Book Prize 2026 shortlist
The selection committee for the prize has agreed to the following shortlist from an impressive and diverse pool of scholarship produced in the years 2024-25 on the history/politics/society/economy/culture either of Pakistan within its present borders or of the communities of South Asia broadly relevant to Pakistan. The committee considered the extent to which the books make an original contribution to scholarly understanding of the lives and experiences of the people of Pakistan or South Asia.
- Omer Aijazi.Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir. The University of Pennsylvania Press 2024.
- Ilyas Chattha. Citizens to Traitors: Bengali Internment in Pakistan, 1971–1974. Cambridge University Press 2025.
- Fauzia Husain. The Stigma Matrix: Gender, Globalization, and the Agency of Pakistan’s Frontline Women. Stanford University Press 2024.
- Arsalan Khan. The Promise of Piety: Islam and the Politics of Moral Order in Pakistan. Cornell University Press 2024.
- Tahir Naqvi. Questioning Migrants: Ethnic Nationalism at the Limits of Pakistan. Cambridge University Press 2024.
The Bloomsbury Book prize winner 2024-25 will be announced on the 14th of August 2026.
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