Women’s Prize for Non-fiction Longlist 2024

In which ‪@SavidgeReads‬ and I muse over our reaction to the Women’s Prize for Non-fiction Longlist 2024.
#booktube #womenempowerment #nonfiction #booklover #readingrecommendations #reading #bestbooks
Books discussed:
The Britannias by Alice Albinia
Vulture Capitalism by Grace Blakeley
Eve by Cat Bohannon
Intervals by Marianne Brooker
Young Queens by Leah Redmond Chang
Shadows at Noon by Joya Chatterji
Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista
Wifedom by Anna Funder
Matrescence by Lucy Jones
Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
All That She Carried by Tiya Miles
Code Dependent by Madhumita Murgia
The Dictionary People by Sarah Ogilvie
How To Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

[@TKTalksBooks]

I love you two together SO MUCH! What a hoot! I laugh and laugh!!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

So lovely to know that we can generate laughter 🤭 💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚

[@allisonryder4781]

That was so much fun! I loved all the “oooohs” when you pulled each book out! That end was brilliant!! “Can’t get the staff” bhahahaaaa😂😂😂

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Glad you enjoyed it! What a list! 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@Penny-ws4mz]

The new Women's prize for non-fiction and Savidge in stereo, what a treat 🎉

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚💜💜💜

[@Phillybookfairy]

I’m excited and agree with your mom there’s so much variety on that list!!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

There really is. Very noticeable once you start to read your way through it 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚💜💜💜

[@carolynmonahan2488]

I agree that the two of you together are pure sunshine!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Thank you 😊 ☀️

[@PattiReadsALot]

Individually you two make me want to read everything, and it feels supercharged now that you’re together ❤Absolutely wonderful video, I’m definitely excited to read some of these!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Go for it! 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@maartjedegroot9598]

The goldfinch is my favourite painting. Fabricius was a master and Delft is such a wonderful small city.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

The book looks stunning 🤩

[@miriamtraynor936]

Your excitement is infectious!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@beckydoherty6276]

Just started the Dictionary People and I'm loving it!!!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Excellent 👌

[@marjoriedybec3450]

Dictionary People and Thunderclap. Yippee. Also intrigued about Young Queens.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Yes, just the sort of book I needed in my late teens when my obsession with reading about those women in history was at its peak 😊🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@Phillybookfairy]

Oooh I have that e-arc and that cover is so gorgeous I will have to get the hard copy one of these days!

[@Phillybookfairy]

Meaning … Eve

[@Phillybookfairy]

Love when the sun shines and brightens up the room it was making you both glow! I’m so excited by this non fiction list!!

[@RovingReader]

I don’t usually read literary lists but I’m so excited for a nonfiction one! I would 100% try to read all these!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

That’s brilliant 🤩 Do let us know how you get on 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@RovingReader]

@@louisesavidgemuses4135 Will do! I’m going on a reading holiday this weekend so will bring Doppelgänger with me, the only one I currently own, but… I also have loads of other good books packed like the ghost book you loved for Jan. 🎉 Plus, I visit this town entirely for its bookshop and I have a gift card so I could pick up Eve and a couple others ❤ Have a wonderful weekend 🤗

[@hellobookworm]

I tend to favor fiction, too, but am so excited for this non-fiction longlist. Which book are you picking up first? (I'm starting with How to Say Babylon)

[@cecilialau_]

A Flat Place, Britannias and Some People Need Killing would be the ones I would head to first, I reckon. But for sure some very interesting ones in the mix! Looking forward to your reviews and updates, Louise ☺️ It was honestly so exciting to watch how excited you were about the surprises hidden in the box - understandably so! 😁💚 Really hope you’ll enjoy them and have such a fun time discovering and exploring 🤩 Always a fun time when you two are together!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

I’ve still got a big grin on my face every time I look at that stunning pile of books! 💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚

[@spexi513]

IM SO EXCITED!!! 2 of my favorite things - the booktuber duo that is y’all & the women’s prize !!!! Anddddd a new WP for nonfiction !

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Isn’t it joyous to have something new and important to be excited about! 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@MilenaReads]

I had no idea what to expect from this list, it’s intimidating! Hoping to read the short list.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Strangely, it’s much less intimidating than I thought it might be 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚💜💜💜

[@tee.bowi3]

I just LOVE your dynamic 😍😍😍 Louise, you are such an amazing mother, what great vibes and chat. This list is very exciting. I'm looking forward to reading Dictionary People.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Thank you so much!! 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@mradcaqbdb]

All That She Carried garnered great acclaim on my side of the pond over the last year/year and a half. That is the one that immediately jumps out to me and one I’ve wanted to read in the past. I, unlike Simon, positively adored Laura Cumming’s last book, On Chapel Sands. It was my #1 book, fiction or non-fiction a couple years ago. So while I’m a bit hesitant on the topic, I think I will probably pick up this one because I like her writing and it looks gorgeous. Some People Need Killing is also a possibility. In general, the memoirs are pulling me more than the other books, but absolute hurrah! to have another prize for women!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Interesting what you say about Cummings. I’ve not read anything of hers so will come to it blind. I’m loving the reading so far and am thrilled by the whole concept. Happy non-fiction Reading! 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@RovingReader]

Simon, I love your sleeve! ❤

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

👍

[@hellobookworm]

As always, it's a delight to see you both chat books. The non-fiction longlist is so enticing. I'm already listening to the audiobook of Eve and will soon be reading How to Say Babylon. 🥰

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Fabulous! How are you getting on with Eve? 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@hellobookworm]

@@louisesavidgemuses4135 It's marvelous! I'm only a few hours in and I've already learned so much about the female body.

