Fiction by women · UK
The Women's Prize for Fiction
One of the UK's most prestigious prizes, awarded each year to the best full-length novel written in English by a woman of any nationality. Winners from 2000 onward.
Founded in 1996 in response to an all-male Booker shortlist, the prize celebrates fiction by women and has done much to widen the audience for its winners. It was known as the Orange Prize (1996–2012) and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017) before becoming simply the Women's Prize for Fiction.
The list below covers winners from 2000 to 2025; the prize's official site holds the full run back to 1996. Barbara Kingsolver is the only author to have won twice.
Winners
- 2000 When I Lived in Modern Times Linda Grant Find on Amazon →
- 2001 The Idea of Perfection Kate Grenville Find on Amazon →
- 2002 Bel Canto Ann Patchett · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2003 Property Valerie Martin Find on Amazon →
- 2004 Small Island Andrea Levy · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2005 We Need to Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2006 On Beauty Zadie Smith · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2007 Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2008 The Road Home Rose Tremain
- 2009 Home Marilynne Robinson · more by this author
- 2010 The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver · more by this author
- 2011 The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht
- 2012 The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2013 May We Be Forgiven A. M. Homes
- 2014 A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing Eimear McBride
- 2015 How to Be Both Ali Smith · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2016 The Glorious Heresies Lisa McInerney
- 2017 The Power Naomi Alderman
- 2018 Home Fire Kamila Shamsie · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2019 An American Marriage Tayari Jones · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2020 Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2021 Piranesi Susanna Clarke · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2022 The Book of Form and Emptiness Ruth Ozeki · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2023 Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2024 Brotherless Night V. V. Ganeshananthan · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
- 2025 The Safekeep Yael van der Wouden · more by this author In our catalogue Book club guide →
The prize was known as the Orange Prize (1996–2012) and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017). The list covers 2000–2025.
Winners verified against the prize's official records. For the complete history, see the official The Women's Prize for Fiction site.
Common questions
Who is eligible for the Women's Prize for Fiction?
Any woman, of any nationality, writing a full-length novel in English that is published in the UK in the year of the prize. It was created in 1996 to spotlight fiction by women.
Has anyone won the Women's Prize twice?
Yes — Barbara Kingsolver, who won in 2010 for The Lacuna and again in 2023 for Demon Copperhead (which also shared the Pulitzer that year).