And the winner is …
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Winner was announced 5thJune 2019.
And here are thirty-nine brilliant books written by women from the short- and long-list for this year and the previous winners. I have included links when I have reviewed them on Bookword.
Shortlist April 2019
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Milkman by Anna Burns
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Circe by Madeline Miller
Longlist March 2019
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Milkman by Anna Burns
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lilian Li
Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Praise Songs for the Butterflies by Bernice L. McFadden
Circe by Madeline Miller
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss (review on Bookword will appear 29thJune)
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Previous winners of the women’s fiction prize.
Kamila Shamsie:Home Fire (2018)
Naomi Alderman: The Power(2017)
Lisa McInerney: The Glorious Heresies (2016)
Ali Smith: How to be Both(2015)
Eimear McBride: A Girl is a Half-formed Thing(2014)
A.M. Homes: May We Be Forgiven(2013)
Madeline Miller: The Song of Achilles(2012)
Téa Obreht: The Tiger’s Wife(2011)
Barbara Kingsolver: The Lacuna(2010)
Marilynne Robinson: Home(2009)
Rose Tremain: The Road Home(2008)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Half of a Yellow Sun(2007)
Zadie Smith: On Beauty(2006)
Lionel Shriver: We Need to Talk About Kevin(2005)
Andrea Levy: Small Island(2004)
Valerie Martin: Property(2003)
Ann Patchett: Bel Canto(2002)
Kate Grenville: The Idea of Perfection(2001)
Linda Grant: When I Lived in Modern Times(2000)
Suzanne Berne: A Crime in the Neighbourhood(1999)
Carol Shields: Larry’s Party(1998)
Anne Michaels: Fugitive Pieces(1997)
Helen Dunmore: A Spell of Winter(1996)