For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising

“I admire this book for many reasons – chief amongst them its extraordinary bravery. Fatemeh Jamalpour’s reporting from the streets of Iran – written while female protesters were being brutalised and killed all around her – is exactly the kind of courageous, first-hand journalism George Orwell was renowned for. Especially relevant right now, given the ongoing Iranian war, the book lays bare the Islamic Republic’s savage repression of women’s rights and its wider assault on basic freedoms. The dual narrative structure works brilliantly, weaving Jamalpour’s raw, on-the-ground accounts with Nilo Tabrizy’s meticulous, desk-based research whilst exiled from her home country.” Read more...

The Best Politics Books of 2026: The Orwell Prize for Political Writing

The judges of the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing