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The shortlist of the Women's Prize for Fiction

The greatest celebration of female creativity in the world - the Women's Prize for Fiction - has already announced its shortlist 2025. Selected by the judging panel chaired by author Kit de Waal, six novels will compete for the final prize.

According to the judges, the shortlisted novels explore the need for personal freedom and human connection. They offer compelling multi-layered stories that urge you to sit up and take notice of the world around you.

The shortlist:

Good Girl by Aria Aber

All Fours by Miranda July

The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis

The winner will be announced on June 12.

The Women’s Prize for Fiction, established in 1996, is one of the most successful, influential and popular literary prizes in the world, championing and amplifying women’s voices and nurturing a global community of readers. The Prize is awarded annually to the author of the best full-length novel of the year written in English and published in the UK. The winner receives £30,000, anonymously endowed, and the ‘Bessie’, a bronze statuette created by the artist Grizel Niven.