The 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction: Longlist

The longlisted books are as follows: 

 Kate Atkinson: A God in Ruins 
 Shirley Barrett: Rush Oh! 
 Cynthia Bond: Ruby 
 Geraldine Brooks: The Secret Chord 
 Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 
 Jackie Copleton:A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding 
 Rachel Elliott: Whispers Through a Megaphone 
 Anne Enright: The Green Road 
 Petina Gappah: The Book of Memory 
 Vesna Goldsworthy: Gorsky 
 Clio Gray: The Anatomist’s Dream 
 Melissa Harrison: At Hawthorn Time 
 Attica Locke: Pleasantville 
 Lisa McInerney: The Glorious Heresies 
 Elizabeth McKenzie: The Portable Veblen 
 Sara Nović: Girl at War 
 Julia Rochester: The House at the Edge of the World 
 Hannah Rothschild: The Improbability of Love 
 Elizabeth Strout: My Name is Lucy Barton 
 Hanya Yanagihara: A Little Life 

The 2016 shortlist will be announced on Monday 11th April 

The 2016 winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction will be announced on Wednesday 8th June