Samuel Johnson Prize Longlist 2009

1. 1. ? Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed Drag me to re-order

2. 2. Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare. by Jonathan Bate by Jonathan Bate Drag me to re-order

3. 3. ? Pompeii by Mary Beard Drag me to re-order

4. 4. ? A Fork in the Road by Andre Brink Drag me to re-order

5. 5. ? The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain De Botton Drag me to re-order

6. 6. Science: A Four Thousand Year History by Patricia Fara Drag me to re-order

7. 7. ? Bad Science by Ben Goldacre Drag me to re-order

8. 8. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann Drag me to re-order

9. 9. ? Leviathan by Philip Hoare Drag me to re-order

10. 10. The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes Drag me to re-order

11. 11. A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and Their Remarkable Families by Michael Holroyd Drag me to re-order

12. 12. ? Darwin's Island by Steve Jones Drag me to re-order

13. 13. ? Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality by Manjit Kumar Drag me to re-order

14. 14. ? The Man Who Invented History by Julian Marozzi Drag me to re-order

15. 15. Hester: the Remarkable Life of Dr. Johnson's 'dear Mistress' by Ian Mcintyre Drag me to re-order

16. 16. A Book of Silence by Sara Maitland Drag me to re-order

17. 17. ? Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History by Adam Nicolson Drag me to re-order

18. 18. ? The Wisdom of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani Drag me to re-order

19. 19. The House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War by Alexander Waugh Drag me to re-order