Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 discussion guides
Reading guides for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2026, from longlist to winner as the titles land. 6 guides, each with discussion questions and themes written for real book clubs, no ads and no AI.
Dominion
In a Mississippi Delta town ruled by a powerful preacher and his golden-boy son, two women watch the family's polished image crack, with devastating consequences.
Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 shortlist
Flashlight
After a father vanishes on a beach in Japan, leaving his young daughter the sole survivor, the mystery reverberates across four generations and the hidden history of one Korean family.
Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 shortlist
Heart the Lover
A college love triangle among three literature students burns bright, falls apart, and returns to haunt them decades later.
Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 shortlist
Kingfisher
A creative-writing academic becomes obsessed with an older, famous poet, and his devotion curdles into a question of how much of another person one is allowed to take.
Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 shortlist
The Mercy Step
In 1960s Bradford, a fiercely observant girl narrates her own childhood in a hard immigrant household, finding refuge in books and plotting her way toward a life of her own.
Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 shortlist
The Correspondent
Told entirely in letters, the story of a sharp, solitary retired lawyer who, as her sight and her certainties fade, finally faces the relationships and the loss she has long kept at arm's length.
Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 (winner)