2024 Women’s Prize Shortlist

The six-title shortlist has been announced for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and includes V.V. Ganeshananthan’s Brotherless Night (Random House).

“The Women’s Prize Trust’s mission is to change the world through books by women, opening up pathways into reading and writing for the storytellers and booklovers of tomorrow.”

The winner will be announced on June 13, 2024, and will receive £30,000 and a bronze “Bessie” trophy. The 2024 judges are Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Monica Ali (Chair), Laura Dockrill, Indira Varma, and Anna Whitehouse.

Previous winners of genre interest include Ruth Ozeki’s The Book of Form & Emptiness, Susanna Clark’s Piranesi, Naomi Alderman’s The Power, and more.

For more information, including the complete shortlist, see their official website.


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