The Women's Prize for Fiction longlist 2024

The longlist for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced! The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world. The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze figurine known as a ‘Bessie’, created and donated by the artist Grizel Niven. Both are anonymously endowed.

Below are the sixteen longlisted books.


The 2024 shortlist of six novels will be announced on Wednesday 24 April, with the winner to be awarded on Thursday 13 June. Find out more about the prize here.

Cover image for Restless Dolly Maunder

Restless Dolly Maunder

Kate Grenville

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