[@cathyi3805]

Love watching you both! I just started Wifedom- I'm really enjoying it! I'm excited about the variety of topics on the list. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. ☺

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Glad you’re enjoying Wifedom. Never fear, I’ll be reporting back soon 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@hellobookworm]

I'm finding myself drawn to Wifedom, too, though I'm going to start with How to Say Babylon. 📚👀

[@higgsbosonblues]

I've been wanting to read 'Eve' for a while!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Looks great 👍 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@hellobookworm]

I'm currently listening to the audiobook and learning so much. It's packed full of information about women's bodies that I've never head before. Hope you enjoy it!

[@tanyam6197]

This was so fun. A great list. A couple of Australian authors as well. 😊

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@Novaturient_Liv]

This is such fun! Cannot wait to hear what's the best of these.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

All I can say is that I’ve got off to a flying start 😀🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@normanorourke3244]

Love watching your videos especially the prize ones gives me ideas I would not have considered

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Glad you like them! 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@MJ-in-Canada]

I’ve got my name on the library waiting list for “Thunderclap” but now I’m seeing more temptations. Louise, I’m still laughing over the fact that Simon was trying to photograph your contractions.🤣

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

You should have seen his reaction when my waters broke 😂😂😂

[@MJ-in-Canada]

🤣🤣🤣@@louisesavidgemuses4135

[@cmleidi]

Thank you for the wonderful video. I'm so excited for the nonfiction longlist, but I don't know how I'm going to make it through both women's prize longlists and the international booker longlist coming next month.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

There’s a lot going on in the book world right now! Would feel like overkill if you could have such a thing where books are concerned 😂💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚

[@hellobookworm]

I'm with you on this. I'm a bit overwhelmed by the sudden onslaught of so many enticing reads. But don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. 📚🥰

[@cindyhaiken5644]

Ah, this was just what I needed after an endless work day (interrupted by the longlist reveal). What an interesting and varied longlist! I think I’ve read 5-6 already (Thunderclap was special). Quite interested in Wifedom, The Britannias, Intervals, A Flat Place and Young Queens. So maybe those first and then we’ll see what the shortlist brings? Thanks so much for sharing your reactions! Such fun!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Wish I was ahead with the game like you are! I haven’t read any of the yet 🫢 Would love to know which you have appreciated most of the ones you’ve read so far 😊🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@cindyhaiken5644]

@@louisesavidgemuses4135 I have read All That She Carries, The Dictionary People, Doppelgänger, Eve, How to Say Babylon and Thunderclap. They were all good, although I will say that Thunderclap was easily my favorite of the six and one of my favorite reads of 2023.

[@fozzymup268]

This was great, Louise and Simon. I've read The Vanishing Man by Laura Cumming, and really loved it. So I'm looking forward to Thunderclap. But the long list is very interesting. I'll be looking out for your thoughts about them in future videos! Best Wishes 💕

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Happy non-fiction reading 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

this was SO much fun!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

And for us too 😂😂😂💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚

[@YourTrueShelf]

This was so so good! I already knew the list before watching, so what was really lovely was seeing the books, how they look, the size, the covers etc. I'm so excited!! I have about 6 I want to prioritise and I have quite a lot of audible credits, so will start listening to the list ASAP. Really looking forward to seeing your updates as you go. What will we do when the fiction list comes out! 🤪

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Goodness only knows how we’ll juggle the fiction list… but I’m going to give it a whirl 😊🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚💜💜💜

[@janebowell3985]

I loved your video thank you so much it was just like Christmas. “All that she carried “- brilliant! A couple more I’m interested in.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

It felt like Christmas 🎄 💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚

[@hellobookworm]

Which of the other nominated books do you think you'll pick up? I'm currently listening to the audiobook of Eve and finding it so fascinating.

[@taymosa]

I absolutely loved this! It was a joy to watch❤

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@annie-mz9956]

Great reveal! Thank you❤

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Thanks for watching! 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@juditkovacs1205]

20:30 the book you are thinking of is How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones. I haven't read it but it sounds like that's what you were thinking of.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

That’s exactly it! Thank you! 🥰💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚

[@karenmoore4430]

Definitely going to read Wifedom after reading 1984 and Julia this year already. Think I might also try All that she Carried and Young Queens.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Hope you enjoy 😊 💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚

[@janepeacock3704]

THANXX BOTH 🤗 📚 I’ve treated myself to an ‘already read’ copy of ‘All That She Carried’ (looks new & as you said the cover is beautiful 🙂). Plus, I’ve requested via the library ‘Thunderclap’ 🖼️ & ‘Young Queens’ 👑 (No more for now!!) TC bye 😘

