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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I’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. I’ve read two or three and will search for other titles.

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Thanks, Anne! More books for my TBR!

I’ve read:

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

… and there wasn’t a clunker in the bunch! Any of them deserves to win.

I own but haven’t read yet:

Flashlight
Audition

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I’ve read mostly the same as you @kim.kovacs Have not read Majumdar. Conversely I’ve read Dominion and Audition.

I agree, they are all worthy. I didn’t care for Flashlight until I got to the very end.

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I’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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That’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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I’ve read half as well. I’ve added the remainder to my TBR!!

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I didn’t care for Flashlight at all*-and I thought I would never get to the very end.*