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.
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Winner
In 1961, in Dutch countryside, Isabel lives by routine and discipline until her brother leaves his graceless new girlfriend Eva on her doorstep, and as Eva disrespects her house, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession that gives way to infatuation, leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known.
Persians by Sanam Mahloudji
Shortlist
The Valiat family, splintered by revolution and scattered between Iran and America, navigates clashing identities, generational tensions and cultural dislocation, as a chaotic Aspen vacation sparks a reckoning with their fractured past.
Good Girl by Aria Aber
Shortlist
Nila, a nineteen-year-old German-Afghan, explores art, philosophy and freedom In Berlin’s vibrant underground, but must confront rising racial tensions and her own identity after falling under the influence of a controlling American writer.
All Fours by Miranda July
Shortlist
A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Shortlist
While defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother, town lawyer Bob Burgess falls into a deep and abiding friendship with acclaimed writer, Lucy Barton, and together they meet the iconic Olive Kitteridge and spend afternoons in Olive’s apartment, telling each other stories, which imbues their lives with meaning.
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
Shortlist
When Dr. Nadia Amin accepts a U.N. role in Iraq to lead a controversial deradicalization program, she faces hostile colleagues, systemic corruption, and an unexpected bond with a young refugee who forces her into impossible decisions with unforeseen consequences.
