Women's Prize
for Fiction 2024

Discover the stories that have captivated the judges this year

Women's Prize for Fiction 2024

Discover more about this year's prize.

The 2024 shortlist

The Wren, the Wren

'A beautiful, powerful meditation on generational trauma and love. Anne's writing is utterly unparalleled, and I'm so jealous that I did not write this incredible book.' – Laura Dockrill

Brotherless Night

'A powerful book that has the intimacy of memoir, the range and ambition of an epic, and tells a truly unforgettable story about the Sri Lankan civil war.' – Ayọb̀ ámi Adébáyọ̀

Restless Dolly Maunder

'A historical adventure set in Australia. It's about a woman carving her place in the world, and it's very funny.' – Indira Varma

Enter Ghost

'The story of Sonia, a British Palestinian actor, who gets involved in a production of Hamlet on the West Bank. It's a gorgeously written, very nuanced, deeply layered book, and I absolutely loved it.' – Monica Ali

Soldier Sailor

'A full-bodied, remorseless, visceral, deep dive into the maternal mind. It is ultimately a love story between Soldier, the mother, and Sailor, the son.' – Anna Whitehouse

River East, River West

'Set in Shanghai in the mid-2000s. It's a very funny book. It's often heartbreaking, and it's a totally riveting read.' – Monica Ali

The 2024 longlist

Western Lane

'One of those exquisite books in which not one word is wasted. It is beautifully written.' - Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

The Wren, the Wren

'A psychologically astute examination of family dynamics and the nature of memory. Enright’s prose is gorgeous and evocative and scalpel sharp.' – Monica Ali

The Maiden

'A confident historical thriller with deep-dive, hot-blooded characters who you are cheerleading on. Cinematic. Gripping. Tense; A total page-turner. Poetic and captivating. Foster is a painter and The Maiden is a work of art.' - Laura Dockrill

Brotherless Night

'Visceral, historical, emotional. It is 300 pages of must-read prose.' - Anna Whitehouse

Restless Dolly Maunder

'[It] follows the life of Dolly, who really is restless. It begins in the 1880s in rural Australia, and it follows Dolly’s ambitions to live a bigger life than the one she's been given.' - Indira Varma

Enter Ghost

'How can a production of Hamlet in the West Bank resonate with the residents’ existential issues? Enter Ghost is a beautiful, profound meditation on the role of art in our society and our lives.' - Monica Ali

Soldier Sailor

'A beautiful and harrowing novel about what it can feel like to be a first-time mother' - Indira Varma

The Blue, Beautiful World

'Quite literally takes a knife to climate change and opens up what humanity is going to look like in the future.' - Anna Whitehouse

Nightbloom

'Moves like a love story between childhood, female friendship and buried truth; painful, intimate and beautifully written with characters who you care for. A jewel of a book.' - Laura Dockrill

Ordinary Human Failings

''The insightful story of a family and the journalist who is trying to force a grisly murder tale out of them.' - Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

River East, River West

'Set in Shanghai in the 2000s, it's a novel about reinvention. It’s original, it's funny, and it's sometimes heartbreaking as well' - Monica Ali

A Trace of Sun

'A beautiful and heartbreaking story told over the passage of time, exploring what it means to be a woman and mother and what the people in your life expect, want and need from you.' – Laura Dockrill

And Then She Fell

'A deep dive into the shattered mind of a postpartum woman. I loved it' – Anna Whitehouse

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8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster

'An expansive novel that spans a century, obscuring and illuminating the trickster at its heart.' – Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

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Hangman

'Binyam reinvents the novel of return and does so with a mordant wit and a sense of playfulness, that keeps you hooked right until the very end.' – Monica Ali

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In Defence of the Act

'A hilarious, poignant and uplifting essay on the benefits of suicide (or so you would believe).' – Indira Varma

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