Literature quiz
Women's Prize for Fiction winners by decade
One winning novel at a time, with its author. Click the decade in which it won. The decades stay on the board all round.
- Format
- Sort into groups
- Items
- 12 to sort
- Limit
- 2:00
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
A fresh 12 of the 31 each time. Today's first round is the same for everyone.
- Items
- 12
- Groups
- 4
- Time limit
- 2:00
- A miss
- Shows the answer, then moves on
- Each winning novel appears in turn. Click its decade, or press its number.
- The groups never move, so the number keys are quick.
- Skip (0) sends a prompt to the back of the queue.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click the decade in which it won. The groups appear when you start.
About this quiz
The Women's Prize for Fiction has been awarded every year since 1996 to a novel written in English by a woman and published in the United Kingdom. The first winner was Helen Dunmore's A Spell of Winter.
- There are 31 winners in the pool, from 1996 to 2026, and each round deals 12.
- The decade is that of the award year, which is usually the year after the book came out.
- A wrong pick shows the right decade and the year, and the round goes on.
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