Vigil by George SaundersShadow Ticket by Thomas PynchonTranscription by Ben LernerOne Aladdin Two Lamps by Jeanette WintersonThe True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine
Booker Prize Eligible 2026
48 books — 21 voters
Nesting by Roisín O’DonnellOur Evenings by Alan HollinghurstAudition by Katie KitamuraGliff by Ali SmithThe Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Booker Prize Eligible 2025
177 books — 173 voters

The Mirror & the Light by Hilary MantelSummer by Ali SmithApeirogon by Colum McCannWeather by Jenny OffillThe Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Booker Prize Eligible 2020
160 books — 109 voters

Lanny by Max PorterFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziSpring by Ali SmithOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongLost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2019
175 books — 186 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Overstory by Richard PowersSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Only Story by Julian BarnesCirce by Madeline Miller
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2018
158 books — 236 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersDays Without End by Sebastian BarryThe Nix by Nathan  HillExit West by Mohsin Hamid
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2017
178 books — 240 voters

Slade House by David  MitchellHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Noise of Time by Julian BarnesWhat Belongs to You by Garth GreenwellMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2016
176 books — 196 voters