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Please let us know how you get on with them 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚💜💜💜

[@janepeacock3704]

Will do 🤓👍 📖 x

[@kathleenwalsh3556]

Hi L and S a joy to listen to too. Re the dictionary book: Simon Winchester's intriguing Surgeon of Crowthorne is also about the creation of dictionary. As for Naomi Klein , she's been interviewed here in NZ lately and talked about being confused wth Naomi Wolf (the feminist and conspiracy theorist) and has consequently received a torrent of abuse.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Lordy! And it continues! It’s tough out there in the ether for authors and journalists who stick their necks out 😒🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@clairebanks1903]

Thanks so much to you both for that So relaxing to watch you unbox the books I have been looking forward to seeing the long list I love the women’s prize and to add non fiction is a joy Pleased to see Dictionary People on there and quite a few to be tempted by Looking forward to finding out what your thoughts are as you start your reading adventure Enjoy

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Glad you enjoyed it! Am hoping to report back very soon 😊🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@barbaraschmitt85]

I put reservations on a few (Doppelganger and how to say babylon before the announcement) and tagged a few others on libby so I don't run out of holds but also don't forget Most interested in vulture capitalism, code dependent and The Britannias but some others also sound great but my big focus will probably be the short list since I have almost 3 months to read that compared to the 6 weeks to March 27.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Looks like you have set yourself up beautifully to dive into the Longlist 😊🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@hellobookworm]

I'm curious about Code Dependent too, but the US edition isn't out until June. 😭 I'm keen on the US cover so I think I'll wait to get that one.

[@joondk]

Re: Doppelgänger. Naomi Klein (environmentalist, left wing) is often mistaken for Naomi Wolf (newly right wing, also an author).

[@jorjastonej]

So. Much. Fun.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

👍🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@LouiseReader]

I'm so excited about this new prize and the long list. Loved seeing your excitement with each book too. I have a couple of these in my physical TBR already - Eve, Wifedom. I had just got How to Say Babylon on audio from my library! Is there anything better than Carribean accents on audiobooks? I really don't think so. I've got an hour to go in my current audiobook and then it's up next, should be able to start it later on today I hope. I've just borrowed All That She Carried on audio, and A Flat Place as an ebook. Of the books I haven't heard of before, a few are very interesting for me, Intervals isn't out in Australia til May...

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Looks like you’ve really got stuck in! Brilliant 🤩 You’ll be giving me a run for my money 😂😂🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@krisprepolec5616]

As a Canadian, as soon as I heard a flat place I thought “oh, a book about Saskatchewan “. 😂

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

😂😂😂 Brilliant 🤩

[@MJ-in-Canada]

🤣

[@janee166]

You’ll love Anna Funders book❤

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

👍👍👍

[@WestAussieDiamondArtReads]

There were three books that I'm interested in from this list. One I have already reserved from my library.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Ooo! Which are they? 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@WestAussieDiamondArtReads]

@@louisesavidgemuses4135 They are: 1. Eve; 2. Matrescence; 3. The Dictionary People. This last one is the one I have reserved from my library.

[@hellobookworm]

@@WestAussieDiamondArtReads I've been listening to the audiobook of Eve and am continually fascinated by what the book has to offer. I hope you enjoy it!

[@Phillybookfairy]

Yes that goldfinch! And have your mom read The Goldfinch!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

I haven’t read it yet - this might be the prompt I need 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚💜💜💜

[@Phillybookfairy]

@@louisesavidgemuses4135 hi Louise! Love your channel! It was for me, an epic story - part coming of age - part art intrigue and it did bring me to tears at one point but it was because of the way she wrote about the art. Ahh I think I should revisit it myself! Hopefully you’ll pick it up; I’d love to hear your thoughts on it. ❤️

[@Phillybookfairy]

Definitely want to read this about the Oxford Dictionary I believe there was a fiction book about the making of the dictionary I forget the name of it.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Ooo! 🤔 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚💜💜💜

[@Phillybookfairy]

@@louisesavidgemuses4135 it’s The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the making of the English Oxford Dictionary. I have it but haven’t read it yet now I’m thinking it may also be non fiction but a great companion read to the other, much shorter & written by a man…

[@hellobookworm]

@@Phillybookfairy I listened to the audiobook of The Professor and the Madman and enjoyed it immensely. I hope you get a chance to read it. 📚👀

[@Phillybookfairy]

I’d like to read them both back to back when I have the time probably next year lol

[@hellobookworm]

@@Phillybookfairy Oh, that would be really fun. I hope the chance to do it!

[@DebMcDonald]

Louise! Your face looked like a child at Christmas. You were digging into that box like a grizzly bear 🐻 ❤

[@MJ-in-Canada]

A grizzly bear with scissors!✂

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

I was 😂😂😂💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

😂😂😂

[@angelawebb7676]

“Can’t get the staff” 😂😂😂

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

Now that you’re retired Louise, how do feel about writing a book? I’m imagining you writing a fiction book inspired by Greek myth.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

I do have plans… but not for a classical story… 😊🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜📚📚📚