Recs if you like The Persians...
SWANA Authors
SWANA authors are authors from South West Asia and North Africa. They currently make up <1% of the trad publishing industry. This list is here to introduce you to their stories.
NOTE: if you find an author who doesn’t belong on this list, please comment & I will remove the book(s) ASAP.
As always, lists are forever evolving🥰
Iranian fiction and nonfiction
Persian culture and history, home and abroad
Fae & Flame Society Women’s Prize Nominations
2019-2026
Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist 2025 📚🏆
Yael van der Wouden's 'The Safekeep' won the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction. Here's what else was longlisted in case you're in need of more great books by women!
Best of the Women's Prize For Fiction
2026 will be my third year actively trying to read as many Women's Prize For Fiction nominees as I can, and seeing as I have a really high rate of enjoyment I'll be continuing to try and fill in and read the backlist also. I hope this can be a list that I add to that anyone interested in the prize who has similar taste to me can dip into!
Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 shortlist
