Prisoners of Geography

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
First edition
AuthorTim Marshall
Original titlePrisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeopolitics
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherElliott & Thompson (UK)
Scribner (US)
Publication date
2015
ISBN978-1-78396-243-3
Followed byThe Power of Geography 

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics is a 2015 non-fiction book about geopolitics by the British author and journalist Tim Marshall.

The author has also released a children's illustrated version of this book in 2019, Prisoners of Geography - Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps, nominated for Waterstones Book of the Year. The Power of Geography, a sequel, was released in 2021. In 2025, a revised 10-year anniversary edition was released, updating the book's coverage to include geopolitical developments up to and through that year.