This year, the Wellcome Book Prize which “rewards exceptional works of literature that illuminate the many ways that health, medicine and illness touch our lives,” is celebrating its 10th anniversary. This year’s longlist reflects our modern society with prominent themes of gender, identity and mental health.
The list below will later be reduced to a shortlist, which will be announced in March and the overall winner will be awarded in May at the Wellcome Collection.

Word of the Day – Entelechy
February 11, 2025
Word of the Day – Entelechy
Word of the Day - Entelechy (noun) en-tel-ek-ee

The For Reading Addicts Book of the Year 2023
December 28, 2023
The For Reading Addicts Book of the Year 2023
Another year comes to a close, our eleventh running For Reading Addicts, and for the…

Robert Maxwell Biography Among Costa Book Award Winners
January 7, 2022
Robert Maxwell Biography Among Costa Book Award Winners
A biography of Robert Maxwell, father of convicted sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, has won a Costa…

Female winner of 1m Euro literary prize turns out to be three men
November 9, 2021
Female winner of 1m Euro literary prize turns out to be three men
A woman who won a €1 million literary prize has turned out to actually be…

Marcus Rashford Named FutureBook Person of the Year
November 6, 2021
Marcus Rashford Named FutureBook Person of the Year
Marcus Rashford MBE has been named FutureBook Person of the Year, and is the fourth…

2021 Nobel Prize Winner Announced
October 12, 2021
2021 Nobel Prize Winner Announced
The winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in literature has been announced as Abdulrazak Gurnah,…