Founded as a riposte to 1991’s all-male Booker Prize shortlist, since 1996 the Women’s Prize for Fiction has underpinned a renaissance in literary fiction written by women.
The winner of the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction was Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan.
The winner of the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction is The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden.