Women's Prize for Fiction: every winner 1996–2025, on audiobook
Which books won the Women's Prize for Fiction? All 30 winners from 1996 to 2025 are listed below, newest first — most recently The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden (2025) — each linked to its audiobook record where one exists.
The Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize and Baileys Prize) is awarded annually since 1996 to the best full-length novel written in English by a woman. Its winners are widely produced as audiobooks.
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Every Women's Prize for Fiction winner, 1996–2025
| Year | Winning novel | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Safekeep | Yael van der Wouden |
| 2024 | Brotherless Night | V. V. Ganeshananthan |
| 2023 | Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver |
| 2022 | The Book of Form and Emptiness | Ruth Ozeki |
| 2021 | Piranesi | Susanna Clarke |
| 2020 | Hamnet | Maggie O'Farrell |
| 2019 | An American Marriage | Tayari Jones |
| 2018 | Home Fire | Kamila Shamsie |
| 2017 | The Power | Naomi Alderman |
| 2016 | The Glorious Heresies | Lisa McInerney |
| 2015 | How to Be Both | Ali Smith |
| 2014 | A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing | Eimear McBride |
| 2013 | May We Be Forgiven | A. M. Homes |
| 2012 | The Song of Achilles | Madeline Miller |
| 2011 | The Tiger's Wife | Tea Obreht |
| 2010 | The Lacuna | Barbara Kingsolver |
| 2009 | Home | Marilynne Robinson |
| 2008 | The Road Home | Rose Tremain |
| 2007 | Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| 2006 | On Beauty | Zadie Smith |
| 2005 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Lionel Shriver |
| 2004 | Small Island | Andrea Levy |
| 2003 | Property | Valerie Martin |
| 2002 | Bel Canto | Ann Patchett |
| 2001 | The Idea of Perfection | Kate Grenville |
| 2000 | When I Lived in Modern Times | Linda Grant |
| 1999 | A Crime in the Neighborhood | Suzanne Berne |
| 1998 | Larry's Party | Carol Shields |
| 1997 | Fugitive Pieces | Anne Michaels |
| 1996 | A Spell of Winter | Helen Dunmore |
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction?
The 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction went to The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden.
How many books have won the Women's Prize for Fiction?
30 winners are on record from 1996 to 2025, all listed on this page with their year and author, sourced from Wikipedia.
Who has won the Women's Prize for Fiction more than once?
Barbara Kingsolver (2 wins).
Are Women's Prize winners available as audiobooks?
Most are: Women's Prize-winning novels are perennial audiobook favourites, and an Audible free trial includes one credit good for any of them.
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