Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists)

Women's Prize Trust, 1996-. A prize list. See the original list · Winners ranked by the lists

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Cover of A Child's Book of True Crime

A Child's Book of True Crime

Chloe Hooper, 2002

On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

Xiaolu Guo, 2007

On 1 of the 16 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of A Gate at the Stairs

A Gate at the Stairs

Lorrie Moore, 2009

On 1 of the 15 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Marina Lewycka, 2005

On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of A Thousand Ships

A Thousand Ships

Natalie Haynes, 2019

On 1 of the 15 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Accordion Crimes

Accordion Crimes

Annie Proulx, 1996

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Amy and Isabelle

Amy and Isabelle

Elizabeth Strout, 1998

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Black Butterflies

Black Butterflies

Priscilla Morris, 2022

On 1 of the 15 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Black Water Rising

Black Water Rising

Attica Locke, 2009

On 1 of the 20 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Rebecca Wells, 2000

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Eveless Eden

Eveless Eden

Marianne Wiggins, 1995

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living

Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living

Carrie Tiffany, 2005

On 1 of the 15 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Fundamentally

Fundamentally

Nussaibah Younis, 2025

On 1 of the 13 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Grace Williams Says it Loud

Grace Williams Says it Loud

Emma Henderson, 2010

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

Cherie Jones, 2021

On 1 of the 16 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of I Was Amelia Earhart

I Was Amelia Earhart

Jane Mendelsohn, 1996

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of If I Told You Once

If I Told You Once

Judy Budnitz, 1999

On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Lives of the Monster Dogs

Lives of the Monster Dogs

Kirsten Bakis, 1997

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Love Like Hate Adore

Love Like Hate Adore

Deirdre Purcell, 1997

On 1 of the 23 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Lullabies for Little Criminals

Lullabies for Little Criminals

Heather O'Neill, 2006

On 1 of the 14 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Molly Fox's Birthday

Molly Fox's Birthday

Deirdre Madden, 2008

On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of One by One in the Darkness

One by One in the Darkness

Deirdre Madden, 1996

On 1 of the 21 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Painter of Silence

Painter of Silence

Georgina Harding, 2012

On 1 of the 20 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Restless Dolly Maunder

Restless Dolly Maunder

Kate Grenville, 2023

On 1 of the 11 lists it was eligible for

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River East, River West

Aube Rey Lescure, 2024

On 1 of the 14 lists it was eligible for

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Soldier Sailor

Claire Kilroy, 2023

On 1 of the 14 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Stay With Me

Stay With Me

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, 2017

On 1 of the 14 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Tell Me Everything

Tell Me Everything

Elizabeth Strout, 2024

On 1 of the 12 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Book of Colour

The Book of Colour

Julia Blackburn, 1996

On 1 of the 21 lists it was eligible for

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The Bread the Devil Knead

Lisa Allen-Agostini, 2021

On 1 of the 16 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Dancers Dancing

The Dancers Dancing

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, 1999

On 1 of the 22 lists it was eligible for

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The Dark Circle

Linda Grant, 2016

On 1 of the 16 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Forgotten Waltz

The Forgotten Waltz

Anne Enright, 2011

On 1 of the 16 lists it was eligible for

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The Hundred Secret Senses

Amy Tan, 1995

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Improbability of Love

The Improbability of Love

Hannah Rothschild, 2001

On 1 of the 22 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Invention of Everything Else

The Invention of Everything Else

Samantha Hunt, 2008

On 1 of the 15 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Leper's Companions

The Leper's Companions

Julia Blackburn, 1999

On 1 of the 20 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Magician's Assistant

The Magician's Assistant

Ann Patchett, 1997

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Mammoth Cheese

The Mammoth Cheese

Sheri Holman, 2002

On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for

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The Mercy Step

Marcia Hutchinson, 2026

On 1 of the 12 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

Imogen Hermes Gowar, 2018

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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The Persians

Sanam Mahloudji, 2025

On 1 of the 11 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Portable Veblen

The Portable Veblen

Elizabeth McKenzie, 2016

On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Short History of a Prince

The Short History of a Prince

Jane Hamilton, 1998

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Ventriloquist's Tale

The Ventriloquist's Tale

Pauline Melville, 1997

On 1 of the 21 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Very Thought of You

The Very Thought of You

Rosie Alison, 2009

On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Weight of Water

The Weight of Water

Anita Shreve, 1997

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The White Woman on the Green Bicycle

The White Woman on the Green Bicycle

Monique Roffey, 2009

On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Wilderness

The Wilderness

Samantha Harvey, 1998

On 1 of the 21 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of The Wren, The Wren

The Wren, The Wren

Anne Enright, 2023

On 1 of the 12 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Transcendent Kingdom

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi, 2020

On 1 of the 14 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Visible Worlds

Visible Worlds

Marilyn Bowering, 1997

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife

When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife

Meena Kandasamy, 2017

On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of When We Were Bad

When We Were Bad

Charlotte Mendelson, 2007

On 1 of the 16 lists it was eligible for

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Cover of Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Maria Semple, 2012

On 1 of the 15 lists it was eligible for

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The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024)13
Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 1971-2021)16
The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019)12
Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1969-)25
British Book Awards: Fiction Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (The Bookseller, 1990-)9