislopPolitical Humour and Satire2014
Romps, Tots and Boffins: The Strange Language of News by Robert HuttonPolitical Humour and Satire2014
The Prime Minister's Ironing Board and Other State Secrets: True Stories from the Government Archives by Adam MacqueenPolitical Humour and Satire2014
5 Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond by Andrew AdonisPractical Politics2014
In It Together: The Inside Story of the Coalition Government by Matthew D'AnconaPractical Politics2014
Democracy Ltd: How Money and Donations Have Corrupted British Politics by Bobby FriedmanPractical Politics2014
Trading Secrets: Spies and Intelligence in an Age of Terror by Mark HubandPractical Politics2014
The contemporary House of Lords : Westminster bicameralism revived by Meg RussellPractical Politics2014
Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice by Mary RobinsonDebut2013
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by Daron AcemogluPolitical book of the year2013
Education, Education, Education: Reforming England's Schools by Andrew AdonisPolitical book of the year2013
The Alastair Campbell diaries. countdown to Iraq / Vol. 4, The burden of power by Alastair CampbellPolitical book of the year2013
Ever the Diplomat: Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin by Sherard Cowper-ColesPolitical book of the year2013
Politics of Coalition: How the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Government Works by Robert HazellPolitical book of the year2013
A History of the World by Andrew MarrPolitical book of the year2013
Live From Downing Street: The Inside Story of Politics, Power and the Media by Nick RobinsonPolitical book of the year2013
Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor by Adrian FortBiography2012
Robert Oppenheimer: Inside the Centre by Ray MonkBiography2012
A Kick Against The Pricks: The Autobiography by David NorrisBiography2012
Last Man Standing: Memoirs of a Political Survivor by Jack StrawBiography2012
Events, Dear Boy, Events: A Political Diary of Britain 1921-2010 by RUTH WINSTONEBiography2012
Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power: A Memoir by Wael GhonimDebut2012
Half a Wife: The Working Family's Guide to Getting a Life Back by Gaby HinsliffDebut2012
The Young Atheist's Handbook: Lessons for Living a Good Life Without God by Alom ShahaDebut2012
Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of Britain's Far Right by Daniel TrillingDebut2012
No Worse Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan by Ben AndersonInternational Affairs2012
On the Front Line: The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin by Marie ColvinInternational Affairs2012
Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There, and Where It Is Heading by Jonathan FenbyInternational Affairs2012
Gang of One by Gary MulgrewInternational Affairs2012
Is China buying the world? by Peter NolanInternational Affairs2012
Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State by David PatrikarakosInternational Affairs2012
Mullahs Without Mercy: Human Rights and Nuclear Weapons by Geoffrey RobertsonInternational Affairs2012
The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia by Angus RoxburghInternational Affairs2012
Britain for Sale by Alex BrummerPolemic2012
The End of Politics: And the Birth of IDemocracy by Douglas CarswellPolemic2012
Defending politics : why democracy matters in the twenty-first century by Matthew V. FlindersPolemic2012
The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters by Mark HendersonPolemic2012
Arguing for Independence: Evidence, Risk and the Wicked Issues (Viewpoints) by Stephen MaxwellPolemic2012
The New Few: Or a Very British Oligarchy by Ferdinand MountPolemic2012
Drugs Without the Hot Air by David NuttPolemic2012
Pawn's Gambit by Harry ArmstrongPolitical Fiction2012
A Sentimental Traitor by Michael DobbsPolitical Fiction2012
The Geneva Trap by Stella RimingtonPolitical Fiction2012
Skagboys by Irvine WelshPolitical Fiction2012
Real Britannia: A Partial, Proud History of the Glory and the Spin by Colin BrownPolitical History2012
The Liberal Unionist Party: A History (International Library of Political Studies) by Ian CawoodPolitical History2012
The Road Not Taken: Revolutionary Moments in British History by Frank McLynnPolitical History2012
House of Fun: 20 Glorious Years in Parliament by Simon HoggartPolitical Humour/Satire2012
The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase: Stories from the Diplomatic Bag by Matthew ParrisPolitical Humour/Satire2012
Ban This Filth!: Letters From the Mary Whitehouse Archive by Ben ThompsonPolitical Humour/Satire2012

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