This is quite a nice and eclectic list of nonfiction. We will have to see which of these makes it into the Top 48. I just got a small catalogue from University of Chicago Press that gave me a list of Life Science books they are selling, some of which were published this year. If you were planning to have judges send lists of "books to consider to the final list" for the 2022 prize, some of those may be good selections. I have a list brewing, but would have to see the master list first when the year is new. Thank you for sharing! -Josh
I'm on the fence about continuing the open call for titles. With so many judges now, I got overwhelmed with more than 200 suggestions all at once last year. Of those, I only picked up two or three for the actual voting list and the research time was a huge crunch. So I may be skipping that step and going straight to the voting list in January. Unfortunately, not a lot of university press titles have the awareness and get the attention to get past the initial voting. There have been one or two exceptions, but they are definitely exceptions.
What ever path you need to take is the path worth taking for executing the voting round for the Booktube Prize. When it comes to voting, I think that subject matter has a lot to do with what makes it into the Top 48 and which judges are interested in which subject matter (for instance, in nonfiction, they picks topics of interest). Would you happen to know offhand which university press books have reached the Top 48? I think we are going to have great lists regardless!
