W H Smith Book Award - General Knowledge/Factual

2004

• Dude, where's my country? Michael Moore Winner

2003

• Life of mammals David Attenborough Winner
• Forgotten voices of the Great War Max Arthur
• The Victorians A. N. Wilson
• Schott's essential miscellany Ben Schott
• Berlin: The downfall, 1945 Anthony Beevor

2002

• Blue Planet: A natural history of the oceans Andrew Byatt, Alastair Fothergill and Martha Holmes Winner
• The Floating Brothel: the extraordinary true story of the Lady Julian and its cargo of female convicts bound for Botany Bay Sian Rees
• In Harm's way: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors Doug Stanton
• Animal David Burnie
• The Earth from the air Yann Arthus-Bertrand

2001

• History of Britain at the edge of the world? - 3000 BC-AD 1603 Simon Schama Winner
• London: The Biography Peter Ackroyd
• Civilizations Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
• In the heart of the sea: the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick Nathaniel Philbrick