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Women’s Prize for Fiction Winners: Every Winning Novel, Newest First

The Women’s Prize for Fiction is a British literary prize for the best original full-length novel written in English by a woman and published in the UK in the preceding year. The author can be of any nationality. It began as the Orange Prize for Fiction, with the first winner in 1996.

It is a dependable source of readable, well-made novels, many of them about family, history and women’s lives. Each book below has a one-line hook and a plain note on what it gives you.

Best for: Readers who want strong contemporary novels, often with women at the center.

Names
Orange Prize for Fiction, later the Baileys Women’s Prize, and the Women’s Prize for Fiction since 2018.
Prize
£30,000 and a bronze sculpture called the Bessie.
This list
Winners from 1996 to 2026, newest first.
Source
Wikipedia, List of Women’s Prize for Fiction winners

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