The Women’s Prize for Fiction is one of the most successful, influential and popular literary prizes in the world, championing and amplifying women’s voices and nurturing a global community of readers. Every year, a panel of five women, all passionate readers and at the top of their respective professions, choose the winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
Winner
A 16-year-old Sri Lankan woman, Sashi, is hoping to become a doctor but instead watches her four beloved brothers get caught up in violent political ideologies that result in a devastating civil war.
Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville
Shortlist
Searching for love and independence, Dolly Maunder works her way through a world of limits and obstacles to make a life she could call her own no mater what the cost.
River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
Shortlist
Set against the backdrop of developing modern China, a new novel is a coming-of-age tale, part family and social drama, as it follows two generations searching for belonging and opportunity in a rapidly changing world.
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
Shortlist
Spending her days in baby groups, playgrounds and supermarkets, Soldier doesn’t know who she is anymore until a chance encounter with a former colleague feels like a lifeline to the person she used to be but can hardly remember.
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Shortlist
A stage actress returns to Palestine to visit her older sister and becomes unwittingly involved with a local group who wants to put on a production of Hamlet in the West Bank using all Palestinian actors.
The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
Shortlist
Centering around celebrated Irish poet Phil McDaragh, who was lauded in public but was carelessly selfish at home, three generations of McDaragh women must contend with inheritances—poetic wonder, abandonment and a sustaining love—in this intricately woven tapestry of longing, betrayal and hope.
