Women Prize for Fiction longlist 2026

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This is a list that will probably resonate with many in this group because I know most have likely read something from this list.

Revealing the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist - Women's Prize : Women's Prize

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Iā€™ve read half this list and I think the one I might read next is Paradiso 17 which comes out in a couple of weeks.

Which ones have you read? Will you pick up others now?

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Thanks for linking the list, Anne. Iā€™ve read two or three and will search for other titles.

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Thanks, Anne! More books for my TBR!

Iā€™ve read:

The Correspondent
Heart the Lover
A Guardian and a Thief
Wild Dark Shore

ā€¦ and there wasnā€™t a clunker in the bunch! Any of them deserves to win.

I own but havenā€™t read yet:

Flashlight
Audition

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Iā€™ve read mostly the same as you @kim.kovacs Have not read Majumdar. Conversely Iā€™ve read Dominion and Audition.

I agree, they are all worthy. I didnā€™t care for Flashlight until I got to the very end.

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Iā€™ve read four of them and have a few others in the stack! The Correspondent (my #2 book of 2025), Heart the Lover, Audition, and Wild Dark Shore (also one of my 2025 favs)

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Thatā€™s a great start on this list @Evonne_Benedict Depending on the outcome of the shortlist I might be inclined to read more of them.

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Iā€™ve read half as well. Iā€™ve added the remainder to my TBR!!

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I didnā€™t care for Flashlight at all*-and I thought I would never get to the very end.*

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I completely understand your feelings @Leslie_R The end was a long time coming and a slog to get there. I did appreciate what we got at the end though.

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Iā€™m excited for the Correspondent, having seen her last year! And also wild, dark shore, the only two Iā€™ve read!

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I loved Wild Dark Shore although I donā€™t think it is my favorite by her. That honor goes to Once There Were Wolves.

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Iā€™ve only read ā€˜The Correspondentā€™ so have lots to catch up on here! Loved ā€˜The Correspondentā€™.

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I hope you find some others just as special as The Correspondent.

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I my humble opinion anything Charlotte McConaghy writes rates right up there on my list of favorite writers. Was first introduced to her talent when Book Browse sent me ā€œImmigrationsā€ one of her first books. Terrific read and I have been hooked on her since.

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I started with *Migrations (*I think this is what you meant) also. In some ways it is still my favorite. It seems not all that many people have read it. Iā€™m so glad you called it out.

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The 2026 Womenā€™s Prize for Fiction shortlist has been announced. Here they are:

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Thanks, @Anne_Glasgow!