I've read every Women's Prize winner - these are the nine best

I've read every Women's Prize winner - these are the nine best

The shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction was finally announced last month, with six novels that “interrogate the wealth of roles women play in society, the power they hold, and the extent to which they choose, or are able, to wield it”, according to The Women’s Prize Trust, which organises the awards. It’s a fitting statement for an award (formerly the Orange Prize and the Bailey’s Women’s Prize), founded 30 years ago, that is still …