Today, May 14, 2009, two Doubleday titles were named to the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction Long List: David Grann’s The Lost City of Z and Alexander Waugh’s The House of Wittgenstein.
From a record number of 166 entries, the 19 titles on the longlist range widely in interest and continue the prize’s reputation for highlighting diverse and thought-provoking books. View the complete list at the Prize website.