Orange Prize for Fiction (Read and TBR)

I read the Orange Prize* winners, as well as the Bookers. The Orange Prize for Fiction is given to "the woman who, in the opinion of the judges, has written the best, eligible full-length novel in English." Trust me, figuring out what novels are eligible is a bit complex. But once they figure out the winner, I'm there.

This prize isn't as well-known as some of the others, but trust me, there are some gems among the winners here. Blue means they're on my TBR shelf. Green means I am still on the lookout for them. As with the Bookers, I wouldn't mind having a hardback collection of these, so I'm tracking that, too.**

*A/k/a the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction (2014-2017), the Women's Prize for Fiction (2013), the Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 & 2009–12), and the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–2008). Talk about a checkered history!

**Update: Due to a lack of shelf space and an ongoing determination to simplify, I won't be keeping this collection. Once they're read, these books will be passed along to another reader.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun (2007)
Naomi Alderman, The Power (2017) (did not read)
Suzanne Berne, A Crime in the Neighborhood (1999)

Susanna Clarke, Piranesi (2021)
Helen Dunmore, A Spell of Winter (1996)

V.V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night (2024)
Linda Grant, When I Lived in Modern Times (2000)
Kate Grenville, The Idea of Perfection (2001)
A.M. Homes, May We Be Forgiven (2013) 
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage (2019)

Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead (2023)
Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna (2010)
Andrea Levy, Small Island (2004)
Valerie Martin, Property (2003)
Eimear McBride, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing (2014)
Lisa McInerney, The Glorious Heresies (2016)

Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces (1997)
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles (2012)
Tea Obreht, The Tiger's Wife (2011) 

Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet (2020)

Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form & Emptiness (2022)

Ann Patchett, Bel Canto (2002)
Marilynne Robinson, Home (2009)
Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire (2018)
Carol Shields, Larry's Party (1998)
Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin (2005) (HB)
Ali Smith, How to be Both (2015) (HB)
Zadie Smith, On Beauty (2006) (HB)
Rose Tremain, The Road Home (2008) (HB)

Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep (2025)