Previous prize years

Information about previous years' Wellcome Trust Book Prizes, including the winners, shortlists and who was on the judging panels.

2012

Winner
'Circulation' - a biography of William Harvey set in the beating heart of late Renaissance London - by Thomas Wright won the fourth Wellcome Trust Book Prize.

Shortlist
Find out about the six shortlisted books.

Judges
The 2012 judging panel was chaired by Mark Lawson.

2011

Winner
'Turn of Mind' - a tale of a family's secrets exposed by murder and a brilliant mind in terminal decline - by Alice LaPlante won the third Wellcome Trust Book Prize.

Shortlist
Find out about the six shortlisted books.

Judges
The 2011 judging panel was chaired by Vivienne Parry.

2010

Winner
'Turn of Mind' - a tale of a family's secrets exposed by murder and a brilliant mind in terminal decline - by Alice LaPlante won the third Wellcome Trust Book Prize.

Shortlist
Find out about the six shortlisted books.

Judges
The 2011 judging panel was chaired by Vivienne Parry.

2009

Winner
'Keeper: Living with Nancy - a journey into Alzheimer's' by Andrea Gillies won the first Wellcome Trust Book Prize.

Shortlist
Find out about the six shortlisted books.

Judges
The 2009 judging panel was chaired by Jo Brand.