The full short list is:

The Last Man in Russia – and the struggle to save a dying nation by Oliver
Bullough (Penguin)

The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos by Patrick Leigh Fermor
(John Murray)

Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain by Charlotte Higgins (Vintage)

American Smoke by Iain Sinclair (Hamish Hamilton)

Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a cabin in the Middle Taiga by Sylvain
Tesson (Penguin)

O My America! by Sara Wheeler (Vintage)

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