Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist discussion & winner prediction

The Women's Prize ceremony will be next week so here are my rankings and winner predictions. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links. -------------------- Join my bookclub:   / thelonesomereaderbookclub   Women's Prize: https://womensprize.com Winner: June 11, 2026 Reacting to the Women's Prize for Fiction longlist:    • Unboxing The Women’s Prize for Fiction 202...   Reacting to the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist:    • The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 sho...   My full review of The Correspondent:    • The Correspondent by Virginia Evans / review   My full review of Heart the Lover:    • Heart the Lover by Lily King / review   My full review of Flashlight:    • Flashlight by Susan Choi / review   My full review of Dominion:    • Dominion by Addie E Citchens / review   My full review of Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy:    • Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy /...   The longlisted novels and purchase links: The Mercy Step – Marcia Hutchinson https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... Moderation – Elaine Castillo https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978183... A Guardian and a Thief – Megha Majumdar https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978139... The Benefactors - Wendy Erskine https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978139... Paradiso 17 – Hannah Lillith Assadi https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978000... Heart the Lover – Lily King https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978183... The Best of Everything – Kit de Waal https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978103... The Correspondent – Virginia Evans https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978024... Audition - Katie Kitamura https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978183... A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing – Alice Evelyn Yang https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... Gloria Don't Speak – Lucy Apps https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978106... The Others – Sheena Kalayil https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... Dominion – Addie E Citchens https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... Kingfisher – Rozie Kelly https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... Flashlight - Susan Choi https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:52 Shortlist overview 1:21 6th place 3:57 5th place 5:47 4th place 7:46 3rd place 10:10 2nd place 11:54 1st place 15:07 nonfiction list 16:58 conclusion -------------------- Get in touch Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com/ Twitter:   / lonesomereader   Instagram:   / lonesomereader   Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t LetterBoxd: https://letterboxd.com/lonesomereader/ TikTok:   / lonesomereader   Email: [email protected]