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The 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist

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The Mercy Step
Kingfisher
Dominion
The Correspondent
Heart the Lover
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The 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlist

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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan
Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century
Mother Mary Comes to Me
Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War
Artists, Siblings, Visionaries: The lives and loves of Gwen and Augustus John
Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health

The 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist

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A Guardian and a Thief
The Others
The Mercy Step
Moderation
Kingfisher
Wild Dark Shore
Dominion
A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing
The Best of Everything
Paradiso 17
Gloria Don't Speak
The Correspondent
The Benefactors
Heart the Lover
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The 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Longlist

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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan
Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century
Mother Mary Comes to Me
Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War
Artists, Siblings, Visionaries: The lives and loves of Gwen and Augustus John
Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health
Ask Me: A Memoir of Daring to Love Differently
Indignity: A Life Reimagined
To Exist As I Am: A Doctor’s Notes on Recovery and Radical Acceptance
Finding Albion: Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain
The Genius of Trees: How Trees Mastered the Elements and Shaped the World
Death of an Ordinary Man
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Creativity and Race in the 21st Century
With the Law on Our Side: How the Law Works for Everyone and How We Can Make It Work Better
Don’t Let It Break You, Honey: A Memoir About Saving Yourself
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: China’s Stolen Children and a Story of Separated Twins

The 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction judges

Julia Gillard

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Mona Arshi

Mona Arshi

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Salma El-Wardany

Salma El-Wardany

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Cariad Lloyd

Cariad Lloyd

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Annie Macmanus

Annie Macmanus

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The 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction judges

Baroness Thangam Debbonaire

Baroness Thangam Debbonaire

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Roma Agrawal

Roma Agrawal

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Nicola Elliott

Nicola Elliott

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Nina Stibbe

Nina Stibbe

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Nicola Williams

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