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The books to add to your holiday reading list

It’s holiday season! Wondering what books to pack? Look no further...

Evening Standard

The books everyone will be reading this summer

SUMMER READING: From sun-soaked page-turners to perfect al fresco lunch companions, these are 21 of the hottest reads right now

The Independent UK

‘Failure was my thing’: Women’s prize winner Virginia Evans on her long journey to success

The American author received ‘thousands of rejections’ over two decades before finally hitting gold with her first published novel

The Guardian - UK

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The biggest trophy of the month isn’t the world cup, The Correspondent takes the top spot for women

It's official, the Women's Prize winners have been announced for both fiction and non-fiction. Here's our Books Editor, Zoe's, thoughts on the result

Woman & Home

‘At an all-time low’: Women’s Prize Fiction winner Virginia Evans sounds alarm on vanishing letter writing

The American author’s epistolary debut, about a witty, letter-loving woman in her seventies, has inspired readers across the world to pick up a pen

The Independent UK

The Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 winner is a book I've been recommending to everyone

Virgina Evans’ The Correspondent has taken home the prestigious award

Evening Standard

Virginia Evans and Lyse Doucet win Women's Prize book awards

American novelist Virginia Evans has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction with “The Correspondent,” a bestseller told in letters

The Independent UK

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Two debut authors win Women’s Prize 2026 for fiction and non-fiction

Two debut books, one about Afghanistan and another an epistolatory novel about the life of a 73-year old woman, have won the 2026 Women’s Prize.

Evening Standard

Women’s prize: Virginia Evans wins for fiction and Lyse Doucet takes award for nonfiction

Evans’s The Correspondent and the BBC journalist’s ‘people’s history’ of modern Afghanistan, The Finest Hotel in Kabul, win £30,000 prizes

The Guardian - UK

Women’s prize for fiction: tales of power, agency, ageing and connection – six experts review the shortlist

The Women’s prize for fiction has been awarded to a female author of any nationality for the best novel written in English since 1996. In its 30th year, it is now one of the most influential literary awards in the world.

The Conversation

Virginia Evans: ‘I loved books about things that can’t exist’

The Women’s prize-shortlisted novelist on taking inspiration from John Steinbeck, Joan Didion and Jhumpa Lahiri, and weeping through Little Women in her 30s

The Guardian - UK

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans review – immensely enjoyable return of the epistolary novel

This moving work about an irascible woman in her 70s who conducts her most intimate relationships through letters has been shortlisted for the Women’s prize

The Guardian - UK

This unique novel comprised entirely of letters just won the Women’s Prize for Fiction

Virginia Evans’s took home the award for best fiction novel.

The Independent UK

Virginia Evans and Susan Choi are among 6 finalists for the Women's Prize for Fiction

Four debut novelists are among the six finalists for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, announced Wednesday

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Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist dominated by debut novelists as judges name books that ‘profoundly moved us’

Winner is set to win £30,000 when announced in June

The Guardian - UK

Susan Choi and Lily King shortlisted for Women’s prize for fiction

The US writers join four debut authors in demonstrating ‘the complexity and beauty of the female experience’, said chair of judges Julia Gillard

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Jane Fonda set to lead a new film adaptation of The Correspondent

At the age of 88, veteran Hollywood icon Jane Fonda is set to lead a new film adaptation of The Correspondent.

The Guardian - UK

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

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