Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura among authors longlisted for Women's prize for fiction

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/04/womens-prize-for-fiction-longlist-2026

Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura among authors longlisted for Women’s prize for fiction

Sixteen novels are in contention for the £30,000 award, now in its 31st year, with settings ranging from climate-ravaged islands to a near-future Kolkata

Emma Loffhagen
Wed 4 Mar 2026 09.00 EST

Katie Kitamura, Susan Choi, Kit de Waal and Lily King are among the authors longlisted for this year’s Women’s prize for fiction.

Awarded annually and now in its 31st year, the prize comes with £30,000, and is one of the most prominent accolades for women’s writing in the English language. The 16-strong list features a selection of novels that range in setting from climate-ravaged islands to a near-future Kolkata, and from 1970s Birmingham to East Berlin on the brink of reunification.

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1. Wow,

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans has 2292 holds placed on 99 copies of the ebook alone at my library system! Thanks, lots of good books listed.