Justin Marozzi shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025

We are pleased to announce Justin Marozzi's Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World has been shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025!

Captives and Companions was published by Allen Lane in July.

The Baillie Gifford Prize rewards excellence in non-fiction writing, bringing the best in intelligent reflection on the world to new readers. It covers all non-fiction in the areas of current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts.

The shortlist was chosen by this year’s judging panel: Robbie Millen, literary editor of The Times and The Sunday Times (chair); historian and author, Pratinav Anil; journalist and broadcaster, Inaya Folarin Iman; cultural historian, biographer and novelist, and previous winner of the prize, Lucy Hughes-Hallett; deputy culture editor of The Economist, Rachel Lloyd; and author and biographer, Peter Parker.

Their selection was made from over 350 books published between 1 November 2024 and 31 October 2025.

The winner will be announced on the 4th November.