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This year the Orange Prize for Fiction is celebrating its tenth year in association with Woman's Hour. To mark the occasion we invited you to vote for your favourite winner - the Best of the Best.

From Monday 12 September to Friday 23 September each of the Orange Prize Chairs of judges tried in turn to persuade you that their winning novel deserves your vote and the accolade 'Best of the Best'.

The votes are in and your Best of the Best is Small Island by Andrea Levy

Winners of the Orange Prize for Fiction, 1996 - 2005

12 September - Helen Dunmore for A Spell of Winter (1996)
Kate Mosse, novelist and co-founder of the Orange Prize for Fiction

13 September - Anne Michaels for Fugitive Pieces (1997)
Professor Lisa Jardine, historian and broadcaster

14 September - Carol Shields for Larry's Party (1998)
Sheena Macdonald, broadcaster

15 September - Suzanne Berne for A Crime in the Neighbourhood (1999)
Lola Young, Professor of Cultural Studies at Middlesex University

16 September - Linda Grant for When I Lived in Modern Times (2000)
Polly Toynbee, Guardian columnist and broadcaster

19 September - Kate Grenville for The Idea of Perfection (2001)
Rosie Boycott, journalist and broadcaster

20 September - Ann Patchett for Bel Canto (2002)
Sue MacGregor, broadcaster

21 September - Valerie Martin for Property (2003)
Ahdaf Souief, novelist

22 September - Andrea Levy for Small Island (2004)
Sandi Toksvig, broadcaster and novelist

23 September - Lionel Shriver for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2005)
Jenni Murray, broadcaster

Send your views
Let us know what you think of the books on the list - just click on the book title and use the email form on that page to send us your comments about the novel. We'll broadcast a range of your views while voting is taking place.

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