The Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 Shortlist

Founded as a riposte to 1991’s all-male Booker Prize shortlist, since 1996 the Women’s Prize for Fiction has underpinned a renaissance in literary fiction written by women. The sheer standard of former winners (including Zadie Smith, Madeline Miller, Ali Smith and the much-missed Andrea Levy) has ensured the Prize’s continued standing as one of the country’s elite literary awards.

This year’s shortlist showcases once again the incredible diversity of women’s fiction writing in English, ranging from a searing study of love and community in Troubles-era Northern Ireland to a kinetic evocation of the Black British experience through the power of music. The winner will be crowned on Wednesday 14 June.

The 2023 Shortlist

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Incantatory and immersive, Crooks’ triumphant debut is an expansive story about love, freedom, raving and the impact of police violence on Black communities, told with immense musicality and emotional honesty.
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A blistering account of encroaching violence and fractured loyalties in 1970's Belfast, Trespasses follows schoolteacher Cushla as she attempts to stay true to herself as her community crumbles around her.
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Reimagining Dickens' David Copperfield for the modern age, the bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible spins an utterly immersive bildungsroman rich in characterisation and grand narrative set pieces.
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Exploring the Siege of Sarajevo through the lens of one woman’s experience, Morris’ haunting novel about a painter and teacher who refuses to flee combines the traumatic realities of war with hope, resilience and solace in art.
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O'Farrell paints as evocative a picture of Renaissance Italy as she did Shakespearean England in the former Waterstones Book of the Year Hamnet, as Cosimo de' Medici's third daughter learns to navigate an opaque Florentine court and an enigmatic new husband.
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Brimming with timely commentary on the current ecological crisis as well as timeless questions about belonging and sacrifice, Pod is the stunningly original, propulsive tale of a troubled dolphin's terrifying quest, from the bestselling author of The Bees.
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The 2023 Longlist

Glory
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Homesick
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Fire Rush
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Children of Paradise
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Stone Blind
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Trespasses
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Demon Copperhead
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Cursed Bread
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The Dog of the North
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Black Butterflies
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The Marriage Portrait
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I'm a Fan
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Pod
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Wandering Souls
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The Bandit Queens
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Memphis
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Previous Winners

The Book of Form and Emptiness
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Piranesi
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Hamnet
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An American Marriage
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Home Fire
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The Power
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The Glorious Heresies
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How to be Both
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A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
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May We Be Forgiven
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The Song of Achilles
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The Tiger's Wife
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The Lacuna
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Home
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The Road Home
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Half of a Yellow Sun
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On Beauty
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We Need To Talk About Kevin
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Women's Prize for Fiction 25 Years Anniversary
Women's Prize for Fiction 25 Years Anniversary
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